Hi Oracle Gurus, "PL/SQL Cursor Caching Prior to release of the 9.2.0.5.0 patch set, the maximum number of cursors that could be cached for fast lookup by PL/SQL was bounded by the value of the init.ora parameter open_cursors. If you currently have open_cursors set to a high value (for example, greater than 1000), it is likely that this is causing large numbers of PL/SQL cursors to be cached in the shared pool. This could lead to issues with memory management, frequent reloading of library cache objects and ORA-04031 errors. Patch set 9.2.0.5.0 alleviates the issue by changing the init.ora parameter which determines the upper bound for PL/SQL cursor caching from open_cursors to session_cached_cursors. Most users will not need to modify the value of either of these parameters. If you already have session_cached_cursors set to a value greater than the open_cursors parameter, then this change will have no performance impact upon your system. However, if you have session_cached_cursors set to zero, or set at a value significantly lower than the open_cursors parameter, and you are concerned that PL/SQL cursors need to be cached for optimal performance, then you should ensure that the session_cached_cursors parameter is increased appropriately. This issue is bug number 3150705. " How to findout the optimal value for the session_cached_cursors? Maximum open cursor for a session from v$open_cursor is 145 and the session_cached_cursor values is 128. Raja. > -----Original Message----- > From: Subbiah, Nagarajan > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:48 AM > To: 'Oracle-L (E-mail)' > Subject: ORA-4031 on 9.2.0.5 > > We are using oracle 9.2.0.5 on HP 11.11. The v$sgastat monitoring shows > that the 'shared pool miscellaneous' is keep growing and ORA-4031 occurs > in few days. The session_cached_cursors, value is 128 and the > open_cursors is 600. What does the 'shared pool miscellaneous' refers to > and any known bugs on ORA-4031 on 9.2.0.5? > > Any script is available for the pro-active monitoring and take some action > to avoid it before the application start throwing the error message? > Value of _kghdsidx_count is 2. Shared_pool_size was increased from 250M to > 600M. > > Thanks, > Raja -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l