Some time ago there were some posts that addressed speeding up Oracle application db patching with some init.ora parameters. A recent practice run of a 11.5.8 upgrade database patch on our system ran for 12hours. I tried to look in the archive but didn't have any luck, does anyone recall those postings and can you pass that info on to me? ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------