Odd filespec in v$datafile

Here’s an odd item ….

I did a SELECT NAME FROM V$DATAFILE and got results that look like this:

NAME                                         BYTES


---------------------------------------- ---------


E:/ORADATA/WRPP/WRPPSYS1.DBF             267386880
G:\ORARBS\WRPP\WRPPRB11.DBF              267386880
X:\ORATEMP\WRPP\WRPPTMP1.DBF             267386880
E:/ORADATA/WRPP/WRPPDTA1.DBF              52428800
E:/ORADATA/WRPP/WRPPDTE1.DBF              52428800
E:/ORADATA/WRPP/WRPPDTE2.DBF              52428800

Notice the mixed use of a forward slash (unix style) and back-slash (MS style) in the file names. This is a pure NT environment. How could this have happened, and how can the database work, using filespecs that are invalid for the OS?

Inquiring minds want to know!

• Ed Stevens
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Before you buy. Received on Thu Nov 04 1999 - 10:28:23 CST