Re: Default names conventions for the pfile

From: Peter <peter_at_nomorenewspamin.ca>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 19:51:25 GMT
Message-ID: <fvbmnvg5tqasheh6olgoidnmjhdr2qq5pp@4ax.com>

On 30 Sep 2003 17:25:49 -0700, joel-garry_at_home.com (Joel Garry) wrote:

>"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:<3f795a80$0$13656$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
>> Peter wrote:
>>
>> > On a Windows system there a few default names for the initialization
>> > file.
>> >
>> > The default location is
>> > %ORACLE_BASE%\admin\db_name\pfile\initSID.ora
>> >
>> > But what is the order of search for the other default names for the
>> > pfile?
>> >
>> > Where in the manual an I find the default naming conventions for the
>> > pfile?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>>
>>
>> You can't actually have more than one default for anything, because that's
>> what a default is... the, er, default. So I'm not really sure I understand
>> your question.
>
>You can if the default is a search list, which is what you go on to
>describe. The default _used_ is simply the first _found_ of many.

The default is a file, not a list.

>
>jg
Received on Wed Oct 01 2003 - 14:51:25 CDT