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Oracle® Database Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2)

Part Number E10820-02
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DB_BLOCK_CHECKING

Property Description
Parameter type String
Syntax DB_BLOCK_CHECKING = { FALSE | OFF | LOW | MEDIUM | TRUE | FULL }
Default value FALSE
Modifiable ALTER SESSION, ALTER SYSTEM
Basic No

DB_BLOCK_CHECKING specifies whether or not Oracle performs block checking for database blocks.

Values:

Oracle checks a block by going through the data in the block, making sure it is logically self-consistent. Block checking can often prevent memory and data corruption. Block checking typically causes 1% to 10% overhead, depending on workload and the parameter value. The more updates or inserts in a workload, the more expensive it is to turn on block checking. You should set DB_BLOCK_CHECKING to FULL if the performance overhead is acceptable.

For backward compatibility, the use of FALSE (implying OFF) and TRUE (implying FULL) is preserved.