From peter.schauss@ngc.com Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:15:43 -0700 From: "Schauss, Peter" Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:15:43 -0700 Subject: ORA-04031 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain One of our third party applications gave us the following message: ORA-04031: unable to allocate 4192 bytes of shared memory Environment is Oracle 8.1.7 on AIX 4.3.2 The output from "select * from v$sgastat showed about 3 mb free out of a total of 40 mb of shared pool. I increased the size of shared pool to 60 mb and started to watch the "shared pool"/"free memory" value in v$sgastat. It seems to vary between about 3 and 11 mb. 1. What is the application likely to be doing that requires it to allocate shared pool? 2. How do I know when I have the shared pool value in init.ora set high enough so that I won't get the ORA-04031 errors? 3. Is there any other init.ora parameter I ought to be looking at here? Thanks, Peter Schauss -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Schauss, Peter INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).