Yes, the SPFILE is stored in binary format in the database, but you can
sort of work around it. To create a text file from the SPFILE, you can
issue:
CREATE PFILE 'pfilename' FROM SPFILE 'filename';
And vice versa with:
CREATE SPFILE = 'filename' FROM PFILE = 'pfilename';
When starting the instance, you can also specify an alternate SPFILE:
SQL> startup pfile=filename
There's also some new syntax for the ALTER SYSTEM command to specify the
scope of the change:
ALTER SYSTEM set parameter = value SCOPE = MEMORY | SPFILE |
BOTH;
Rich Holland
Guidance Technologies, Inc.
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> Subject: Re:RE: Changing dump destinations in init.ora
>
[...]
> during the discussion on database management it was revealed that init
> files are on the way out, probably in 9i version 2. Their being
replaced
> by an SF file that is humanly unreadable and consequently
unmodifiable.
> Seems we'll have to do all modifications with the assistance of an
alter
> database or alter system command.
> On the plus side, if your starting a database remotely you'll not need
a
> copy of the init.ora locally.
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