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The control_file entry in the pfile created from spfile looks like
?\oradata\MYDB\control01.ctl
On 10/17/05, NEW pop.tiscali.de <http://pop.tiscali.de> <
adolph.tony_at_tiscali.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Deepak,
> RE 1: as a previous post just noted, in RAC configurations, the * is
> replaced by the instance number for the database.
> RE 2: the ? is ORACLE_HOME, not BASE
> RE 3: looks dodgy to me, what's the control_files entry in the new pfile
> that was just created from the spfile?
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* DBA Deepak <oracle.tutorials_at_gmail.com>
> *To:* oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> *Sent:* Monday, October 17, 2005 12:12 PM
> *Subject:* PFILE from SPFILE
>
> Hi All,
> When I created a pfile from spfile the pfile has lines like the
> following....
> *.background_dump_dest='?\admin\
> I have a few doubts regarding that.
> 1> Why **.* is there before each line.
> 2> Why the locations of the dumps as well as the control files have *?\*prefixed.
> 3> Even when i use sho parameter control_file it shows the ?
> Please help me in understanding the above.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Deepak
> Oracle DBA
>
>
>
-- Regards, Deepak Oracle DBA -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Mon Oct 17 2005 - 06:35:14 CDT
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