David, I can give that a try but it's not in any of the documentation that way. The parenthesis are optional as well. On 4/5/06, David Sharples <davidsharples@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > the problem there is with the quotes, the whole thing needs to be wrapped up > in quotes > >> On 05/04/06, Michael Ray <topshot.rhit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From my sql*plus session (this will likely wrap): > > SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET > > LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=('c:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\cssprod','c:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\cssprod','e:\oracle\oradata\cssprod','e:\oracle\oradata\cssprod') > > SCOPE=SPFILE; > > * > > ERROR at line 1: > > ORA-02095: specified initialization parameter cannot be modified > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l