ahh i feel like an idiot. That was the right test. Sorry about this. I have a ton of these sitting on my desktop. Atleast its an interesting case. So again, the attached files from my first email does incure a hard parse. > > From: <ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxx> > Date: 2004/03/05 Fri PM 04:29:43 EST > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: concerning hard parses > > ignore. wrong test. I didnt get a hard parse with this one. I have to find > the test i did... sorry about this. > > > > From: <ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxx> > > Date: 2004/03/05 Fri PM 04:26:42 EST > > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: concerning hard parses > > > > I ran a test with bind variables from sqlplus. I am not sure why Im getting > > a hard parse. > > > > 1. create table myTable as select * from dba_objects; > > 2. I then ran a script to tell me how many parses my current session has. > > 3. I then initialized a bind variable with 'test_bind.sql' > > and ran the following query from test_select.sql > > > > select object_name > > from mytable > > where object_name like :object_name > > and rownum < 2 > > > > 4. I then re-initialized the bind variable to a different value and ran it > > again. I got a hard parse. Shouldn't I get a soft parse since I'm using > > bind variables? > > > > so that its readable. I attached the results and I attached the 3 scripts I > > used. I hope this is ok... > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > > -- > > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------