RE: How to edit spfile ?/

  • From: "Igor Neyman" <ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tomday2@xxxxxxxxx>, <davidsharples@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:05:10 -0400

That's strange.
Any parameter you can change in pfile - you can change in spfile.
 
Just not with every parameter you can do scope=both (meaning in memory
and in spfile - immediate effect).
So, for the the ones you can't - you do scope=spfile and restart the
database.

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Subject: Re: How to edit spfile ?/



Usually the parameter that I want to change is something that can't be
changed via ALTER SYSTEM.  Very rarely do I get lucky and edit the
spfile such that the checksum is still valid.  The only way that I know
of to always be able to alter the parameter in spfile is to create a
pfile from the spfile, edit the pfile, restart the database from the
pfile and create an spfile from the pfile. 
 
HUGE pain.  Not a fan of spfile at all.  Only use it when management
insists.

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