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INIT.ora-COMPATIBLE parameter

user10698496Sep 26 2011 — edited Sep 26 2011
Hi,

My oracle version is 11.2.0.2 but in INIT.ora the parameter COMPATIBLE is set to 10.1.0.2.0.How does it impact DB?Does it mean that optimizer will use 10.1.0.2 features? Does it affect the performance of DB/queries in any manner?How will it impact if i change the vaue of this parameter t0 11.2.0.2 in INIT.ORA?Please throw some light on it
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.2.0 Production on Mon Sep 26 12:59:29 2011

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Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options

SQL> show parameter compat

NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
compatible                           string      10.1.0.2.0
Thanks.
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