I converted hpux 8.1.7.4 to Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production. Shared pool was originally around 80M and never had any problems for over a year. I got a memory error, and then we upped it to 100M, then 160M, and finally 400M. ALTER SYSTEM SET shared_pool_size=400M SCOPE=BOTH; Is this typical? I start getting a lot of: Thu Jan 20 06:24:13 2005 Errors in file /u001/app/oracle/admin/DPFRPT/bdump/dpfrpt_cjq0_7146.trc: ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1 ORA-01003: no statement parsed And There are 722 memory allocation errors for object-level stat in the last 15 minutes There are 13884 memory allocation errors for object-level stat in the last 15 minutes There are 8339 memory allocation errors for object-level stat in the last 15 minutes Mon Jan 10 06:00:16 2005 Michael Kline Database Administration SunTrust Technology Center 1030 Wilmer Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23227 Outside 804.261.9446 STNet 643.9446 Cell 804.744.1545 <mailto:michael.kline@xxxxxxxxxxxx> michael.kline@xxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************ The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ************************************************ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l