Re: spfile vs pfile in 9i

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:417e6242$0$22672$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> And whatever happened to:
>
> create pfile from spfile
> edit pfile
> create spfile from pfile
> startup
> ??

Neither your route, nor Holger's nor restoring a good copy over a corrupt one are difficult steps. I'd just argue that they add an extra (albeit trivial) level of tasks to the old

edit pfile
startup.

routine using the old system.

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Niall Litchfield
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