RE: Where is Oracle 9.2 init.ora?

Some of us have been around the block a few times. :)

Editing binary files is no big deal.

You neophytes are all the same.

Jared

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You DBA's must be drunk.

Spfiles are in binary format and if you open it in a text editor, all you see
are weird characters.

Man. You guys are actually doing Oracle? Scares me.

ltiu

Quoting "Deshpande, Kirti" <kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com>:

> I did edit it and had no problems while teting my 9i R1 on HP-UX 11.0 :)
 

>
> - Kirti
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rachel Carmichael [SMTP:wisernet100_at_yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 3:18 PM
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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
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> > >
> > > 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
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