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Category     : Database Resources -> Database Administration

DB Version  : Oracle 8i / Oracle 9i

OS Details    : Sun Solaris9

 

What is an EVENT ?
An EVENT is a special item used by the Oracle server to do one of the following: Change behavior,  Enable collection of trace or debug information or Enable additional error checking or similar.

Events can be set at the session or the instance level but Please be advised to check with oracle support before setting events at the session or at the instance level. Example of setting and disabling events:

-- Set permanently for the database within the init file

EVENT="10046 trace name context forever, level 12"

-- At the instance level for the duration of the instance

ALTER SYSTEM SET EVENTS '10046 trace name context forever, level 12';

-- At the session  level for the duration of the session

ALTER SESSION  SET EVENTS '10046 trace name context forever, level 12';

-- Disable permanently for the database within the init file

EVENT="10046 trace name context off"

-- Disabling the event at the instance level for the duration of the instance

ALTER SYSTEM SET EVENTS '10046 trace name context off'

-- Disabling the event at the session level

ALTER SESSION SET EVENTS '10046 trace name context off'

You can get the listing of all events that are available for a particular version of oracle by looking at the oraus.msg file. On unix, this file can be found under $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/mesg directory. The events are all listed under the heading "Pseudo-error debugging events" within the oraus.msg file.