What event are the consumer slaves waiting on? set linesize 150 col "Wait Event" format a30 select s.sql_id, px.INST_ID "Inst", px.SERVER_GROUP "Group", px.SERVER_SET "Set", px.DEGREE "Degree", px.REQ_DEGREE "Req Degree", w.event "Wait Event" from GV$SESSION s, GV$PX_SESSION px, GV$PROCESS p, GV$SESSION_WAIT w where s.sid (+) = px.sid and s.inst_id (+) = px.inst_id and s.sid = w.sid (+) and s.inst_id = w.inst_id (+) and s.paddr = p.addr (+) and s.inst_id = p.inst_id (+) ORDER BY decode(px.QCINST_ID, NULL, px.INST_ID, px.QCINST_ID), px.QCSID, decode(px.SERVER_GROUP, NULL, 0, px.SERVER_GROUP), px.SERVER_SET, px.INST_ID; -- Regards, Greg Rahn http://structureddata.org -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l