I thought the suggestion was that whatever needs to be communicated between instances be kept in the control file. Not that ALL parameters should end up in the control file? Cheers Nuno Souto in sunny Sydney, Australia dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Fink" <Daniel.Fink@xxxxxxx> > Ah, the chicken or the egg... > > Control files are identified by the parameter (spfile/init.ora) file. If you > kept the parameters in the control file, how would the database know which > control files to read? And if a control file was lost? How would you edit the > control file to change the parameter to point to a different control file? > > Sounds like a catch-42. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------