it's a fake sort of binary -- try editing it with vi and then try opening your database with the spfile... but first make an init.ora copy of it.
There is some sort of checksum going on, even though it looks like ASCII --- "Jamadagni, Rajendra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it isn't binary on solaris ... pure text ... > > Raj > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:40 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > sync with INIT.ORA ?) > > > I can definitely appreciate the benefits of dynamic parameters, and > of being > able to persist the values of those parameters accross > shutdown/startup > cycles. But I would have guessed that oracle could have gotten both > of > those features together without going to a binary parameter > file--couldn't > whatever process writes to the spfile just write to a plain text file > instead? Does anybody know what the advantage of having a binary > store of > params is? > > Cheers, > -Roy > > ********************************************************************This > e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the named > recipient(s) above and may contain information that is privileged, > attorney work product or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. > If you have received this message in error, or are not the named > recipient(s), please immediately notify corporate MIS at (860) > 766-2000 and delete this e-mail message from your computer, Thank > you.*********************************************************************2 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
