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On Wed, 09 Jul 1997 17:10:18 GMT, rburton_at_rohms.com.NOJUNKMAIL! (Richard Burton) wrote:
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>Here's another beautiful example: It seems that under NT, the
>'init.ora' file is actually called 'initorcl.ora' even though within
>the file itself, it claims to be 'init.ora'! Why would they do this?
>It makes no sense!
>
Rather than complain about something you don't understand, ask someone!
This is precisely why you should take some classes.
Oracle runs on _many_ platforms. Due to platform differences, the naming convention differs.
'init.ora' is understood by anyone familiar with Oracle to be the database initialization file. Received on Sat Jul 12 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT