Re: How to name the password?

richard <richard_at_nomorenewsspammin.ca> wrote in message news:<24ihavsjobekqoanv5qk4opvc361mj5gr1_at_4ax.com>...
> On 24 Apr 2003 16:29:31 -0700, rs_arwar_at_hotmail.com (Rauf Sarwar)
> wrote:
>
> >tgiridhar_at_yahoo.com (giridhar) wrote in message news:<c7b5ba55.0304240814.5fcdde0f_at_posting.google.com>...
> >> The password file is made up of two parts, the prefix orapw and the <sid>. You
> >> must make sure the sid's case matches that of the environment variable
> >> ORACLE_SID.
> >>
> >> For example, if the environment variable ORACLE_SID=TEST and the password
> >> file is name is orapwtest then you will encounter the ORA-01990. To correct
> >> the problem, rename the passwordfile to PWDTEST and then restart the database.
> >
> >
> >I think you are mixing Unix and Windows... A grave sin by itself.
> >
> >On Unix it is orapw<sid> and On Windows it is pwd<sid>.ora. Case
>
> What should be the file extension on Unix for orapw<sid> ?

No file extension on Unix... Only on Win.

/Rauf Sarwar

>
> >doesn't matter on Windows but it does on *nix.
> >
> >Regards
> >/Rauf Sarwar
Received on Fri Apr 25 2003 - 09:30:31 CDT