Re: alter system reset

Of course you can always do something like this:

SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production on Tue Sep 2 01:32:26 2003

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Connected to:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production With the Partitioning option
JServer Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production

SQL> create pfile='/tmp/init.ora' from spfile;

File created.

SQL> and then edit '/tmp/init.ora'. You can still startup the database by using "startup pfile=/tmp/init.ora' command. What's the big deal?

On 2003.09.02 01:09, Prem Khanna J wrote:
> Arup Bhai/Mladen,
>
> these are the lines i read from oracle docs.
>
> "Caution: Although you can open the binary server parameter file with a text
> editor and view its text, do not
> manually edit it. Doing so will corrupt the file. You will not be able to
> start your instance, and if the
> instance is running, it could fail."
>
> As you said,opening spfile is not a problem...but editing IS.
>
> Thanx to you both.
>
> Regards,
> Prem Khanna J.
>
> 02-09-2003 12:44:26, Mladen Gogala <mgogala_at_adelphia.net> wrote:
> >Prem, if you want to read the spfile, you can always do something like
> >strings $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/spfile.ora>/tmp/spfile.txt
>
>
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