Re: "*." prefixes init.ora parms???

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 11:06:47 -0400, Charles Davis wrote:

> Hello, all.
>
> I've been through Oracle docs on tahiti.oracle.com and I could not find the
> answer to this question.
>
> A vendor-supplied software package came with its own init.ora file in which
> every parm is prefixed with star-dot in column 1, such as '*.db_files =
> 200', without the quotes, of course.
>

The *.{parameter=[value]} notation was created to allow single init.ora in a RAC environment. In a RAC environment, the star implies all instances. In a non-RAC environment, the star simply translates to 'the instance'. Thus Oracle can achieve the same code regardless of installation.

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