10.1.0.3 / win32 (w2k svr sp4) just a heads up - we're hit issues with cursor_sharing = SIMILAR in in ternal testing of 10g. 1. involving database links (where cursor_sharing = EXACT has to be used) 2. involving somewhat complex queries using GROUPING setting cursor_sharing=EXACT relieved the symptoms. going to try cursor_sharing_exact hint. we're still not ready for cursor_sharing=EXACT in production if we want less than a 42% miss rate in the library cache sql area (*choke*). Pd -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l