Re: Location of pFile

Right. The key is ORA_<SID>_PFILE.
Default it point to %ORACLE_HOME%\database\init<SID>.ora, which has (by default) one parameter IFILE='path_to_real_file' In this case IFILE parameter in V$PARAMETERS has value 'path_to_real_file'. Don't know what is the value of parameter when you have recursive IFILE entries.

Alexandre
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> Bharat, if on NT you can check the registry for oracle_home, there should
be
> an entry for that.
>
> suerte
>
> Ramon
>
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> > Is there any way to discover the location of the pfile
> > from a running oracle instance.
> > It is possible that pfile is not at its default
> > location i.e. $ORA_HOME/dbs/init<sid>.ora also it
> > could have any other name also say xyz.ora.
> > Is there any command/utility which can tell me the
> > location+name of pfile.
> >
> > Thanks
> > - Bharat
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