bounced the DB. Ran it again and it worked. I was looking at the raw trace file. thanks guys. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Cary Millsap" <cary.millsap@xxxxxxxxxx> > Ryan, > > That sounds pretty weird. All the recursive SQL should be in the trace > file. Have you looked at the raw trace data to confirm that it's not > there? Or are you by chance looking at your tkprof output (which might > be hiding it from you)? > > Cary Millsap > Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. > http://www.hotsos.com > Nullius in verba > > Hotsos Symposium 2008 / March 2-6 / Dallas > Visit www.hotsos.com for curriculum and schedule details... > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:32 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: anyway to trace a DDL statement? > > If I run a 10046 trace on a DDL statement, I do not get the recursive > SQL that oracle runs underneath the DDL. Is there another form of trace > that will show me what oracle is doing? > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l