RE: dbms_system - set a string parameter in another session?

>> That string parameters can have "variable width." is
>> actually, in my
>> opinion, a strong enough reason for Oracle to not provide or
>> not even
>> attempt to provide a SET command for parameters in other sessions.

I disagree!

However in my defence, I claim ignorance of how Oracle does things internally, but I'm almost 100% certain plain C is used, so, to change a string parameter would be as [simple as] follows:

char *new_string = new [maximum_parameter_size] char; if (new_string) {
  strncpy(new_string, input_buffer, maximum_parameter_size);   char *temp_string = old_string;
  get_a_latch();
  old_string = new_string
  free_latch();
  delete [] temp_string;
} else {
  report_error(...);
}

Apologies for syntax etc, but the above looks simple to me :

Allocate room for the new string, read it into the allocated area from the input buffer, get the address of the buffer holding the old value, grab a latch, replace the old buffer pointer with the new one, free the latch, delete the storage allocated for the old value. Job done.

Cheers,
Norman.

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