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Oracle DBA FAQ - Introduction to Oracle Database 10g Express Edition

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How To Start Your 10g XE Server?

Go to the Start menu, select All Programs, Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, and Start Database.

How Much Memory Your 10g XE Server Is Using?

Your 10g XE Server is using about 180MB of memory even there is no users on the server. The server memory usage is displayed on your server home page, if you log in as SYSTEM.

How To Start Your 10g XE Server from Command Line?

You can start your 10g XE server from command line by:

  • Open a command line window.
  • Change directory to \oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\BIN\.
  • Run StartDB.bat.

The batch file StartDB.bat contains:

net start OracleXETNSListener
net start OracleServiceXE
@oradim -startup -sid XE -starttype inst > nul 2>&1

How To Shutdown Your 10g XE Server from Command Line?

You can shutdown your 10g XE server from command line by:

  • Open a command line window.
  • Change directory to \oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\BIN\.
  • Run StopDB.bat.

The batch file StopDB.bat contains:

net stop OracleServiceXE

How To Unlock the Sample User Account?

Your 10g XE server comes with a sample database user account called HR. But this account is locked. You must unlock it before you can use it:

  • Log into the server home page as SYSTEM.
  • Click the Administration icon, and then click Database Users.
  • Click the HR schema icon to display the user information for HR.
  • Enter a new password (hr) for HR, and change the status to Unlocked.
  • Click Alter User to save the changes.

Now user account HR is ready to use.

How To Change System Global Area (SGA)?

Your 10g XE server has a default setting for System Global Area (SGA) of 140MB. The SGA size can be changed to a new value depending on how many concurrent sessions connecting to your server. If you are running this server just for yourself to improve your DBA skill, you should change the SGA size to 32MB by:

  • Log into the server home page as SYSTEM.
  • Go to Administration, then Memory.
  • Click Configure SGA.
  • Enter the new memory size: 32
  • Click Apply Changes to save the changes.
  • Re-start your server.

How To Change Program Global Area (PGA)?

Your 10g XE server has a default setting for Program Global Area (PGA) of 40MB. The PGA size can be changed to a new value depending on how much data a single session should be allocated. If you think your session will be short with a small amount of data, you should change the PGA size to 16MB by:

  • Log into the server home page as SYSTEM.
  • Go to Administration, then Memory.
  • Click Configure PGA.
  • Enter the new memory size: 16
  • Click Apply Changes to save the changes.
  • Re-start your server.

What Happens If You Set the SGA Too Low?

Let's you made a mistake and changed to SGA to 16MB from the SYSTEM admin home page. When you run the batch file StartDB.bat, it will return a message saying server stated. However, if you try to connect to your server home page: http://localhost:8080/apex/, you will get no response. Why? Your server is running, but the default instance XE was not started.

If you go the Control Panel and Services, you will see service OracleServiceXE is listed not in the running status.

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