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Re: spfile mystery on 9i

From: Joan Hsieh <joan.hsieh_at_tufts.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:48:37 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0043541B.20020327124837@fatcity.com>


If parameters cannot modified online, then you can added into your normal init.ora file and recreate spfile again. Did you try create pfile='path/init.ora' from spfile;

Joan

Stefan Moeding wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I have setup 9i as a 2 node RAC configuration on Tru64 5.1. The switch
> from normal init.ora to the new spfile configuration worked as
> documented.
>
> Then I tried to set global defaults for session_cached_cursors, which
> was a normal init.ora parameter in 8i:
>
> SQL> alter system set session_cached_cursors=100 scope=spfile sid='*';
> alter system set session_cached_cursors=100 scope=spfile sid='*'
> *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-02096: specified initialization parameter is not modifiable with this option
>
> It seems that certain parameters (yes, this is documented) can no longer
> be set on a system level but must be set within every session.
>
> Then I tried to convert the spfile back to a normal init.ora to check if
> it works if these parameters are already defined when you create the
> spfile. All I get is:
>
> SQL> create pfile from spfile;
> create pfile from spfile
> *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-07393: unable to delete text file
> Additional information: 44
> Additional information: 43
> Additional information: 3
>
> I also tried giving full filenames to the pfile/spfile parameter but it
> doesn't help. The spfile is working since I can startup both instances
> without problems.
>
> Open for suggestions,
> Stefan
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