Re: Minor, but irritating

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:41:18 +1100
Message-ID: <40568579$0$3955$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:40568509$0$3957$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> I'd log a documentation bug, but I (probably) can't.
>
> Page 2-8 of the 10g Database Administrator's Guide.
>
> Apparently, the default name for the PFILE on Unix systems is
> "init$ORACLE_HOME.ora". I rather thought it had something to do with
> ORACLE_SID.
>
> For Windows systems, apparently the default location is
> ORACLE_BASE\admin\SID\pfile. I know that's where dbca likes to tuck things
> away, but I thought the *real* default was still ORACLE_HOME\database. Of
> course, with no Windows version of 10g to hand, I can't check whether
> they've really changed the default or not.
>
> Regards
> HJR
Incidentally, is it very sensible in a reference guide to have a sample init.ora on the same page which shows three multiplexed control files all being created on exactly the same mount point and in exactly the same directories?

HJR Received on Mon Mar 15 2004 - 22:41:18 CST