Dennis-
With 9i you have the option of using init.ora or the spfile. DBs created with the
assistant I think use spfile by default. To make the change you want, issue the ALTER
SYSTEM blah blah SCOPE BOTH to make the change both immediate and permanent. SCOPE
MEMORY changes it immediately but only until reboot, SCOPE SPFILE changes the
initialization file but won't take effect until reboot.
Jim
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Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 11:43 AM
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For Oracle 9.2 (Solaris), can anyone tell me where Oracle is expecting the
init.ora file?
I created the database using dbca. It created an init.ora in
admin/{db_name}/pfile. I moved this to $ORACLE_HOME/dbs and renamed the
original init.ora file. Then I discovered that Oracle is not reading the new
init.ora. The database starts fine, with no errors. I tried moving the
init.ora file back to the original pfile location, but it is still not
reading it. Specifically, I am trying to set LOG_ARCHIVE_START = true, but I
have made other changes and they are not taking effect either.
I have searched the documentation, and while there is the new SPFILE, there
is no indication how this might affect my problem.
Any insights from someone that has turned archiving on with 9.2 would be
appreciated.
Dennis Williams
DBA, 20% OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
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