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That's not good enough. The ifile is not the same as the pfile. It would only work if the only line in the pfile would be: ifile=.....
-- Terry Dykstra Canadian Forest Oil Ltd. "fumi" <fumi_at_tpts5.seed.net.tw> wrote in message news:9d932q$2ed$3_at_news.seed.net.tw...Received on Tue May 08 2001 - 12:22:04 CDT
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> > in svrmgr do show parameter all. It should show an entry for PFILE and
this
> > is the one which is being used. Also check v$parameter table.
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> > "Matthias Hoys" <matthias_at_reference.be> wrote in message
> > news:3af13196$0$43047$456d72a3_at_news.skynet.be...
> > > How can I see which initialization.ora file a currently running
instance is
> > > using ?
> > > Is there a system view to check this ?
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> The "show parameter all" doesn't show it. Use "show parameter ifile"
instead.
> It can be found in v$parameter:
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> select value from v$parameter where name='ifile';
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> It's funny that, it shows null in my Oracle8.1.6 EE on Windows 2k,
> if the database autostart at Windows startup.
> If I restartup using svrmgrl, it shows a value.
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