OPEN_CURSORS

Property	Description
Parameter type	Integer
Default value	`50`
Modifiable	`ALTER SYSTEM`
Range of values	0 to 65535
Basic	Yes

OPEN_CURSORS specifies the maximum number of open cursors (handles to private SQL areas) a session can have at once. You can use this parameter to prevent a session from opening an excessive number of cursors.

It is important to set the value of OPEN_CURSORS high enough to prevent your application from running out of open cursors. The number will vary from one application to another. Assuming that a session does not open the number of cursors specified by OPEN_CURSORS, there is no added overhead to setting this value higher than actually needed.