Call now: 252-767-6166  
Oracle Training Oracle Support Development Oracle Apps

 
 Home
 E-mail Us
 Oracle Articles
New Oracle Articles


 Oracle Training
 Oracle Tips

 Oracle Forum
 Class Catalog


 Remote DBA
 Oracle Tuning
 Emergency 911
 RAC Support
 Apps Support
 Analysis
 Design
 Implementation
 Oracle Support


 SQL Tuning
 Security

 Oracle UNIX
 Oracle Linux
 Monitoring
 Remote s
upport
 Remote plans
 Remote
services
 Application Server

 Applications
 Oracle Forms
 Oracle Portal
 App Upgrades
 SQL Server
 Oracle Concepts
 Software Support

 Remote S
upport  
 Development  

 Implementation


 Consulting Staff
 Consulting Prices
 Help Wanted!

 


 Oracle Posters
 Oracle Books

 Oracle Scripts
 Ion
 Excel-DB  

Don Burleson Blog 


 

 

 


 

 

   

Create Oracle Database Syntax

Here are several ways to manually issue the "create database" syntax for Oracle:


EXTREMELY minimal manual Oracle database creation script

 

1.  Set your ORACLE_SID

 

export ORACLE_SID=test

export ORACLE_HOME=/path/to/oracle/home

 

2.  Create a minimal init.ora

 

# $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init<sid>.ora
 
control_files = (/path/to/control1.ctl,/path/to/control2.ctl,/path/to/control3.ctl)
undo_management = AUTO
undo_tablespace = UNDOTBS1
db_name = test
db_block_size = 8192
sga_max_size = 1073741824 #one gig
sga_target = 1073741824 #one gig

 

3.  Create a password file

 

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/orapwd file=$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/pwd<sid>.ora password=oracle entries=5

 

4.  Start the instance

 

sqlplus / as sysdba

startup nomount

 

5.  Create the database

 

create database test
logfile group 1 ('/path/to/redo1.log') size 100M,
            group 2 ('/path/to/redo2.log') size 100M,
            group 3 ('/path/to/redo3.log') size 100M
character set WE8ISO8859P1
national character set utf8
datafile '/path/to/system.dbf' size 500M autoextend on next 10M maxsize unlimited extent management local
sysaux datafile '/path/to/sysaux.dbf' size 100M autoextend on next 10M maxsize unlimited
undo tablespace undotbs1 datafile '/path/to/undotbs1.dbf' size 100M
default temporary tablespace temp tempfile '/path/to/temp01.dbf' size 100M;

 

Note: there's some other things you can do here, like "ARCHIVELOG" "SET TIME_ZONE =" and "USER SYS IDENTIFIED BY password" and "USER SYSTEM IDENTIFIED BY password"

 

6.  Run catalog and catproc 

@?/rdbms/admin/catalog.sql

@?/rdbms/admin/catproc.sql
 

7.  Change passwords

alter user sys identified by whatever;

alter user system identified by whatever;


OMF: minimal manual Oracle create database syntax

 

1.  Set your ORACLE_SID

 

export ORACLE_SID=test
export ORACLE_HOME=/path/to/oracle/home

 

2.  Create a minimal init.ora

 

# $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init<sid>.ora
 
control_files = (/path/to/control1.ctl,/path/to/control2.ctl,/path/to/control3.ctl)
undo_management = AUTO
db_name = test
db_block_size = 8192
sga_max_size = 1073741824 #one gig
sga_target = 1073741824 #one gig
db_create_file_dest = /path/to/datafile/location #OMF
db_create_online_log_dest_1 = /path/to/first/redo_and_control_file/location #OMF
db_create_online_log_dest_2 = /path/to/second/redo_and_control_file/location #OMF
db_recovery_file_dest = /path/to/flash/recovery/area #OMF
#note it’s a good idea to also have background_dump_dest, user_dump_dest, and core_dump_dest here as well

 

3.  Create a password file

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/orapwd file=$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/pwd<sid>.ora password=oracle entries=5

 

4.  Start the instance

sqlplus / as sysdba

startup nomount

 

5.  Create the database

create database test
character set WE8ISO8859P1
national character set utf8
undo tablespace undotbs1
default temporary tablespace temp;

 

You can even do this and it will work, the ultimate in minimalism:

create database test;

 

Note: There's some other things you can do here, like "ARCHIVELOG" "SET TIME_ZONE =" and "USER SYS IDENTIFIED BY password" and "USER SYSTEM IDENTIFIED BY password"

Note 2:  This is so minimal because you are using Oracle Managed Files as seen in #2

 

6.  Run catalog and catproc

@?/rdbms/admin/catalog.sql

@?/rdbms/admin/catproc.sql

 


Standard create Oracle database syntax

After creating your init.ora file with the appropriate parameters you can use the "create database" command in SQL*Plus to create a database:

Make sure that your have your $ORACLE_HOME and $ORACLE_SID set properly and that you sign-on as SYSDBA:

startup nomount;

CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "OLDLSQ" NORESETLOGS
NOARCHIVELOG
MAXLOGFILES 16
MAXLOGMEMBERS 2
MAXDATAFILES 240
MAXINSTANCES 1
MAXLOGHISTORY 113
LOGFILE
GROUP 1 ('/u03/oradata/oldlsq/log1a.dbf',
'/u03/oradata/olslsq/log1b.dbf') SIZE 30M,
GROUP 2 ('/u04/oradata/oldlsq/log2a.dbf',
'/u04/oradata/oldlsq/log2b.dbf') SIZE 30M
DATAFILE
'/u01/oradata/oldlsq/system01.dbf',
'/u01/oradata/oldlsq/mydatabase.dbf'
;


This is just an abbreviated sample of the Oracle create database command and there are many more options:


 

 

��  
 
 
Oracle Training at Sea
 
 
 
 
oracle dba poster
 

 
Follow us on Twitter 
 
Oracle performance tuning software 
 
Oracle Linux poster
 
 
 

 

Burleson is the American Team

Note: This Oracle documentation was created as a support and Oracle training reference for use by our DBA performance tuning consulting professionals.  Feel free to ask questions on our Oracle forum.

Verify experience! Anyone considering using the services of an Oracle support expert should independently investigate their credentials and experience, and not rely on advertisements and self-proclaimed expertise. All legitimate Oracle experts publish their Oracle qualifications.

Errata?  Oracle technology is changing and we strive to update our BC Oracle support information.  If you find an error or have a suggestion for improving our content, we would appreciate your feedback.  Just  e-mail:  

and include the URL for the page.


                    









Burleson Consulting

The Oracle of Database Support

Oracle Performance Tuning

Remote DBA Services


 

Copyright © 1996 -  2020

All rights reserved by Burleson

Oracle ® is the registered trademark of Oracle Corporation.