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Initialization Parameters
Initialization parameters perform the following functions: Set limits for the entire database Set user or process limits Set limits on database resources Affect performance Home Customize Help Contact Us

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If you know the name of the parameter you want, select its abbreviation. Otherwise, scroll down to see the entire list. ACT CUR GLO O7_ REM TAP AQ_ DBW HAS OBJ REP THR ARC DB_ HI_ OLA RES TIM ASM DDL HS_ OPE ROL TRA AUD DG_ IFI OPT SER UND BAC DIS INS OS_ SES USE BIT DML JAV PAR SGA UTL BLA ENQ JOB PGA SHA WOR CIR EVE LAR PLS SKI CLU FAL LDA PRE SMT COM FAS LIC PRO SOR CON FIL LOC QUE SPF COR FIX LOG RDB SQL CPU GCS MAX REA STA CRE GC_ NLS REC STR

List of Initialization Parameters (A-Z)

ACTIVE_INSTANCE_COUNT: Syntax AQ_TM_PROCESSES: Syntax ARCHIVE_LAG_TARGET: Syntax ASM_DISKGROUPS: Syntax ASM_DISKSTRING: Syntax ASM_POWER_LIMIT: Syntax AUDIT_FILE_DEST: Syntax AUDIT_SYS_OPERATIONS: Syntax AUDIT_TRAIL: Syntax BACKGROUND_CORE_DUMP: Syntax BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST: Syntax BACKUP_TAPE_IO_SLAVES: Syntax BITMAP_MERGE_AREA_SIZE: Syntax BLANK_TRIMMING: Syntax CIRCUITS: Syntax CLUSTER_DATABASE: Syntax CLUSTER_DATABASE_INSTANCES: Syntax CLUSTER_INTERCONNECTS: Syntax COMMIT_POINT_STRENGTH: Syntax COMPATIBLE: Syntax CONTROL_FILES: Syntax CONTROL_FILE_RECORD_KEEP_TIME: Syntax CORE_DUMP_DEST: Syntax
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CPU_COUNT: Syntax CREATE_BITMAP_AREA_SIZE: Syntax CREATE_STORED_OUTLINES: Syntax CURSOR_SHARING: Syntax CURSOR_SPACE_FOR_TIME: Syntax DBWR_IO_SLAVES: Syntax DB_BLOCK_BUFFERS: Syntax DB_BLOCK_CHECKING: Syntax DB_BLOCK_CHECKSUM: Syntax DB_BLOCK_SIZE: Syntax DB_CACHE_ADVICE: Syntax DB_CACHE_SIZE: Syntax DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST: Syntax DB_DOMAIN: Syntax DB_FILES: Syntax DB_FILE_MULTIBLOCK_READ_COUNT: Syntax DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT: Syntax DB_FLASHBACK_RETENTION_TARGET: Syntax DB_KEEP_CACHE_SIZE: Syntax DB_NAME: Syntax DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST: Syntax DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE: Syntax DB_RECYCLE_CACHE_SIZE: Syntax DB_UNIQUE_NAME: Syntax DB_WRITER_PROCESSES: Syntax DDL_WAIT_FOR_LOCKS: Syntax DG_BROKER_START: Syntax DISK_ASYNCH_IO: Syntax DISPATCHERS: Syntax DISTRIBUTED_LOCK_TIMEOUT: Syntax DML_LOCKS: Syntax ENQUEUE_RESOURCES: Syntax EVENT: Syntax FAL_CLIENT: Syntax FAL_SERVER: Syntax FAST_START_IO_TARGET: Syntax FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET: Syntax FAST_START_PARALLEL_ROLLBACK: Syntax FILEIO_NETWORK_ADAPTERS: Syntax FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS: Syntax FILE_MAPPING: Syntax FIXED_DATE: Syntax GCS_SERVER_PROCESSES: Syntax GC_FILES_TO_LOCKS: Syntax
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GLOBAL_CONTEXT_POOL_SIZE: Syntax GLOBAL_NAMES: Syntax HASH_AREA_SIZE: Syntax HI_SHARED_MEMORY_ADDRESS: Syntax HS_AUTOREGISTER: Syntax IFILE: Syntax INSTANCE_GROUPS: Syntax INSTANCE_NAME: Syntax INSTANCE_NUMBER: Syntax INSTANCE_TYPE: Syntax JAVA_MAX_SESSIONSPACE_SIZE: Syntax JAVA_POOL_SIZE: Syntax JAVA_SOFT_SESSIONSPACE_LIMIT: Syntax JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES: Syntax LARGE_POOL_SIZE: Syntax LDAP_DIRECTORY_ACCESS: Syntax LICENSE_MAX_SESSIONS: Syntax LICENSE_MAX_USERS: Syntax LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING: Syntax LOCAL_LISTENER: Syntax LOCK_NAME_SPACE: Syntax LOCK_SGA : Syntax LOGMNR_MAX_PERSISTENT_SESSIONS: Syntax LOG_ARCHIVE_CONFIG: Syntax LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST: Syntax LOG_ARCHIVE_DUPLEX_DEST: Syntax LOG_ARCHIVE_FORMAT: Syntax LOG_ARCHIVE_LOCAL_FIRST: Syntax LOG_ARCHIVE_MAX_PROCESSES: Syntax LOG_ARCHIVE_MIN_SUCCEED_DEST: Syntax LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE: Syntax LOG_BUFFER: Syntax LOG_CHECKPOINTS_TO_ALERT: Syntax LOG_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL: Syntax LOG_CHECKPOINT_TIMEOUT: Syntax LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT: Syntax MAX_COMMIT_PROPAGATION_DELAY: Syntax MAX_DISPATCHERS: Syntax MAX_DUMP_FILE_SIZE: Syntax MAX_ENABLED_ROLES: Syntax MAX_SHARED_SERVERS: Syntax NLS_CALENDAR: Syntax NLS_COMP: Syntax NLS_CURRENCY: Syntax
