Issue when creating SPFILE from pfile;Is this a bug ?

Version : 11.2
os : AIX
I created a pfile from spfile stored it in a non-default location ie. a location other than ORACLE_HOME/dbs
create pfile='/u01/oracle/mytest_pfile.ora' from spfile;I brought down the DB , and started the DB using the above pfile from non-default location
startup pfile='/u01/oracle/mytest_pfile.ora'  -- pfile in a non-default locationNow i am creating an SPFILE from the pfile without explicitly mentioning the pfile file name in the non-default file location.
create spfile='/u01/oracle/mytest_spfile_sep23_2011.ora' from pfile;Using strings command (in AIX) I verified the contents of the spfile . It seems that if you don't mention the file name of pfile , then oracle reads the pfile which is in
ORACLE_HOME/dbs and NOT the pfile from the non-default location which is used to startup the instance !!! . Isn't this a bug?

No ,it's not a bug.
order of precedence of parameter file is as follow :
1.) spfileSID.ora --- non default
2.) default spfile
3.) initSID.ora --- non default pfile
4.) default pfile
In your case i.e; create spfile='/u01/oracle/mytest_spfile_sep23_2011.ora' from pfile;
here it is reading pfile from fefault pfile because it will always search the pfile or spfile in dba directory .
if you want to create the spfile from non-default pfile then create spfile as :
create spfile='/u01/oracle/mytest_spfile_sep23_2011.ora' from pfile='/u01/oracle/mytest_pfile.ora' ;
--neeraj                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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