Thanks Carel. Regards Diego. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carel-Jan Engel" <cjpengel.dbalert@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 3:46 PM Subject: Re: Which parameter file has been used? > Diego, > On unix 'ls -lutr' shows a directory listing with access times, sorted > from old to new. The latest accessed parameterfile is probably the the > one used to start the database, unless the files were accessed for > backup purposes, by vi, grep or whatever. No idea whether this is > possible in Window$ though. > > Best regards, > > Carel-Jan Engel > > === > If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) > === > On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 01:56, Diego Cutrone wrote: > > > Hi list, > > Just wondering. > > Imagine you have more than one valid parameter file in the system (not spfile), and someone else has started the database. > > > > How can you know which parameter file he/she used to start instance up ? > > > > Is there any other option besides comparing values between v$parameter and the init.ora files? > > > > Thanks in advance > > Best Regards, > > Diego > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------