Re: How to name the password?

From: richard <richard_at_nomorenewsspammin.ca>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 05:32:28 GMT
Message-ID: <24ihavsjobekqoanv5qk4opvc361mj5gr1@4ax.com>

On 24 Apr 2003 16:29:31 -0700, rs_arwar_at_hotmail.com (Rauf Sarwar) wrote:

>tgiridhar_at_yahoo.com (giridhar) wrote in message news:<c7b5ba55.0304240814.5fcdde0f_at_posting.google.com>...
>> The password file is made up of two parts, the prefix orapw and the <sid>. You
>> must make sure the sid's case matches that of the environment variable
>> ORACLE_SID.
>>
>> For example, if the environment variable ORACLE_SID=TEST and the password
>> file is name is orapwtest then you will encounter the ORA-01990. To correct
>> the problem, rename the passwordfile to PWDTEST and then restart the database.
>
>
>I think you are mixing Unix and Windows... A grave sin by itself.
>
>On Unix it is orapw<sid> and On Windows it is pwd<sid>.ora. Case

What should be the file extension on Unix for orapw<sid> ?

>doesn't matter on Windows but it does on *nix.
>
>Regards
>/Rauf Sarwar
Received on Fri Apr 25 2003 - 00:32:28 CDT