RE: More spfile goodness

From: Powell, Mark D <mark.powell_at_eds.com>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 14:56:04 -0400
Message-ID: <564DE4477544D411AD2C00508BDF0B6A1CE0AB1E@usahm018.exmi01.exch.eds.com>

Good point. On AIX with RAC you have to have an init.ora that points to the spfile so you can find it.

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Daniel Fink Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:41 PM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: More spfile goodness

Ah, the chicken or the egg...

Control files are identified by the parameter (spfile/init.ora) file. If you kept the parameters in the control file, how would the database know which control files to read? And if a control file was lost? How would you edit the
control file to change the parameter to point to a different control file?

Sounds like a catch-42.

Regards,
Daniel
in sunny Denver, Colorado

Nuno Souto wrote:

> Why complicate things indeed? If it had to be a binary file,
> it could well have been the control file as you suggest.
> All this spfile/pfile rigmarole is just an unnecessary
> and unwarranted complication. But it's great to generate
> revenue out of OCP training...
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> in sunny Sydney, Australia
> dbvision_at_optusnet.com.au

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