DBCA -control file locations in template

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise. Oracle 9.2.0.6 With Oct 2005 patch.
I'm trying to place my control files in an alternate shared location as required for using Oracle Failsafe. The editor allows me to make changes but when I view the template and the scripts created the control file location is the default.
Have I missed a prerequisite step before energizing DBCA or is there a problem with the tool that I need to open a TAR for?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Darrell

This was in regards to the initialization parameters being edited in the DBCA. I found one workaround and one solution.
The DBCA was always taking the default {ORACLE_BASE} despite what was being displayed in the edit screen.
Workaround= Build your templates on a server where the {ORACLE_BASE} is defined as the target location you want and then move the template to the machine where you plan to build the instance.
Solution= Redefine the {Oracle_Base} value in the file initialization variable section during the creation of your template. It shows up as a default(unchangeable) but it allows you to reenter it with your desired value and override the default.
Hope this helps someone else down the road!
Darrell

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Instead of hard-coding this location as:
<xapi:template type="rtf" location="/u01/apps/erpd2/inst/apps/erpd2_mcdeagaix821/temp/XMCI_B2CR009_RFS.rtf">
</xapi:template>
I change the above to
<xapi:template type="rtf" location="${RTF_LOC}">
</xapi:template>
and fetch RTF_LOC at the bursting level in the Data template.
After specifying the location as a token in the bursting control file, the Bursting program errors out. It does not even go to the post-processing stage.
I have fetched the Outbound SMTP server name in a similar fashion and specified the same as a token in the Bursting XML. It works fine. Also, when I hard-code the same RTF location in the bursting file, it works! Just specifying it as a token errors out the bursting process.
Pls advise.
Ritu

Hi Ritu,
I am probably too late to help you, but here is an answer for completeness. I had the same problem as you, I needed to make my template selection dynamic.
The bursting control file below was not working until I applied patch 8594771 (BURSTING DOES NOT SUPPORT ESCAPE CHARACTERS LIKE "FIRST LAST <[email protected]>" )
I managed to find this patch by running the XML Publisher Report Bursting Program with debug=Yes and got the message "java.util.zip.ZipException: ZIP file must have at least one entry". Searching on Oracle Support for this message delivered patch number 8594771
Here is my control file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xapi:requestset xmlns:xapi="http://xmlns.oracle.com/oxp/xapi" type="bursting">
<xapi:request select="/XX_DUNNING/LIST_G_SITE_USE_ID1/G_SITE_USE_ID1/LIST_G_CORRESPONDENCES/G_CORRESPONDENCES">
<xapi:delivery>
<xapi:email server="localhost" port="99"
from="[email protected]"
reply-to="[email protected]">
<xapi:message id="email1" to="${CF_EMAIL_ADDRESS}" cc="${CF_CC_EMAIL_ADDRESS}"
attachment="true"
subject="${LIST_G_CUSTOM_LETTER_HEADER/G_CUSTOM_LETTER_HEADER/HEADER_TEXT}">
${LIST_G_CUSTOM_LETTER_FOOTER/G_CUSTOM_LETTER_FOOTER/FOOTER_TEXT}
</xapi:message>
</xapi:email>
</xapi:delivery>
<xapi:document output-type="pdf" delivery="email1">
<xapi:template type="xsl-fo" location="${TEMPLATE_NAME}"
filter=".//G_CORRESPONDENCES[DUNNING_METHOD='Email']">
</xapi:template>
</xapi:document>
</xapi:request>
</xapi:requestset>
location="xdo://XX.${LETTER_NAME}.en.00" also worked
Regards,
Ruth Miller

Multiple template language in Bursting Control File

Hello,
I have created a tempalte in English language. I have used translation for French and Polish Language using .xlf file
How to call them in the Bursting control file?
I am calling the French language as
<xapi:template type="xsl-fo"
location="xdo://XXNCV.XXNCV_AR054_03.fr.00"
</xapi:template>
But it still shows the English output.
Please help. Thanx in advance.
my email is [email protected]

Hi, just thought I'd mention I managed to get the bursting and translation working via an xlf file and bursting control file, e.g.
<xapi:template type="xsl-fo"
location="xdo://xxxAR.xxx_XML_PRINT.en.US"
locale="fr-US"
translation="/usr/tmp/xxx_XML_PRINT_fr_US.xlf"
filter=".//G_INVOICE_HEADER[PRINTING_OPTION='PRI']" >
</xapi:template>
Unfortunately, parameter passing doesn't seem to work when bursting translations, e.g. Page: &1 of &2; I've logged this in an SR.

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