Hi Syed, This is a gross over-simplification, but you can think of it this way: The parent cursor contains the SQL statement text only, but no execution plan. Execution plans are found in child cursors. Child cursors are also called versions. There are lots of reasons why sessions might not be able to share the same version. @ Regards, @ Steve Adams @ http://www.ixora.com.au/ - For DBAs @ http://www.christianity.net.au/ - For all -----Original Message----- From: Sultan Syed Sent: Thursday, 18 March 2004 6:01 PM To: oracle freelists.org Subject: child cursor in shared pool Hi list, Please explain what is parent and child cursor in shared pool. Based on what, this child cursor is created. Thanks in advance Syed ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------