Re: tracing error stack - finding the cause of a ORA-00917 error

You might want to look at dbms_system.set_ev Parameters:

    sid
    serial
    event number
    level
    event name -- leave null in your case

.

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-----Original Message-----
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Date: 20 December 2002 19:28

>I am working on figuring out an error in an application caused by
>dynamically generated sql. I've set init parameters in the past to
>generate a trace file for a specific error and its been very helpful
in
>finding the source of this sort of error.
>
>Is there a way to run this sort of trace on a session or the system
>without setting it in the init file and restarting?
>
>
>
>--
>Glenn Stauffer <stauffer_at_swarthmore.edu>
>

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