Re: ORA-01000: maximum open cursors exceeded

It only cost you memory on the server side - there is practically no performance hit. However, running out of open_cursors could be a sign of incorrectly coded applications, that would open and never close a cursor. You therefore need to keep an eye on this - v$open_cursor may be of interest.

Thanks, Bjørn.

Farnsworth, Dave wrote:

>We had this error show up the other day. I am wondering if there is a performance
>limit on how big you should set your OPEN_CURSORS parameter in the SID.init file?
>Mine currently is set at 300. Are there any guidelines on this setting? Just
>wondering.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave
>

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