Thanks, Tom. I'll pass it on. Scott Shafer -----Original Message----- From: Mercadante, Thomas F [mailto:thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 1:35 PM I don't think the intent of the spfile was to do away with the = listener.ora file. Stange thing the init.ora. You can put the listener entry into the = int.ora to have the database "self-register" with the listener. In this way, = you do not need an entry in the listener.ora file for each database. But if you are using the intelligent agent for use with Orcle OEM, you = need the databases listed in the listener.ora file for the agent to find the databases. A silly contradiction that someone at Oracle missed. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------