RE: Editing pfile created from spfile

  • From: "Kevin Closson" <kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 13:47:47 -0700

 >>>Oracle claims the create pfile from spfile command results 
>>>in an ascii file, which technically is correct, but it's got 
>>>special ascii characters so notepad or the like isn't 
>>>suitable to edit it. I'll probably use a hex editor, but I 
>>>wondered how exact I have to be on using these special 
>>>characters around the static parameter I need to add. Has 
>>>anybody had to edit one of these?

try this (works like a charm):

$ strings - spfile.ora > pfile.ora

Notepad? Ahhh, windows...use cygwin or mks strings command

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