Re[2]: Shooting yourself in the spfile

From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:21:22 -0500
Message-ID: <645738037.20040218202122@gennick.com>

Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 8:00:29 PM, Alexander.Feinstein_at_mitchell1.com (Alexander.Feinstein_at_mitchell1.com) wrote: AFmc> With spfile one can use followin steps: AFmc> 1. sqlplus /nolog

2. SQL>> create pfile='/tmp/pfile' from spfile='?/dbs/spfileSID.ora'
3. SQL>> host vi /tmp/pfile
4. SQL>> create spfile='?/dbs/spfileSID.ora' from pfile='/tmp/pfile'
5. SQL>> host rm /tmp/pfile
6. SQL>> startup

In my case, I couldn't start my instance at all, so I wouldn't have been able to issue the create pfile command in step 2.

Best regards,

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