RE: Re: init.ora

Rood:

Not exactly correct. The ifile parameter will tell you all the files included in the init.ora via this method. However, it will not necessarily give you the location of the init.ora itself. Now, on a Windows NT system, this is how Oracle is able to keep the init.ora in the %ORACLE_ADMIN%\%ORACLE_SID%\pfile directory and still have a "link" to it in the %ORACLE_HOME%\dbs directory. However, on UNIX, where symlinks are used, there may be no ifile parameter in the init.ora and certainly probably not one pointing to the init.ora itself. Therefore, at best, this parameter is unreliable for finding the init.ora.

Jon Walthour

>--- Original Message ---
>From: Rodd Holman <rodney.holman_at_lodgenet.com>
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Date: 7/23/01 9:20:54 AM
>

>This won't tell you of aditional config files (referenced using
ifile=
> in
>you init file) but it will tell you the primary file.
> select * from v$parameter where name = 'ifile';
>
>Rodd Holman
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

on 7/23/01, 6:35:50 am, jon walthour <jonw_at_fuse.net> wrote regarding Re:
>
>init.ora:
>
>
>> Prasad:
>
>> There is no way to tell from inside Oracle exactly what init.ora
you u
>sed
>to
>> start the db up with. By default, it uses the one pointed
to by the
>> symlink/ifile in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs, but if you start up the
db with the
>
>> pfile= parameter (as in, startup pfile=some_other_init.ora),
then
>there's
>no
>> way to know other than knowing what parameters are different
between t
>he
>two
>> init.ora files and querying sys.v_$parameter to check those
difference
>s.
>
>> Jon Walthour
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <oracle-l_at_fatcity.com>
>> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 5:20 AM
>
>
>> > hi dbas
>> >
>> > is there anyway to see
>> >
>> > using what init.ora file i start my instance/db
>> >
>> > bcoz i hv somany init files in the same dir.
>> >
>> > they have same parameters. i forgot to remember what
>> > init file i used to start the db.
>> >
>> > can it be found from any table/or anyother source?
>> >
>> > prasad
>> >
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