RE: 9i poll on spfile feature - CLOSED :)

Thanks for the responses on the spfile vs Init. The responses were great. I hope everyone received some benefit from the responses- I know I did.

Thanks,
Brian

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Goulet, Dick
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 1:43 PM To: Mercadante, Thomas F; oracle-l_at_freelists.org Subject: RE: 9i poll on spfile feature

Tom,

        That's odd because I tried that on an instance that I had started from = a pfile(by mistake) & it yacked saying an spfile had not been used at = startup.

Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Oracle Certified 8i DBA

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From: Mercadante, Thomas F [mailto:thomas.mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 1:40 PM To: Goulet, Dick; oracle-l_at_freelists.org Subject: RE: 9i poll on spfile feature

Dick,

Sure I can. I can alter any SGA param on the fly wether I have an = spfile or not. The "alter system" commands work just fine.

I think I'm missing your point.

Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional

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From: Goulet, Dick [mailto:DGoulet_at_vicr.com]=20 Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 1:32 PM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: RE: 9i poll on spfile feature

Tom,

        If you rely soly on a PFILE, no you can't unless you restart the =3D instance which is a pretty hard thing to do in the middle of the day, = =3D especially when there are robots that are your clients.

Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Oracle Certified 8i DBA

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From: Mercadante, Thomas F [mailto:thomas.mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 1:21 PM To: Goulet, Dick; BSpears_at_Limitedbrands.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org Subject: RE: 9i poll on spfile feature

Dick,

What do you mean you can't modify system params? I can modify any =3D = system param on the fly. I just have to also to update the init.ora file.

Again, I'm not losing any functionality. And the number of times I =3D = modify the init.ora params I can count on one hand every three months.

I also added a database shutdown trigger to issue an "alter database =3D backup controlfile to trace" in all my databases.

Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional

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From: Goulet, Dick [mailto:DGoulet_at_vicr.com]=3D20 Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 1:11 PM To: BSpears_at_Limitedbrands.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org Subject: RE: 9i poll on spfile feature

Well, I'll disagree with Rachel. True having an INIT file is not =3D3D currently broke, but without it you can't modify system parameters, like = =3D =3D3D shared_pool_size on the fly. So yes I have migrated to them, of = course =3D =3D3D I'va also added "create pfile=3D3D3D<name> from spfile" to my = shutdown =3D3D =3D script, along with "alter database backup controlfile to = trace".

Save that there bacon, it's mine!!

Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Oracle Certified 8i DBA

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From: Spears, Brian [mailto:BSpears_at_Limitedbrands.com] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 11:17 AM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: 9i poll on spfile feature

 Just wanted to see what people have resorted to using in real world practice with the spfile.

 With 9i, are you still using the init file or have you migrated to = =3D3D =3D using the spfile ?

If still using the Init file.. What is the main reason for continuing to using the init file.

Brian

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