You don't mention a version, but, if it's relatively recent, then this: select * from v$sort_usage; should tell you what you want to know. -Mark -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Oracle Architect ProQuest/CSA "There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't." ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bala Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:46 PM To: oracle-l Subject: How to identify Temp Space being used Can anyone share the sql to identify the Temp space being used by the currently running SQL in database Thanks much. -- Bala Rao