Paul, >tim value of the FETCH 2276365740 from the time value of the EXEC >2276356674 I get approx 90 seconds (9066 centi-secs) which is nowhere >close to adding all the ela's of the waits (48 centi-secs). Am I >looking at what they call unmeasured/unaccounted-for time? Note that latches can 'sleep' and while they are sleeping, this time isn't counted under 'waiting'. This sleep is successivley for longer periods... I think Steve Adams discussed this very clearly in his book. If you look at Statspack snapshots between these periods, you might see more than usual values under the SLEEP[n] columns. And yes, when CPU thrashing occurs, the unaccounted time increases as the context switching times are not counted within Oracle.... Hth, 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 ** -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l