Two speculations (since I 'm not part of that Oracle design group):
1. One of the purposes of the SPFILE was to be able to have the same
SPFILE on every server, to support the surge toward grid computing. I think
that is why they didn 't move some of these parameters to the control file.
2. Microsoft seems to be moving away from simple, editable files toward
files that have a GUI interface. And often Oracle is forced to appear as
"user friendly " as MS. If you 've ever designed an interface for many
customer sites to use, you tend to get a little paranoid. Inevitably some
person somewhere will scramble the plain text file beyond what you
anticipated and then you the developer are tagged with having caused a
"bug ". Having a file the strange people can 't legitimately edit (although
some clever people on this list have done just that) makes the developer
feel a little more comfortable.
Sorry if I 've spoiled anyone 's rant, it is just my nature to seek to
understand the reasons behind the actions of others.
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams@(protected)
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From: oracle-l-bounce@(protected)
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@(protected)]On Behalf Of Nuno Souto
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 9:55 AM
To: oracle-l@(protected)
Subject: Re: More spfile goodness
Why complicate things indeed? If it had to be a binary file,
it could well have been the control file as you suggest.
All this spfile/pfile rigmarole is just an unnecessary
and unwarranted complication. But it 's great to generate
revenue out of OCP training...
Cheers
Nuno Souto
in sunny Sydney, Australia
dbvision@(protected)
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From: "Powell, Mark D " <mark.powell@(protected) >
To: <oracle-l@(protected) >
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 10:47 PM
Subject: RE: More spfile goodness
> I have no problem with the concept of an spfile to hold database
parameters,
> but I wonder why Oracle did not use the existing control file. After all
> where else does control information belong?
>
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