SAP Knowledge Base Article - Preview

1837503 - SAP system could not connect to DB

Symptom

  • SAP system could not be started, work process not able to connect to database
  • In trans.log, see the following error:
     *** ERROR => Env. NLS_LANG='AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF16' not compatible to V$NLS_PARAMETERS: 'AMERICAN_.UTF8', connection refused.
  • The NLS_LANG was set correctly, still got the same issue.
  • Also see ORA-00942 error in the trans.log:
    ORA-00942: table or view does not exist


Read more...

Environment

Oracle DB

Product

SAP NetWeaver all versions

Keywords

KBA , BC-DB-ORA , Oracle , Problem

About this page

This is a preview of a SAP Knowledge Base Article. Click more to access the full version on SAP for Me (Login required).

Search for additional results

Visit SAP Support Portal's SAP Notes and KBA Search.