User Guide

SAP AG November 2002
BACKUP_BLOCK_CNT
The special database parameter [Page 80] BACKUP_BLOCK_CNT denotes the block size in
pages when data is backed up or restored.
CACHE_SIZE
The general database parameter [Page 79] CACHE_SIZE denotes the size of the I/O buffer
cache [Page 138] in pages [Page 146].
CAT_CACHE_SUPPLY
The special database parameter [Page 80] CAT_CACHE_SUPPLY denotes the memory size
of the catalog cache [Page
19] in pages for all user tasks [Page 16].
DATE_TIME_FORMAT
The special database parameter [Page 80] DATE_TIME_FORMAT denotes the default format
for displaying dates and times.
DEADLOCK_DETECTION
The special database parameter [Page 80] DEADLOCK_DETECTION denotes the maximum
search level for deadlock detection.
Deadlocks that have not been detected by the deadlock detection up to the given search level
of the specified value are only resolved by the REQUEST_TIMEOUT [Page 88].
If DEADLOCK_DETECTION = 0, deadlock detection is disabled.
DEFAULT_CODE
If no other code attribute was specified by appropriate SQL statements, the special database
parameter [Page 80] DEFAULT_CODE denotes which code attribute [See SAP DB Library]
was used to create columns of data type CHAR[ACTER] [See SAP DB Library], VARCHAR
[See SAP DB Library] and LONG[VARCHAR] [See SAP DB Library] in the database instance.
DEVNO_BIT_COUNT
The special database parameter [Page 80] DEVNO_BIT_COUNT denotes the number of bits
in the converter block address that is reserved for the logical device number of a data volume.
Default value: 8
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