Re: How to speed up Oracle 9.2.0 on SuSE Enterprise Server 7

In article <EeIm9.44957$g9.128186_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>, "Howard says...
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>True, Daniel... but I feel a piece of new terminology coming on, because as
>far as I'm concerned, the spfile is just a binary version of the init.ora,
>and the init.ora probably isn't called "init.ora" anyway.
>
>In other words, I use the term "init.ora" as a catch-all phrase for
>"anything that is used to start your Instance". Regardless of what it's
>actually called on the day. In the past, I've distinguished between "pfiles
>and spfiles". And (as I say) used "init.ora" to mean both.
>
>I've confused a student or three doing that already, it's true. But I can't
>keep saying "init.ora or spfile" or "pfile or spfile", because I use the
>phrase about 300 times on day 1 of the DBA Fundamentals course!!
>
>So: a competetion (prize: immortality) to provide a generic name for
>anything that starts the instance. Regardless of its nature (binary/text) or
>its actual name.
>
>Whaddyareckon?
>HJR
Er, the DBA? ;)

Pete

HTH. Additions and corrections welcome.

Pete

SELECT standard_disclaimer, witty_remark FROM company_requirements; Received on Wed Oct 02 2002 - 17:14:54 CDT