Re[2]: Shooting yourself in the spfile

From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:22:48 -0500
Message-ID: <5345824231.20040218202248@gennick.com>

Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 7:59:27 PM, Jacques Kilchoer (Jacques.Kilchoer_at_quest.com) wrote:

JK> It seems to me that Oracle is moving away from the text-based init.ora file. And since you can
JK> change the init parameters with alter system, why edit an init.ora file with vi? At least the
JK> 'alter system' command has some syntax checking.

That's a really good point, syntax checking. Frankly, if you have only one parameter to change, it's probably easier and faster to just issue an alter system command. I certainly like the convenience of using scope=both.

Best regards,

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