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Re: alter system does not work as advertised

From: Tanel Poder <tanel.poder.003_at_mail.ee>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:59:27 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005CD950.20030827225927@fatcity.com>


Hi!

It works in 9.2.0.4 on W2k, so it might be a bug. I've seen other problematic parametrs as well in previous patch levels.

Tanel.

> Maybe somebody can enlighten me on this,
>
> if I do a
>
> "alter system set session_cached_cursors=100 scope=spfile"
>
> I get the following message back
>
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-02096: specified initialization parameter is not modifiable with
> this option
>
> According to the documentation, by specifying scope=spfile, then
>
> "The change is made in the server parameter file (SPFILE) only and will
> be set on the next startup"
>
> Going by that statement, even though the variable is not-modifiable when
> the instance is up, I should still
> be able to change the parameter, then when I shutdown/startup the
> database during the night, the NEW
> value should take.
>
> If I can't modify the parameter in the spfile only, whats the point of
> the command ??????
>
> Is this a bug or a feature ??
>
> Thanks
>
> Darren
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