Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 7:59:27 PM, Jacques Kilchoer (Jacques.Kilchoer@xxxxxxxxx) wrote: JK> It seems to me that Oracle is moving away from the text-based init.ora file. And since you can JK> change the init parameters with alter system, why edit an init.ora file with vi? At least the JK> 'alter system' command has some syntax checking. That's a really good point, syntax checking. Frankly, if you have only one parameter to change, it's probably easier and faster to just issue an alter system command. I certainly like the convenience of using scope=both. 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------