+1 on the benefits of force_matching_signature when cursor_sharing is used (though I have a love/hate, mostly hate with FORCE) Just note that it loses some of its usefulness when SQL has both binds and literals. You can also do some pretty fancy stuff with DBMS_TUNE.SQLTEXT_TO_SIGNATURE (requires tuning pack) if you want to compare SQL and not have to worry about case, whitespace, literals, etc): http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e23448/d_sqltun.htm#CACHJDEG Andy On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM, <Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dom, > Thanks for the tips - I think force_matching_signature may be the way to > go as that makes the analysis SQL easier to manage to gather the data I'm > looking for. > > Thanks again. > > Chris > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l