Starting the ORACLE databse
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to start the database, if you haven't created a start up script already.
su to oracle
su - oracle
now log into sqlplus
sqlplus '/ as sysdba'
now at the sql prompt. you can start your database in a few ways.
SQL>startup nomount
no database is started
SQL>startup
mounts the database can also use startup mount
SQL>startup restrict
starts the database mounted but only allows certain users to access the database.
