V$process has an spid column that has the pid which you join to v$session. _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Orlando L Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:32 PM To: John Kanagaraj Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: CPU usage in a multi database environment Is there any column in a view that has the Unix pid associated with Oracle Sid? Gracias.