Jonathan, You do not need any connection, nor any instance. Just SQL*Plus. Alex. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Gennick [mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 5:21 PM To: Alexander.Feinstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re[2]: Shooting yourself in the spfile Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 8:00:29 PM, Alexander.Feinstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Alexander.Feinstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: AFmc> With spfile one can use followin steps: AFmc> 1. sqlplus /nolog 2. SQL>> create pfile='/tmp/pfile' from spfile='?/dbs/spfileSID.ora' 3. SQL>> host vi /tmp/pfile 4. SQL>> create spfile='?/dbs/spfileSID.ora' from pfile='/tmp/pfile' 5. SQL>> host rm /tmp/pfile 6. SQL>> startup In my case, I couldn't start my instance at all, so I wouldn't have been able to issue the create pfile command in step 2. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------