Hello Oracle List, How can the number of Hard Parses (or Loads) be way more than the number of executions please : SQL>select child_number child#, plan_hash_value plan_hash, parse_calls parses, loads h_parses, executions execs, fetches, rows_processed rows_p, invalidations invs from v$sql where sql_id = ('fmfdkztk8vx23') and child_number like '&2' and executions > 0 order by sql_id, hash_value, child_number; old 17: and child_number like '&2' new 17: and child_number like '%' *Child #* *PLAN_HASH* *PARSES* *H_PARSES* *EXECS* *FETCHES* *ROWS_P* *INVS* 0 3675718404 1075537 1 9400055 9400074 8713889 0 1 3675718404 40488 1194 366464 366464 340475 0 2 3675718404 324 23481 2606 2606 2391 2 3 3675718404 13 1092 106 106 95 0 4 3675718404 98 4572 790 790 738 1 5 3675718404 55 276 438 438 383 0 6 3675718404 2 137708 37 37 34 20 7 3675718404 8 201010 75 75 68 53 8 3675718404 948 62178 7213 7213 6960 8 9 3675718404 33 14 367 367 354 0 I am almost convinced its got to be some sort of bug and before I fire it off to Oracle Support I thought I'll raise the question here in case someone can enlghten me with a completely new idea to me how it can happen please? RDBMS Version : 10.2.0.5 Thanks. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l