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RE: How to edit spfile ?/

From: Josh Collier <collier_jw_at_comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:03:12 -0700
Message-Id: <20060426230458.9C99330A5AD@turing.freelists.org>


My question is why would you want to administer the spfile in any other method that that which is supported?  

josh c.


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but the real point is what parameter are you tryingto set that need to be done in a way of convertingto pfile.
all types of parameters can be set in an spfile including "_"'s

Dean Paul <oracledbam_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

My question is diffrent, Normally we can open pfile thru vi or any editor and make changes and restart database.Can we do similar with spfile?

>From: "Igor Neyman"
>To: ,
>CC: ,,
>Subject: RE: How to edit spfile ?/
>Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:05:10 -0400
>
>That's strange.
>Any parameter you can change in pfile - you can change in spfile.
>
>Just not with every parameter you can do scope=both (meaning in memory
>and in spfile - immediate effect).
>So, for the the ones you can't - you do scope=spfile and restart the
>database.
>
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>Usually the parameter that I want to change is something that can't be
>changed via ALTER SYSTEM. Very rarely do I get lucky and edit the
>spfile such that the checksum is still valid. The only way that I know
>of to always be able to alter the parameter in spfile is to create a
>pfile from the spfile, edit the pfile, restart the database from the
>pfile and create an spfile from the pfile.
>
>HUGE pain. Not a fan of spfile at all. Only use it when management
>insists.



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