To my knowledge, this is not possible. -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Oracle Architect ProQuest/CSA "There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't." ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lutz Hartmann Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 12:27 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: how to set a string parameter for other session? Hi gurus, Can anyone tell me how to change a parameter which is not an integer or boolean for another session? I know dbms_system but it only has the procedures for booleans and integers. =;-) Lutz Hartmann ,