Now I'm confused. You originally said that the problem was the Pfile, not the SPfile. I suggested specifying full path for Pfile but your reply said full path for SPfile generates same error. Which did you try? On 5/23/05, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Paul, > =20 > Specifying a full path name for SPFILE generates the same error. > =20 > =20 > =20 > On 5/23/05, Paul Baumgartel <paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jared, > >=20 > >=20 > > > Trying to create a new spfile is no good: > > > > > > SQL> create spfile=3D'spfile_from_pfile.ora' from pfile; > > > create spfile=3D'spfile_from_pfile.ora' from pfile > > > * > >=20 > > Did you try specifying the full pfile path in this command? I usually= =20 > > take the default spfile location but spell out the pfile path: > >=20 > > create spfile from > pfile=3D'd:\oracle\admin\foobar\pfile\init.ora'; > >=20 > > Paul > >=20 > >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 >=20 > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist=20 >=20 > =20 --=20 Paul Baumgartel paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l