[Oracle@localhost oracle]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production on Thu Dec 3 17:10:02 2009
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Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL> select log_mode from v$database;
LOG_MODE
------------
NOARCHIVELOG
SQL> alter database archivelog on;
alter database archivelog on
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended
SQL> alter database archivelog;
alter database archivelog
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01126: database must be mounted in this instance and not open in any
instance
SQL> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup mount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 389189632 bytes
Fixed Size 1300128 bytes
Variable Size 276826464 bytes
Database Buffers 104857600 bytes
Redo Buffers 6205440 bytes
Database mounted.
SQL> alter database archivelog on;
alter database archivelog on
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended
SQL> alter database archivelog;
Database altered.
SQL> select log_mode from v$database;
LOG_MODE
------------
ARCHIVELOG
SQL> alter database open;
Database altered.
SQL>