Hi Paula , As Larry said, starting with release 9.2.0.5, the SESSION_CACHED_CURSORS initialization parameter now determines the upper bound for PL/SQL cursor caching instead of OPEN_CURSORS initialization parameter. For more info', refer README for patch # 3948480. Regards, Prem Khanna J -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Paula, I heard after upgrading to 9.2.06 session_cached_cursors replaced open_cursors. Anybody else hear that? Larry Wolfson -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l