2007/6/24, Ujang Jaenudin <ujang.jaenudin@xxxxxxxxx>:
I usually monitor the progress of long running SQL on that view. when set OFE to 9.2.0 or higher, i can still monitor through that view. but when OFE=817, it couldn't show me any progress
Not all operations appear in v$session_longops view, for example hash and merge joins appear (assuming they are long enough and "big" enough), but nested loops joins not. For more info about v$session_longops you can check for example my paper Overview of long running operations in Oracle at http://www.gplivna.eu/papers/v$session_longops.htm But I can only second Chris's advice to check __what exactly__ is going on with your query for different optimizer_features_enable and forget about __guessing and shooting in the dark__. Gints Plivna http://www.gplivna.eu -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l