Re: OEM - 9i Windows XP -

"Jeremy" <newspostings_at_hazelweb.co.uk> wrote in message news:MPG.1b3cf3dd505b9efd989c70_at_news.individual.net...
> In article <40d2ddfa$0$18669$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>, Howard J.
> Rogers says...
> >
> > "Jeremy" <newspostings_at_hazelweb.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.1b3cd68af4adecb6989c6f_at_news.individual.net...
>
> > >
> > > I assume there is a way of editing a file and then forcing oracle to
> > > read it when it starts the instance?
> >
> > Chapter 6 of the ebook deals with nearly every aspect of working with
the
> > spfile. Including how you create an init.ora from one, which is what
you'll
> > need to do. Basically: create pfile from spfile; and then run off to
> > ORACLE_HOME\database. With an edited init.ora, you then force startup to
use
> > it if you like: startup pfile='c:\wherever\whatever.ora'. Or, create
spfile
> > from pfile, followed by just pain old startup -because if an spfile
exists,
> > it gets used in preference to an init.ora.
> >
> Thanks for taking the time to explain that - honestly I'd have been
> quite happy with 'RTFeB' :)

No problem. I have to atone for my sins of not reading the documentation somehow.

;-)
HJR Received on Fri Jun 18 2004 - 09:05:26 CDT