It looks like I'll file a TAR to see if there actually is a problem and = to see if it's fixed in 10.2... :) Thanks Jonathan and Steve! Rich -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:10 PM Subject: RE: Trouble with multiple versions of same statement in V$SQL Hi Rich, If multiple sessions attempt to parse the same statement simultaneously = then they can each get their own child cursor. However, that is unlikely to give you hundreds of children unless you also have = invalidations. My guess would be that CURSOR_SHARING =3D SIMILAR is to blame (again). = Try FORCE and the problem is likely to disappear. @ Regards, @ Steve Adams -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l