On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Hemant K Chitale <hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > Is there a method to measure or estimate the impact of context switches > when executing SQL inside a PLSQL block -- particularly when the PLSQL > block runs the same SQL statement very many times inside a loop ? > > This discussion has been held a few times, though not perhaps on this list. Defining what you think a context switch is in PL/SQL might be a good place to start. -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist