The use of local listener self-registration is that whenever you add or remove a new instance or service name to your server, you don't have to manually modify listener.ora file. Tanel. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scott.Shafer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 10:31 PM Subject: RE: spfile/listener question > No, we haven't converted to spfile yet. Just using init.ora for testing. > Thanks all for the replies. I think it was our misreading of the docs, > thinking it allowed us to get rid of the listener.ora when that isn't the > case (too bad). > Oh well, back to the regularly scheduled PC/non-PC rants... > > > Scott Shafer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercadante, Thomas F [mailto:thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Are you saying that with the entry below in the init.ora file, you = > database > did not register with the listener after a db bounce? Did the spfile = > still > exists after th4e db bounce? If it did, then the init.ora changes were > skipped - the db started using the spfile. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------