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_optimizer_ignore_hints is now optimizer_ignore_hints

I’m refreshing our Hands-On Lab for Oracle Database 18c. And as part of a performance evaluation I wanted to set an underscore parameter to ignore all hints my load test tool sets. But then I learned: This does not work anymore as _optimizer_ignore_hints is now optimizer_ignore_hints. We made the underscore obsolete in Oracle Database 18c.

_optimizer_ignore_hints is now optimizer_ignore_hints

_optimizer_ignore_hints is now optimizer_ignore_hints

Actually in Oracle Database 12.2.0.1 you can find a long list of obsolete parameters here:

To be precise: We obsoleted159 parameters. In addition, in Oracle Database 18c we added an additional …

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Obsolete SPFILE Parameters in Oracle Database 12.2.0.1

This is the 2nd posting in my series about init.ora/SPFILE parameters in Oracle Database 12.2.0.1.

Find the list of the 159 obsoleted parameters here (and of course in V$OBSOLETE_PARAMETERS):

_app_ctx_vers
_average_dirties_half_life
_aw_row_source_enabled
_compatible_no_recovery
_data_transfer_cache_size
_db_no_mount_lock
_dlm_send_timeout
_dtree_bintest_id
_dtree_compressbmp_enabled
_evolve_plan_baseline_report_level
_fast_start_instance_recovery_target
_fic_max_length
_fic_outofmem_candidates
_idl_conventional_index_maintenance
_kgl_latch_count
_kks_free_cursor_stat_pct
_kspptbl_mem_usage
_lm_direct_sends
_lm_multiple_receivers
_lm_rcv_buffer_size
_lm_statistics
_log_archive_buffer_size
_log_io_size
_max_log_write_io_parallelism
_module_action_old_length
_optimizer_adaptive_plans
_optimizer_choose_permutation
_oracle_trace_events
_oracle_trace_facility_version
_plan_verify_local_time_limit
_plsql_conditional_compilation
_px_async_getgranule
_px_slaves_share_cursors
_seq_process_cache_const
_spr_use_hash_table
_sqlexec_progression_cost
_use_hidden_partitions
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