Well, you better get the plan from v$sql_plan, as the explain plan does not do bind-peeking (when you use the cursor_sharing=force setting). so the plan given by explain can be different from what you have when you actually execute the statement (depeding on bind values, whether this is the first time you execute the statement or not , and the presence of histograms)
rgds
On 6/20/06, genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx < genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No. I am using the following to get the explain plan:
select plan_table_output from table(dbms_xplan.display('PLAN_TABLE',null,'ALL')) (found it on metalink)
thank you
Gene Gurevich Oracle Engineering 224-405-4079
"goran bogdanovic" <goran00@xxxxxxxx To m> genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cc 06/20/2006 04:20 oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> AM Subject Re: cursor sharing
Did you checked in v$sql_plan the real execution plan with CURSOR_SHARING_EXACT ?
genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: Hi all:
Can someone recommend a good article on the cursor sharing in Oracle 9. I just found a query that runs in 5 seconds with CURSOR_SHARING_EXACT and in more than 1 hour without it (cursor_sharing is set to force on the DB level)
I'm trying to find out why it happens.
thank you
Gene Gurevich
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