Don, As Jonathan pointed out, AUTOTRACE cannot be relied upon. Rather, I would look at V$SESSTAT from another session for the identified SID - this provides some additional details, especially about PQ. Specifically, look for Statistics (join V$STATNAME) 'where upper(name) like '%PARALLEL%'' - you will be gently surprised s'all I can say :) You also did not mention the number of CPUs you have (although I note that you have set parallel_threads_per_cpu). Be aware that although you did not set LARGE_POOL, this will automatically be derived. And I have to disagree with Mladen here on the flushing bit - since this is a DW, I wouldn't mind flushing the shared pool, as I can understand why you did it. Of course, he did point out the syntax error! PQ (in a controlled fashion) can be a boon in DWs, but I have seen it really bite in an OLTP environment. John Kanagaraj DB Soft Inc Phone: 408-970-7002 (W) Listen to great, commercial-free christian music 24x7x365 at http://www.klove.com ** The opinions and facts contained in this message are entirely mine and do not reflect those of my employer or customers ** >-----Original Message----- >From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Freeman, Donald >Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:18 PM >To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Implement Parallel Processing on DB Warehouse ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------