Spfile problem.....

Question

hi all experts
topay. after installing oracle 9i database on my machine
i try to create spfile.
when i issue
SQL> CREATE SPFILE FROM PFILE;
CREATE SPFILE FROM PFILE
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-32002: cannot create SPFILE already being used by the instance
---ok i think it means oracle instance use this spfile
--no problem i try another way
SQL> CREATE SPFILE ='E:\NEWSP.ORA' FROM PFILE;
CREATE SPFILE ='E:\NEWSP.ORA' FROM PFILE
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
LRM-00109: could not open parameter file 'E:\ORACLE9IDB\DATABASE\INITORACLE9I.ORA'
when i open this dir there is no pfile
but pfile is actually reside on another
dir
E:\ORA\ADMIN\new8i\pfile\init.ora --new8i is database name
but actual it is a text file
but in 8i its a ora file now i have no idea on 9i
so what will i do to create spfile in newly install system
i think
first i create init.ora file from spfile(that is default )
after it i create spfile from this init.ora file
plz help to sole my problem
so give step by step solution to create spfile in new system
thanks
kuljeet pal singh

Answer 1

Hi,
The specific steps to create spfile are :
create spfile = <spfile_name>
from pfile = <pfile_name>
where spfile is the name of the file to be created
pfile is the name of the init.ora file to be used.
IT REQUIRES SYSDBA OR SYSOPER ROLE TO EXECUTE
You cannot recreate an spfile if the instance was started with the one you are trying to recreate . If so you will get the error which you are getting. You can delete the
spfile and recreate it from the pfile and next time
the instance is started it will read the init ora parameters from the current spfile.
hope this works.
Ravi