RE: RE: Changing dump destinations in init.ora

From: Jacques Kilchoer <Jacques.Kilchoer_at_quest.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 18:17:11 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0040EF40.20020213180319@fatcity.com>

Though you can always delete the SF file and go back to the init.ora. The SF file will be used if it's there, but if it's missing Oracle will look for an init.ora file for the database.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dgoulet_at_vicr.com [mailto:dgoulet_at_vicr.com]
>
> Folks, this is kind of on this topic. I was at an Oracle
> Technology day today
> in Boston, MA, USA specifically on the subject of Oracle 9i.
> Anyway, during the
> discussion on database management it was revealed that init
> files are on the way
> out, probably in 9i version 2. Their being replaced by an SF
> file that is
> humanly unreadable and consequently unmodifiable. Seems
> we'll have to do all
> modifications with the assistance of an alter database or
> alter system command.
> On the plus side, if your starting a database remotely you'll
> not need a copy of
> the init.ora locally.
Received on Wed Feb 13 2002 - 20:17:11 CST