Re: How to name the password?

From: Pete's <empete2000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 24 Apr 2003 06:40:42 -0700
Message-ID: <6724a51f.0304240540.171288b7@posting.google.com>

On unix, the name should be the following: orapwORACLE_SID
and should be placed in the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory. For NT/2000, it should be similar. In fact, I believe you can specify any name you want.

HTH,
Pete's

Peter <peter_at_nomorenewsspammin.ca> wrote in message news:<ul6favgv1ul0r34sj7pdpej5b6h8pnfm8r_at_4ax.com>...
> When I executed my sql script in sqlplus, it complained that it cannot
> find my password file. But in fact I have already created and placed
> it in \oracle\ora92\database folder. Just the name was not the one it
> wanted. It asked for a password file named "PWDdb.ora" where db is
> name of the service. Is there a standard way that Oracle requires you
> to name the password file?
>
> Thanks
Received on Thu Apr 24 2003 - 08:40:42 CDT