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NLS_DATE_FORMAT: Syntax NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE: Syntax NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY: Syntax NLS_ISO_CURRENCY: Syntax NLS_LANGUAGE: Syntax NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS: Syntax NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP: Syntax NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS: Syntax NLS_SORT: Syntax NLS_TERRITORY: Syntax NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT: Syntax NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT: Syntax O7_DICTIONARY_ACCESSIBILITY: Syntax OBJECT_CACHE_MAX_SIZE_PERCENT: Syntax OBJECT_CACHE_OPTIMAL_SIZE: Syntax OLAP_PAGE_POOL_SIZE: Syntax OPEN_CURSORS: Syntax OPEN_LINKS: Syntax OPEN_LINKS_PER_INSTANCE: Syntax OPTIMIZER_DYNAMIC_SAMPLING: Syntax OPTIMIZER_FEATURES_ENABLE: Syntax OPTIMIZER_INDEX_CACHING: Syntax OPTIMIZER_INDEX_COST_ADJ: Syntax OPTIMIZER_MODE: Syntax OS_AUTHENT_PREFIX: Syntax OS_ROLES: Syntax PARALLEL_ADAPTIVE_MULTI_USER: Syntax PARALLEL_AUTOMATIC_TUNING: Syntax PARALLEL_EXECUTION_MESSAGE_SIZE: Syntax PARALLEL_INSTANCE_GROUP: Syntax PARALLEL_MAX_SERVERS: Syntax PARALLEL_MIN_PERCENT: Syntax PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS: Syntax PARALLEL_THREADS_PER_CPU: Syntax PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET: Syntax PLSQL_CODE_TYPE: Syntax PLSQL_COMPILER_FLAGS: Syntax PLSQL_DEBUG: Syntax PLSQL_NATIVE_LIBRARY_DIR: Syntax PLSQL_NATIVE_LIBRARY_SUBDIR_COUNT: Syntax PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL: Syntax PLSQL_V2_COMPATIBILITY: Syntax PLSQL_WARNINGS: Syntax PRE_PAGE_SGA : Syntax
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PROCESSES: Syntax QUERY_REWRITE_ENABLED: Syntax QUERY_REWRITE_INTEGRITY: Syntax RDBMS_SERVER_DN: Syntax READ_ONLY_OPEN_DELAYED: Syntax RECOVERY_PARALLELISM: Syntax REMOTE_ARCHIVE_ENABLE: Syntax REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MODE: Syntax REMOTE_LISTENER: Syntax REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE: Syntax REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT: Syntax REMOTE_OS_ROLES: Syntax REPLICATION_DEPENDENCY_TRACKING: Syntax RESOURCE_LIMIT: Syntax RESOURCE_MANAGER_PLAN: Syntax RESUMABLE_TIMEOUT: Syntax ROLLBACK_SEGMENTS: Syntax SERIAL _REUSE: Syntax SERVICE_NAMES: Syntax SESSIONS: Syntax SESSION_CACHED_CURSORS: Syntax SESSION_MAX_OPEN_FILES: Syntax SGA_MAX_SIZE: Syntax SGA_TARGET: Syntax SHADOW_CORE_DUMP: Syntax SHARED_MEMORY_ADDRESS: Syntax SHARED_POOL_RESERVED_SIZE: Syntax SHARED_POOL_SIZE: Syntax SHARED_SERVERS: Syntax SHARED_SERVER_SESSIONS: Syntax SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDEXES: Syntax SMTP_OUT_SERVER: Syntax SORT_AREA_RETAINED_SIZE: Syntax SORT_AREA_SIZE: Syntax SPFILE: Syntax SQL92_SECURITY: Syntax SQLTUNE_CATEGORY: Syntax SQL_TRACE: Syntax STANDBY_ARCHIVE_DEST: Syntax STANDBY_FILE_MANAGEMENT: Syntax STAR_TRANSFORMATION_ENABLED: Syntax STATISTICS_LEVEL: Syntax STREAMS_POOL_SIZE: Syntax TAPE_ASYNCH_IO: Syntax
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THREAD: Syntax TIMED_OS_STATISTICS: Syntax TIMED_STATISTICS: Syntax TRACEFILE_IDENTIFIER: Syntax TRACE_ENABLED: Syntax TRANSACTIONS: Syntax TRANSACTIONS_PER_ROLLBACK_SEGMENT: Syntax UNDO_MANAGEMENT: Syntax UNDO_RETENTION: Syntax UNDO_TABLESPACE: Syntax USER_DUMP_DEST: Syntax USE_INDIRECT_DATA_BUFFERS: Syntax UTL_FILE_DIR: Syntax WORKAREA_SIZE_POLICY: Syntax

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