Why complicate things indeed? If it had to be a binary file,
it could well have been the control file as you suggest.
All this spfile/pfile rigmarole is just an unnecessary
and unwarranted complication. But it's great to generate
revenue out of OCP training...
Cheers
Nuno Souto
in sunny Sydney, Australia
dbvision_at_optusnet.com.au
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From: "Powell, Mark D" <mark.powell_at_eds.com>
To: <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 10:47 PM
Subject: RE: More spfile goodness
> I have no problem with the concept of an spfile to hold database
parameters,
> but I wonder why Oracle did not use the existing control file. After all
> where else does control information belong?
>
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