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"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:<41acb3ef$0$9390$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
> Ed Stevens wrote:
> case!).
>
> In a world where converting to a pfile might not actually remain an
> option for ever and ever, it might be a good idea to know how to work
> with spfiles 'natively'.
>
> Regards
> HJR
I have always just used strings on the spfile, or even opened it in a
text editor when on Windows. Delete the top line and bottom line,
IIRC, and you are good to go, after renaming it, of course. I think
Oracle just puts it in a specific binary format so people won't try to
bypass the instance change mechanism and munge it directly.
Regards,
Steve Received on Tue Nov 30 2004 - 16:00:11 CST