If that were the case, wouldn't the number of loads to be very close to the number of executions? It is not a recently pinned object. Jay SQL> run 1 select owner,name,type,loads,executions,kept from v$db_object_cache 2* where name='GET_NEXT_SEQUENCE' OWNER NAME TYPE LOADS EXECUTIONS KEP ---------- -------------------- ---------------- ---------- ---------- --- FIRM GET_NEXT_SEQUENCE NON-EXISTENT 35 0 NO MIS GET_NEXT_SEQUENCE FUNCTION 385 1396646 YES PUBLIC GET_NEXT_SEQUENCE SYNONYM 35 0 NO On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:13 PM, David Fitzjarrell <oratune@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > If I remember correctly PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION will cause a > reload of the function every time it is called since each call is an > independent operation. > > David Fitzjarrell > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jay Hostetter <hostetter.jay@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* David Fitzjarrell <oratune@xxxxxxxxx>; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Tue, May 25, 2010 3:08:12 PM > *Subject:* Re: Function reloading in SGA > > Here it is: > > create or replace function get_next_sequence > ( arg_facility IN varchar2, > arg_seq_name IN varchar2, > arg_This_Id IN number, > arg_julianday IN number ) > RETURN NUMBER IS > PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION; > ret_next_seq NUMBER; > v_last_id NUMBER; > v_julian NUMBER; > V_REPDATE DATE; > > BEGIN >