Beginning Oracle Database 11g Administration From Novice to Professional

CHAPTER 6 DATABASE CREATION 101
To check that a listener has been created and started, you can use the
command, which will display output similar to that shown in Listing 6-1. Because you
have not created a database yet, Oracle reports that the listener supports no services; this
is expected.
Listing 6-1. Sample Output of the Command
Creating and Configuring a Database
DBCA streamlines the process of creating and configuring a database and ensures that
no steps are forgotten. The use of database templates speeds up and standardizes the
database creation process. Of course, creating and configuring a database necessarily
requires that we create and configure an instance to handle the work. The entire process
is described in the following sections.