Hi,

startup with pfile specified works. But what i want to knw is
---If i give startup(w/o pfile specified), it is luking into Oraclehome(oracle\ora81\database\init.ora) but in registry i've specifed another path(oradmin\orgs\init.ora) for pfile.
Since it is looking into wrong place for pfile, database is unable to startup.

Jim, if u want me to copy init.ora into oraclehome\database n then specify ifile = 'remote filename'...then guess i can as well have my pfile in oracle home itself but that is not the solution am looking for.

Thanx 4 ur responses.

dsr.