Re: PFILE from SPFILE

  • From: DBA Deepak <oracle.tutorials@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "NEW pop.tiscali.de" <adolph.tony@xxxxxxxxxx>, oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:02:44 +0530

The control_file entry in the pfile created from spfile looks like
 ?\oradata\MYDB\control01.ctl


 On 10/17/05, NEW pop.tiscali.de <http://pop.tiscali.de> <
adolph.tony@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Deepak,
>  RE 1: as a previous post just noted, in RAC configurations, the * is
> replaced by the instance number for the database.
>  RE 2: the ? is ORACLE_HOME, not BASE
>  RE 3: looks dodgy to me, what's the control_files entry in the new pfile
> that was just created from the spfile?
>   Tony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* DBA Deepak <oracle.tutorials@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  *Sent:* Monday, October 17, 2005 12:12 PM
> *Subject:* PFILE from SPFILE
>
>  Hi All,
>  When I created a pfile from spfile the pfile has lines like the
> following....
>  *.background_dump_dest='?\admin\
>  I have a few doubts regarding that.
>  1> Why **.* is there before each line.
>  2> Why the locations of the dumps as well as the control files have 
> *?\*prefixed.
>  3> Even when i use sho parameter control_file it shows the ?
>   Please help me in understanding the above.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Deepak
> Oracle DBA
>
>
>


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Regards,

Deepak
Oracle DBA

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