Are the number of "concurrent users" values you quote the values you're using to decide values for the init.ora, or which pre-canned init.ora to activate? If so, the formula you're using is either not allocating enough shared pool for a create or is reserving too much shared pool for the wrong purpose. There should be an init0 <-- last char is a zero laying around somewhere that contains decent values for the create. All you should change in the copy you use are things that you need different that are permanently stamped on the database. Okay, 8.1.7, from old memory, stuff like character set, block size, maximum number of instances (Oracle Parallel Server), and you can look up the full set. mwf -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of fahd mirza Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 8:02 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Miss Bamima Hi Listers, Take it easy, I am not gonna introduce some DBA chick (sorry feminists..., just kidding). While creating a new database in 8.1.7, I received the following error. ORA-04031: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory ("shared pool","unknown object","PL/SQL MPCODE; "BAMIMA BAM BUFFER") I was creating multipurpose databse with 256 MB RAM with 500 concurrent users.I abort the process and then again created the database with just 15 concurrent users, and the Miss Bamima vanished and the database got created successfully. I am sure it has something to do with RAM. Would anybody please give some lights that what this bamima bam buffer is? thanks regards, Fahd ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------