not able to turn on sql_trace for an instance

Hello again,

I would like to set sql_trace on for my instance, but whenever I try to do
Alter system set sql_trace on
I get the error message:
sql_trace not system modifiable

Is this normal, what am I missing?

Thanks
Fabrizio

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