I suppose that depends on how you look at it. If you needed to for some
reason,
you could pull the header and footer records out and make it into just a
plain
init.ora.... But you are correct, of course that the SPFILE itself should
not
be edited if you wish it to remain a usable SPFILE.
RF
Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP
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It should NOT however, be edited!
- "Freeman, Robert" <Robert_Freeman_at_csx.com> wrote:
> >> Oracle created the SPFILE which is not humanly readable.
>
> Mine is pretty easy to read! Maybe you need to check your character
> set???
> :-))
>
> RF
>
> Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP
> Oracle Database Architect
> CSX Midtier Database Administration
> Author
> Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press - Oct 2002)
> Oracle9i New Features (Oracle Press)
> Mastering Oracle8i (Sybex)
>
> Clark Griswold: Eddie, has anyone ever told you that you're bad luck?
> Cousin Eddie: Those were my mother's dying words. But I
> guess if your body's covered in third degree burns, and
> your foot's caught in a bear trap, you tend to start talkin'
> crazy.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Dennis,
>
> Oracle created the SPFILE which is not humanly readable. There
> should
> be an
> alter database/system command that does the change for you.
> According to
> what I
> heard at Oratechs 2000 editing the init.ora file is now longer
> effective.
>
> Dick Goulet
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
> Date: 7/11/2002 7:43 AM
>
> For Oracle 9.2 (Solaris), can anyone tell me where Oracle is
> expecting the
> init.ora file?
>
> I created the database using dbca. It created an init.ora in
> admin/{db_name}/pfile. I moved this to $ORACLE_HOME/dbs and renamed
> the
> original init.ora file. Then I discovered that Oracle is not reading
> the new
> init.ora. The database starts fine, with no errors. I tried moving
> the
> init.ora file back to the original pfile location, but it is still
> not
> reading it. Specifically, I am trying to set LOG_ARCHIVE_START =
> true, but I
> have made other changes and they are not taking effect either.
>
> I have searched the documentation, and while there is the new SPFILE,
> there
> is no indication how this might affect my problem.
>
> Any insights from someone that has turned archiving on with 9.2 would
> be
> appreciated.
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 20% OCP
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