Oracle 10g dbstart errors

After correcting my dbhome not found problem, I now encounter a “VER10LIST=10 is not an identifier” error when executing the dbstart script. Found Metalink Note 466241.1 explaining the necessary modification to the $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbstart script.

At or near line 87, you need to modify the code from this:

export VER10LIST =`$ORACLE_HOME_LISTNER/bin/…`

to this:

VER10LIST =`$ORACLE_HOME_LISTNER/bin/…`
export VER10LIST

The script is executing using the Bourne shell and the syntax for setting an environment variable is:

variable=value
export variable

After fixing the above problem, the next error encountered is “`COUNT=$’ unexpected” at or near line 259. This error is also resolved with a modification listed in Metalink Note 466241.1.

From this:

COUNT=$((COUNT+1))

to this:

COUNT=`expr $COUNT + 1`