Re: Minimum required init.ora parameters

It seems like I remember misspelling 'control_file' once and discorvering that even it has a default. Of course with Oracle, it could depend on the version, O/S, patch level, phase of the moon, etc.

Keith

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>
> "compatibility" or "compatible" is not a mandatory init.ora parameter.
> I would think that only the first three are required.
>
> Hemant
>
> At 06:08 AM 13-01-03 -0800, you wrote:
> >Nirmal - I believe there are four:
> > db_name
> > control_file
> > db_block_size
> > compatibility
> >
> >This is from John Hibbard, a great Oracle Education instructor.
> >But why not try for yourself? Save off your init.ora, then create a new
> >init.ora with just the above parameters. If Oracle comes up, then remove
> >parameters. If there is another parameter, Oracle will tell you.
> >
> >
> >
> >Dennis Williams
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> >
> >List,
> >
> >I'm interested to know the minimum required parameters to startup the
> >database.
> >
> >Pls anybody list out that?
> >
> >Nirmal.,
> >
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