You can restart the trace.
If you ever need to do this on 8i+, ou can also 'alter system set max_dump_file_size=unlimited;'. Jared On Tuesday 13 August 2002 15:06, Baker, Barbara wrote: > Can I stop and then restart a 10046 level 12 trace while the process is > continuing to run? > > (After running for 1 hour, my dump file has reached it's limit, and I > haven't hit the bad code yet. This version of OS/Oracle will not let me > set dump file unlimited. It's a bug/feature.) > > I'd like to just stop the trace, delete the dump file, and restart the > trace without killing the job and starting over (thereby losing the hour of > processing I've already incurred.) > > I started the trace in svrmgrl with > oradebug setorapid 10 > oradebug event 10046 trace name context forever, level 12 > > OpenVMS 7.2-1 > Oracle 7.3.4.4 > Thanks for any help. > > Barb -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).