After setting the parameters for the sid..C:\> set oracle_sid=(sid) and set oracle_home=d:\orant, i connected as sysdba and opened the database. I queried v$database to make sure i was in the right database and then queried username in v$session and to my surprise, the user was SYS. Isn't my name supposed to be in there instead of sys since i logged in with my name. Also, when i try to log through SQL*Plus, i'm told to run Pupbld though i have run that after creating the database. I ran that connected as system in both SQL plus and svrmgr. Could someone please help.