Table 3 - 7. NAMES.ORA Diagnostic Parameters
| Parameters | Default | Values | Example (UNIX server) |
| NAMES.TRACE_LEVEL | OFF | [OFF | USER | ADMIN] | NAMES.TRACE_LEVEL=ADMIN |
| NAMES.TRACE_FILE | names.trc | file | NAMES.TRACE_FILE=nsrv3.trc |
| NAMES.TRACE_DIRECTORY | O/S specific | directory | NAMES.TRACE_DIRECTORY=/oracle7/network/trace |
| NAMES.TRACE_UNIQUE | FALSE | TRUE/FALSE or ON/OFF | NAMES.TRACE_UNIQUE=TRUE |
| NAMES.LOG_FILE | names.log | file | NAMES.LOG_FILE=nsrv1.log |
| NAMES.LOG_DIRECTORY | O/S specific | directory | NAMES.LOG_DIRECTORY= /oracle7/network/log |