Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 7:42:54 PM, Adam Donahue (adonahue@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: AD> An advantage of using an spfile is that when starting a database from AD> remote, the pfile might not be available Right, but that's no reason to make the spfile a binary file. The server could just as easily read a text file. Of course, when changing parameters, I suppose it's easier for the server to write a new value into a binary file than into a text file. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx Join the Oracle-article list and receive one article on Oracle technologies per month by email. To join, visit http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, or send email to Oracle-article-request@xxxxxxxxxxx and include the word "subscribe" in either the subject or body. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------