> BTW, while search in metalink, there are numbers of bug hits related to the > issue. > > Regards, > Neeraj Bhatia FWIW, I've run into a situation without using CS=S on 10.1 and 10.2. The interesting part is that v$sql_shared_cursor showed "N" for ALL reasons for a few cursors. I had opened an SR with Oracle Support, but didn't get any resolution. Here's a query for 10gR1 that can show SQLs with children with no reason: select sc.address, sc.total, vsa.sql_text from ( SELECT address, unbound_cursor|| sql_type_mismatch|| optimizer_mismatch|| outline_mismatch|| stats_row_mismatch|| literal_mismatch|| sec_depth_mismatch|| explain_plan_cursor|| buffered_dml_mismatch|| pdml_env_mismatch|| inst_drtld_mismatch|| slave_qc_mismatch|| typecheck_mismatch|| auth_check_mismatch|| bind_mismatch|| describe_mismatch|| language_mismatch|| translation_mismatch|| row_level_sec_mismatch|| insuff_privs|| insuff_privs_rem|| remote_trans_mismatch|| logminer_session_mismatch|| incomp_ltrl_mismatch|| overlap_time_mismatch|| sql_redirect_mismatch|| mv_query_gen_mismatch|| user_bind_peek_mismatch|| typchk_dep_mismatch|| no_trigger_mismatch|| flashback_cursor|| anydata_transformation|| incomplete_cursor|| top_level_rpi_cursor|| different_long_length|| logical_standby_apply|| diff_call_durn|| bind_uacs_diff|| plsql_cmp_switchs_diff|| cursor_parts_mismatch|| stb_object_mismatch|| row_ship_mismatch|| pq_slave_mismatch|| top_level_ddl_mismatch|| multi_px_mismatch|| bind_peeked_pq_mismatch|| litrep_comp_mismatch "FLAGS", count(*) "TOTAL" FROM v$sql_shared_cursor group by address, unbound_cursor|| sql_type_mismatch|| optimizer_mismatch|| outline_mismatch|| stats_row_mismatch|| literal_mismatch|| sec_depth_mismatch|| explain_plan_cursor|| buffered_dml_mismatch|| pdml_env_mismatch|| inst_drtld_mismatch|| slave_qc_mismatch|| typecheck_mismatch|| auth_check_mismatch|| bind_mismatch|| describe_mismatch|| language_mismatch|| translation_mismatch|| row_level_sec_mismatch|| insuff_privs|| insuff_privs_rem|| remote_trans_mismatch|| logminer_session_mismatch|| incomp_ltrl_mismatch|| overlap_time_mismatch|| sql_redirect_mismatch|| mv_query_gen_mismatch|| user_bind_peek_mismatch|| typchk_dep_mismatch|| no_trigger_mismatch|| flashback_cursor|| anydata_transformation|| incomplete_cursor|| top_level_rpi_cursor|| different_long_length|| logical_standby_apply|| diff_call_durn|| bind_uacs_diff|| plsql_cmp_switchs_diff|| cursor_parts_mismatch|| stb_object_mismatch|| row_ship_mismatch|| pq_slave_mismatch|| top_level_ddl_mismatch|| multi_px_mismatch|| bind_peeked_pq_mismatch|| litrep_comp_mismatch having count(*) > 1 ) "SC", v$sqlarea vsa where flags = 'NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN' and sc.address = vsa.address order by total desc; This may work in 10gR2 or 11, but I'm almost positive there are more columns for v$sql_shared_cursor in the newer versions of Oracle. GL! Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l