SQL> desc dbms_support FUNCTION MYSID RETURNS NUMBER FUNCTION PACKAGE_VERSION RETURNS VARCHAR2 PROCEDURE START_TRACE Argument Name Type In/Out Default? ------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ -------- WAITS BOOLEAN IN DEFAULT BINDS BOOLEAN IN DEFAULT PROCEDURE START_TRACE_IN_SESSION Argument Name Type In/Out Default? ------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ -------- SID NUMBER IN SERIAL NUMBER IN WAITS BOOLEAN IN DEFAULT BINDS BOOLEAN IN DEFAULT PROCEDURE STOP_TRACE PROCEDURE STOP_TRACE_IN_SESSION Argument Name Type In/Out Default? ------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ -------- SID NUMBER IN SERIAL NUMBER IN On 5/15/07, Andrew Zitelli <azitelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there an easy way to set a tracefile identifier when tracing someone else's session? To trace my own session I simply use something like: alter session set tracefile_identifier='ANDY'; The package DBMS_SYSTEM provides procedures SET_BOOL_PARAM_IN_SESSION and SET_INT_PARAM_IN_SESSION but nothing like SET_VARCHAR_PARAM_IN_SESSION. I have looked a bit on the web but have not found an answer for this. Is it possible? Thanks and kind regards, Andy Zitelli