Re: alter system reset

Prem,

The SPFILE should never be opened to be modified; opening a file to see the contents are acceptable and that's what I said. Sometimes opening the file in an editor may not be needed;
"type" in Windows command prompt or "cat" in unix will let us achive the same objective.

Talking about the SPFILE modification, you can't effectively modify it with accuracy. The file is binary (actually binary in the beginning and then text towards the bottom part), so even if you open it in notepad and save it, there is no guarantee that the file will be accurately saved with all contents intact.

By the way, I have edited the SPFILE in some cases, only in development, though; but I wouldn't advise it to be done that way; always use ALTER SYSTEM ... SCOPE=SPFILE to modify it or edit the init.ora file and then create the SPFILE from it. You can create the spfile from pfile even when the instance is down.

HTH. Arup

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 10:49 PM

> Arup Bhai, i remember oracle docs saying NOT to open a spfile and that it
may even
> corrupt the file.
>
> Is that always true ?
> Can the spfile be opened ?
> can you kindly explain me ?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Prem Khanna J.
>
>
> 02-09-2003 04:14:26, "Arup Nanda" <orarup_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Does the entry even exist in the SPFILE? Open up the spfile in notepad
and
> >check the existence of the parameter in there. Do the following:
> >SQL> alter system set undo_suppress_errors = false scope=spfile
sid='ananda';
> >System altered.
> >SQL> ALTER SYSTEM RESET undo_suppress_errors scope=spfile sid='ananda';
> >System altered.
> >Arup
>
>
>
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