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Database Administration
Reference : Database Startup Parameters : Alphabetical listing of database startup parameters : Message Wait (-Nmsgwait)
 
Message Wait (-Nmsgwait)
Operating system and syntax
UNIX Windows
-Nmsgwait n
Use with
Maximum value
Minimum value
Single-user default
Multi-user default1
Database Server
255
1
–
2
1 The default of 2 produces pre-Release 11.1 behavior.

n
The number of seconds a server waits for a remote network message.
Use Message Wait (-Nmsgwait) to indicate the number of seconds a server waits for a remote network message before checking for other events such as a database shutdown or forced disconnect of a remote client.