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Re: Urgent - Question on Auditing

From: Erwin Dondorp <erwindon_at_wxs.nl>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:15:57 +0200
Message-ID: <3AFAF6FD.3765DD1@wxs.nl>

Balachandra Rao wrote:
> We have oracle 8.1.6 running on NT. Our dba started the auditing on
> (connections) but we found the system slowing down. He stopped auditing by
> changing the parameter in init.ora file to false. Our query in sys.aud$
> table shows no increase in records after changing the parameter. Is this
> the only step to be taken to stop auditing.
> If not what are the other steps required.

The parameter in the initfile ("audit_trail") is indeed a master-switch for auditing. You don't need to do anything else. But just auditing the creation of new database connections should never slow your system a noticable amount...

        Erwin Received on Thu May 10 2001 - 15:15:57 CDT

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