Help creating DB with multiple Control/Log files

Question

I just installed 10.0.2.0 and tried to create a database and ran into the following issue. In my 9.2 install I have the following directory setup:
E:\oracle\oradata\(instance name)
F:\oracle\oradata\(instance name)
G:\oracle\oradata\(instance name)
I have three control files and three log files (1 in each directory). When I use the Database Creation Assistant and specify locations in the Multiplex Redo Log and Controlfiles dialog and then finish the assistant I get an error stating Oracle could not create the folder. I am using the following lines in the dialog.
{ORACLE_BASE}\oradata\{DB_UNIQUE_NAME}\
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\{DB_UNIQUE_NAME}\
F:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\{DB_UNIQUE_NAME}\
When I explore to F:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\ there is a directory called {DB_UNIQUE_NAME} and not the database name I want (for example if I want an instance called RICK the control file would be in E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\RICK.
In Oracle 9.2 I specify the locations as follows: E:\oracle\oradata\{DB_NAME}\ and it works just fine. Can someone help me through the exact steps I need to take to set up my new database with control/log files in different drives.
Thanks
Richard Anderson

Answer 1

Hi Richard,
normally I don't use DBCA to create DBs so I cannot tell how to solve it in DBCA.
A workaround can be:
At the end of configuration process in DBCA, instead to have the tool to generate Your DB, configure it to generate only the scripts (if I remeber they are created in $ORACLE_HOME/assistants/dbca dir) and generate them.
Using a text editor, check the generated scripts and change the wrong strings.
Hope this helps
Max