RE: upgrade 10 to 11

>> Eliminate the obvious ! No problem with that!
Ok.

>> Why do I get ORa-00723  Initialization parameter COMPATIBLE must be
>> explicitly set When I startup upgrade WHEN I HAVE SET COMPATIBLE ?
>> any Ideas?

I'm wondering now then if you are setting the parameter in one of init.ora or spfile.ora, but starting the database using the other one?

What does:

        show parameter spfile

give you back? Mine says "?/dbs/spfile_at_.ora" meaning "${ORACLE_HOME}/dbs/spfile${ORACLESID}.ora" If you get a null back, you are running on an init.ora file and not on the spfile. Mind you, you've probably already run:

        show parameter compatible

To see what Oracle thinks it's running with.

Cheers,
Norm.

Norman Dunbar
Contract Senior Oracle DBA
Capgemini Database Team (EA)
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