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When you install Oracle Database, some options are enabled and others are disabled. If you want to enable or disable a particular database feature for an Oracle home, then shut down the database and use the chopt tool.

Syntax

The chopt tool is a command-line utility that is located in the ORACLE_HOME/bin directory. The syntax for chopt is:

chopt [ enable | disable] db_option

The possible values for db_option are described in the following table:

Value Description
dm Oracle Data Mining RDBMS Files
dv Oracle Database Vault
lbac Oracle Label Security
olap Oracle OLAP
partitioning Oracle Partitioning
rat Oracle Real Application Testing
ode_net Oracle Database Extensions for .NET 1.x
ode_net_2 Oracle Database Extensions for .NET 2.0

Complete Example of Running the Chopt Tool

To enable the Oracle Label Security option in your Oracle binary files, use the following command:

cd %ORACLE_HOME%
srvctl stop database -d myDb
chopt enable lbac
srvctl start database -d myDb

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