Don't you just love it when a demo goes even better than you anticipated ORA-00381: cannot use both new and old parameters for buffer cache size spe= cification SQL> oops SP2-0042: unknown command "oops" - rest of line ignored. SQL> create spfile from pfile 2 ; create spfile from pfile * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [908], [], [], [], [], [], [], [] :(=20 Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission +44 117 975 7805=20 ********************************************************************** This email contains information intended for the addressee only. It may be confidential and may be the subject of legal and/or professional privilege. Any dissemination, distribution, copyright or use of this communication without prior permission of the sender is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------