But, in this case you can always start it specifying explicitly PFILE=... (instead of using SPFILE).
Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Jared Still Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 1:05 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Mladen, I'm surprised at you. You didn't mention that using SPFILE makes it possible to put your database in a state that will prevent it from being started. ie. alter system set shared_pool=1024m scope spfile; I doubt many systems could handle that. Kirti and others convinced me to abandon spfile for now. Jared On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 23:44, Mladen Gogala wrote: > > On 2003.11.24 01:34, VirVit wrote: > > Hello. > > > > I'am a newbie in Oracle, so I have some questions to experts :) > > > > 1) What difference between SPFILE and PFILE? > > Big one. It's best described in the concepts manual as well as in the DBA guide. > To make long story short, you can modify SPFILE from sqlplus which is not > possible with PFILe. SPFILE is "binary" (quotes are here because it's not very binary, just a little), > while PFILE is a standard text file. > > > 2) Where by default Oracle search these files when instance starts? > > In %ORACLE_HOME%\DBS directory. > > > 3) Where oracle searches datafiles by default? > > Nowhere. It doesn't search them. Locations of the control files are a mandatory parameter > in the parameter file (PFILE and SPFILE) and control files contain, among other things, locations > of all data, temporary and redo log files. > > > 4) Sorry for lame questions :( > > No problem. There is plenty of literature available on OTN (technet.oracle.com) as well as in > the bookshops just across the wire, like http://www.bn.com (Barnes & Noble). Oracle has > a site, maintained by the book writer of the year (no, it's not Cary Millsap, it's like NFL, the best > team never wins. I have quite a few funny stories about NFL and being dead certain that I know > which team will win, but this is not an NFL mailing list). The site is http://asktom.oracle.com. > It's maintained by Tom Kyte who answers as many questions as humanly possible. Not all > answers are useful, but all are factually correct. The good books to read are probably > 1) Oracle9i DBA Handbook by Kevin Loney and Marlene Theriault (don't shoot, Rachel, it's French!) > 2) Expert 1-on-1 , Tom Kyte > 3) Practical Oracle 8i (one of the best DBA books ever written, even for a beginner, pertinent for version 9i > as well), written by J. Lewis > 4) Oracle Administratiion and Management by M. Ault (don't buy Oracle8i Admin. and Mgmt. as it is obsolete. > the second edition is much better) > There are other good books, which are not, in my opinion, suitable for a beginner. > 1) Cary Millsap: Optimizing Oracle Performance (excellent book) > 2) Gaja V., Kirti Deshpande, John Kostelac 101 Oracle Performance Tuning (really great book) > 3) Guy Harrison Oracle SQL High Performance Tuning > > The mandatory parts of the DBA arsenal are also Robert Freeman's RMAN book, Don Burleson's > Statspack book and last but least, Andy Duncan, Jared Still: Perl for Oracle DBAs (just for the > lovers of the pathologically eclectic rubish lister) > > > > > Oracle 9.2.0.4, win2k. > > It's not your fault. You may want to try with Linux, though. > > > > > -- > > Поцелуев Виталий Игоревич (VirVit) > > Oracle 9i DBA beginner > > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: VirVit > > 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). 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