On 03/11/2005 01:09:18 PM, MacGregor, Ian A. wrote: > The question about the remote join prompted this one. If one traces a = =3D > session which includes selecting a data over a database link, one can =3D > use a logon/logoff triggers to trace the remote session. Where in =3D > either trace is the time spent to ship the data over the link. On the = =3D > local side there are the "message from dblink" waits, but do they =3D > include the time to ship the rows or just the time the remote database = =3D > took to respond? =3D20 >=20 > Ian MacGregor > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center > ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >=20 Ian, it includes any wait for any data from db link. If you want to trace = Oracle*Net data, you should really use event 10079, in addition to 10046. 10079, 00000, "trace data sent/received via SQL*Net" // *Cause: // *Action: level 1 - trace network ops to/from client // level 2 - in addition to level 1, dump data // level 4 - trace network ops to/from dblink // level 8 - in addition to level 4, dump data In your case, level 1 would probably be sufficient. --=20 Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l