Peter, I heard from 9.2.0.6 on open_cursors was being replaced by session_cached_cursors. Tom Kyte told me cost of SCC was pretty cheap. Steve Adams has some scripts at ixora.au.com to tell you how much you are using. Larry -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Schauss, Peter Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:19 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Cost of open_cursors parameter What is the cost of increasing the open_cursors parameter? I assume that, since the value applies to each session, there must be an increase in the size of some in-memory data structure for the background process associated with each session. Thanks, Peter Schauss -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l ************************************************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. ************************************************************************** -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l