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Starting an Oracle Instance

For versions above Oracle9i, you can start an Oracle instance in the following ways:

  • Using the default SPFILE spfileSID.ora 
  • Using the default init.ora file initSID.ora
  • By specifying an initialization file init.ora
  • By specifying an SPFILE in the initialization file init.ora

When you run the startup command without a PFILE clause, Oracle reads the initialization parameters from the SPFILE. On UNIX platforms, the default location for the SPFILE or PFILE is $ORACLE_HOME/dbs.

Oracle locates the initialization parameter file by examining file names in the following order:

    Checkmark  SPFILESID.ora

    Checkmark  SPFILE.ora 

    Checkmark  initSID.ora 

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