Re: MAX_OPEN_CURSORS - How to set on W95/NT? URGENT!

stevec_at_zimmer.csufresno.edu wrote:
>
> I am trying to set up my home pc running Personal Oracle 7 for
> Windows95 so I can do a demo of some heavy duty forms. These require
> boosting the max_open_cursors setting since I keep getting the
> ORA-00604 too many open cursors message.
>
> I have gone into the Registry and added a string: MAX_OPEN_CURSORS,
> and set the value to 200. I tried this at the
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE level, and below this at the
> ORACLE_HOMES level and the ORACLE1 level below that. (Actually, I
> have an entry at each level) But after restarting Windows, PO7, and
> the Form with the problem, I still hit the limit at the same place.
>
> Where is the right place to put this entry?
>
> Thanks in advance for any replies. Please email me if you
> can--sometimes posted messages don't get through.
>
> Steve Cosner
>
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The correct place is the 'init.ora' -file, on NT it could be \Orant\database\init<sid>.ora where <sid> is the name of the instance. By default <sid> is ORCL.

HTH.

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Timo Haatainen
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