Question on OMF

DB version : 11.2.0.2
Platform : RHEL 5.4
We use Oracle Managed files for storing datafiles in ASM diskgroups. To add datafiles to a tablespace we usually issue
SQL > ALTER TABLESPACE CADL_WM_TBS ADD DATAFILE '+DATA' SIZE 10g AUTOEXTEND Off;
Tablespace altered.And the new datafile will be created at the below location
+DATA/orcl/datafile/cadl_wm_tbs.893.767888027But my db_create_file_dest is set only as DATA
SQL > show parameter db_create_file
NAME TYPE VALUE
db_create_file_dest string +DATAAlthough the above datafile got created in the desired location (ie inside +DATA/<dbname>/datafile/ directory), how did this happen without us setting the
db_create_file_dest parameter to +DATA/orcl/datafile ?

That was quick Syb !!!!!!!!!!
It is a feature of OMF
You mean If i set
db_create_file_dest=+DG_DATAOracle will automatically create a directory with the db_name inside and within that directory a directory named (hardcoded) as "datafile" will be created?
for eg: from within a DB named MJNPROD i execute
alter system set db_create_file_dest=''+DG_DATA' scope=both;then oracle will create +DG_DATA/mjnprod/datafile . Right ?

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