Re: Editing configuration pfile created by dbca

Peter wrote:

> I used dbca to create my database. Of course I did not have to make up
> a configuration pfile mysefl.
> I realized that dbca created 2 different configuration pfile during
> the process of creating the database.
> There is one in
> <base>\ora92\database
> and another in
> <base>\admin\pfile
>
> Both contain the same stuff. But I wonder if I edit one of them, what
> will happen to the other? Any help?

When you edit one file ... you edit one file. Assuming both copies are identical, they usually are not, the copy in \database is the active copy. The other a back-up.

Usually, the copy in \database contains a reference to the other. So be very sure of what you are doing.

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