hey,
why don't u querry v$parameter view.
the parameter ifile gives u the complete path and name of init.ora file.
saurabh
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> This will not give you solution. As backup of controlfile to trace will
not
> give initSID.ora file path.
>
> Actually as per my knowledge there is no table which gives path of
> initSID.ora file. What you can do is find all init parameter files in your
> system. Then check SID part of your filename. If you have any doubt then
> also count SGA of each initSID.ora and your database SGA.
>
> This is not 100 percent correct and also seems to be some what tedious but
> you can try this for your database.
>
> Regards,
> Jaimin.
>
>
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> Michael (TEM)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:51 AM
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>
>
> Can't you do it indirectly with an 'alter database backup controlfile to
> trace' command? I seem to recall that there's a path to the initSID.ora
> file there. 'Course, it could be just the generic path...I never tried
> changing it to see...
>
> HTH,
> Mike
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 2:51 PM
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>
> Seema,
> There is no way to find that out.
> Unless, the init.ora uses ifile option and the file pointed to by ifile
> contains all the parameters. In that case you can query v$parameter view
to
> see what ifile points to.
> By default Oracle looks for it in the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory.
>
> HTH,
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Seema Singh [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 2:09 PM
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> > Subject: which initSID?
> >
> > Hi gurus
> > How we know which initSID.ora file are in use in running instance if
disk
> > is
> > not designed as OFA?
> > Where can I found referenced tables name menas which Data dictionary
> > table?
> > Thanks
> > -Seema
> >
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