Symptom This note describes how to set events when the Oracle database was started with SPFILE. Other terms event, events, init.ora, init.ora, SPFILE, parameter, Oracle 9i, server parameter fileReason and Prerequisites You are using Oracle 9i or higher and you are using the SPFILE (= binary server side parameter file) as parameter file.Solution (For further information on SPFILEs, see SAP Note 6..