Well, the LOADS column in V$SQL is very close to hard parses for a given SQL in shared pool. Whenever a SQL is invalidated or partially flushed from shared pool, the loads column increases on next parse of the SQL. Tanel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobak, Mark" <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 7:21 PM Subject: RE: RE: parse/execute ratio > John, > > Agreed, the info is available there, w/ respect to a session, or system-wide. But, Ryan had focused on V$SQL, and from the point of view of an individual child cursor, I don't think that level of detail as to what types of parses have taken place, is available. > > -Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Kanagaraj [mailto:john.kanagaraj@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:19 PM > To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: RE: RE: parse/execute ratio > > > Mark/Ryan, > > How about good ol' V$SYSSTAT and V$SESSTAT to get this information? Look at > 'parse count (total)' and 'parse count (hard)' (resolve v$sesstat using > v$statname). > > John Kanagaraj <>< > DB Soft Inc > Phone: 408-970-7002 (W) > > Listen to great, commercial-free christian music 24x7x365 at > http://www.klove.com > > ** The opinions and facts contained in this message are entirely mine and do > not reflect those of my employer or customers ** > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 7:32 AM > >To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: RE: RE: parse/execute ratio > > > > > >Ryan, > > > >This gets a bit hairy. I'll do my best, let me know if I lose > >you. (Others let me know if I put my foot in my mouth.) > > > >There are more than just soft and hard parses. First, if you > >have a brand new, totally unique SQL, that's definitely going > >to be a hard parse. > >Once that's done, there are degrees of soft parses. First, > >perhaps the text of the SQL matches exactly, but it's > >submitted by a different user, > >and so resolves to different objects. That's a different type > >of parse. Then, there are cases where the text matches, and > >everything resolves > >to the same objects. If that keeps happening, you'll start > >getting session cursor cache hits. > > > >So, without getting into all the ugly details (which I'm not > >entirely sure I could totally elucidate without more digging > >and reading anyhow), > >that's a bit of an oversimplification of how it can work in > >some cases. There are some good sources around for more > >detail, such as Steve Adams' book, > >Bjorn Engsig's cursor sharing paper on OTN, etc. > > > >However, to answer your question: You can't absolutely > >definitively tell. Consider that V$SQL is at the child cursor > >level. So, AT MOST one of the > >PARSE_CALLS was a full hard parse. The rest must have been > >some sort of hard parse. In fact, if the child_number = 0, > >then the very first parse was hard, > >all others will some variant of soft parse. If child_number > >> 0, then the SQL was already there, so all parses attributed > >to this child must be some form > >of soft parse. > > > >Hope that helps, > > > >-Mark > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Bobak, Mark [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > >ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxx > >Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:17 AM > >To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: Re: RE: parse/execute ratio > > > > > >ok you lost me. soft parses get listed as parse_calls. How do > >we find out if there is only a soft parse and no hard parse? > >> > >> From: "Bobak, Mark" <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: 2004/03/02 Tue AM 09:12:52 EST > >> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Subject: RE: parse/execute ratio > >> > >> Yes, that would be the ideal situation. > >> > >> But, don't forget, lots of apps will do one parse per execute. > >> They will be soft parses, and perhaps even session cache cursor hits, > >> but they still get counted as parses (or PARSE_CALLS). > >> > >> I'd say any child cursors whose EXECUTIONS is >1 and > >increasing is being > >> reused. > >> > >> Hope that helps, > >> > >> -Mark > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxx [mailto:ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Tue 3/2/2004 8:59 AM > >> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Cc: > >> Subject: parse/execute ratio > >> To see if a query is being reused i can go to v$sql and look > >at parse_calls to executions right? parse_calls should be low > >and executions high? > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------