Re: Control Files

> craig walters wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > Is there a utility or way to see what the contents of the Oracle control
> > file are? I can see a few things by opening a copy of a control file into
> > wordpad, but because of the binary nature, I am not getting a complete
> > picture. Any thoughts?

Try:
alter database backup controlfile to trace;

then check out the newly created trace file in your user_dump_dest trace file directory.

Kevin

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