Re: Dear Oracle Corp.: ORACLE 7.2: No more OFA / $ORACLE_BASE support ?

On 1 Nov 1995, Phillip D. Jackson wrote:
> OFA is more a directory structure for storing multiple versions of Oracle
> executables, message files, *.sql scripts, etc. You will be well advised
> NOT to locate any local datafiles under OFA. This includes init...ora,
> control, redo log, and datafiles. In the installation manual Oracle
> clearly states that no data files should be so stored.

Better read the recent articles in ORACLE mag. In fact, OFA directory structure is very useful for holding multiple databases. The installation manual RECOMMENDS storing the control, init, redo, etc inside a structure that just happends to be OFA compliant.

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