Re: how i recover my database

srikanthpotluri wrote:
> i am using oracle10.2.0 version on windowsXP.i open sp file once.
> i got a proble to start a database..
> the following two errors are comming ..
> 1.ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
> 2.LRM-00109: could not open parameter file
> 'C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\SREE\DATABASE\INITSREE.ORA'
> how i recover my database could u help me any body
> advance thanks
> srikanth potluri
>

What did you do? Edit the spfile?!?
As you found out, the spfile is a non-editable, binary copy (of the pfile, the human readable counterpart).

You should have a pfile somewhere, and you could start with
startup mount pfile=....
where the '....' is the actual location of your pfile.

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Frank van Bortel

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