RE: Re[2]: Shooting yourself in the spfile

  • From: Alexander.Feinstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:37:03 -0800

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



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