RE: Initalization files, etc

Jared Still scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon:

> Mladen,
>
> I'm surprised at you. You didn't mention that using SPFILE
> makes it possible to put your database in a state that will
> prevent it from being started.

i do believe he left that as an exercise for the reader.;-)

yet another way to render your database unable to start.

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