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its fine, some people dont maintain them (the other place they are used is
in startup / shutdown scripts )
On 11/04/06, Paul Vincent <Paul.Vincent_at_uce.ac.uk> wrote:
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> Now, i know that the databases on the two Solaris servers were all
> created by the application vendors when they installed the corporate
> apps on those servers, and that they were created manually, rather than
> via DBCA. Does this mean that they omitted a step which would have made
> an entry in oratab? In any case, is it an OK procedure for me to simply
> manually edit the oratab file, as above, adding a line for each database
> I want auto-discovering? Or are there hidden pitfalls? I've tried my
> darnedest to RTFM on this one, but references to oratab are few and far
> between in the Oracle documentation, so it's time for me to consult the
> experts (that's you lot - I hope!).
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