Re: Which parameter file has been used?

  • From: "Diego Cutrone" <diegocutrone@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:00:17 -0700

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
>
>
>
>
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