It's not a good idea to mix PX/PQ with binds. That is a recipe for problems. On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Hemant K Chitale <hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have a few queries that are wrongly using PQ (by having a Parallel DEGREE > set on the Tables). Unfortunately, they run very frequently, from multiple > sessions. > Not always do they get the requisite number of PQ slaves. > I will be getting these change to No-Parallel operations. > > These queries use Binds and not Literals. The statements are exactly the > same. These are not Bind - mismatches (whether being mismatched datatype or > varying lengths of actual bind values) and are not different accounts and > schemas. These are not created by the usage of Explain Plan. -- Regards, Greg Rahn http://structureddata.org -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l