The usual caveat applies with nice friendly v$ -- Don't use them as the basis for regular inspection until you're sure they've been checked as low-cost In the case of v$segment_statistics, it is better to get deltas by checking v$segstat - then join to other tables for names after you've got the important numbers out. Execution plan for select * from v$segment_statistics: Execution Plan ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE 1 0 FILTER 2 1 NESTED LOOPS 3 2 NESTED LOOPS 4 3 NESTED LOOPS 5 4 FIXED TABLE (FULL) OF 'X$KSOLSFTS' 6 4 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'OBJ$' 7 6 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'I_OBJ1' (UNIQUE) 8 3 TABLE ACCESS (CLUSTER) OF 'TS$' 9 8 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'I_TS#' (NON-UNIQUE) 10 2 TABLE ACCESS (CLUSTER) OF 'USER$' 11 10 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'I_USER#' (NON-UNIQUE) 12 1 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'IND$' 13 12 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'I_IND1' (UNIQUE) Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html Optimising Oracle Seminar - schedule updated May 1st ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Granaman" <granaman@xxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'LazyDBA.com Discussion'" <oracledba@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:50 PM Subject: Re: "Hot" tables in Schema : In 9i, you can get a lot from v$segment_statistics (or gv$segment_statistics : with RAC) by doing deltas between runs. : : Don Granaman : SQL*Plus-addicted OraSaurus : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Daiminger, Helmut" <HELMUT.DAIMINGER@xxxxxx> : To: "'LazyDBA.com Discussion'" <oracledba@xxxxxxxxxxx>; : <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> : Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 6:36 AM : Subject: "Hot" tables in Schema : : : > Hi! : > : > Does anybody out there know how to get the hot tables in a specific schema : > in a specific period of time? I.e. find the tables that get hit the most : > during a specific period of time? : : : ---------------------------------------------------------------- : Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com : ---------------------------------------------------------------- : To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx : put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. : -- : Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ : FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html : ----------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------