Hi, Just try to Change it to MAX_DUMP_FILE_SIZE and maybe it works. I tested it on solaris/8174. Another point, in one long running SQL, you changed the init parameter using dbms_system, it won't change. You have to wait for the session doing other SQL so that the change take effect. Regards Zhu Chao. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Jeff" <jeff.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:22 AM Subject: Overriding default max_dump_file_size > Any ideas why the following does not work? I don't get an error > message, but the trace > file size will always max out at the database default of 5M. > EXEC sys.dbms_system.set_int_param_in_session (&&sid, &&serial, > 'max_dump_file_size', 1073741824); ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------