Hi, The question refers to Oracle 9.2.0.5 on Solaris 2.8. I noticed that in one database I look after we have multiple v$session records for some v$process records... SQL> select * from v$session where sid in (45, 435); SADDR SID SERIAL# AUDSID PADDR USER# ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------------- ---------- USERNAME COMMAND OWNERID TADDR ------------------------------ ---------- ---------- ---------------- LOCKWAIT STATUS SERVER SCHEMA# SCHEMANAME ---------------- -------- --------- ---------- ------------------------------ OSUSER PROCESS ------------------------------ ------------ MACHINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- TERMINAL ------------------------------ PROGRAM TYPE SQL_ADDRESS ------------------------------------------------ ---------- ---------------- SQL_HASH_VALUE PREV_SQL_ADDR PREV_HASH_VALUE -------------- ---------------- --------------- MODULE MODULE_HASH ------------------------------------------------ ----------- ACTION ACTION_HASH -------------------------------- ----------- CLIENT_INFO ---------------------------------------------------------------- FIXED_TABLE_SEQUENCE ROW_WAIT_OBJ# ROW_WAIT_FILE# ROW_WAIT_BLOCK# -------------------- ------------- -------------- --------------- ROW_WAIT_ROW# LOGON_TIME LAST_CALL_ET PDM FAILOVER_TYPE FAILOVER_M FAI ------------- ----------- ------------ --- ------------- ---------- --- RESOURCE_CONSUMER_GROUP PDML_STA PDDL_STA PQ_STATU -------------------------------- -------- -------- -------- CURRENT_QUEUE_DURATION ---------------------- CLIENT_IDENTIFIER ---------------------------------------------------------------- 00000003CEDFB8A8 45 4857 25131663 00000003CECB40D8 57466 OPS$JOSEPM 0 2147483644 INACTIVE DEDICATED 57466 OPS$JOSEPM OPAREPS 1816:4668 AMER\MOPPGRDOC04 MOPPGRDOC04 USER 00 0 00000003F09A5220 974596382 0 0 83637922 4984091 45 0 0 23-OCT-2006 31353 NO NONE NONE NO DEFAULT_CONSUMER_GROUP DISABLED ENABLED ENABLED 0 00000003CEEFD008 435 1070 25131662 00000003CECB40D8 57466 OPS$JOSEPM 0 2147483644 INACTIVE DEDICATED 57466 OPS$JOSEPM OPAREPS 1816:4668 AMER\MOPPGRDOC04 MOPPGRDOC04 USER 00000003D647AE90 3477528002 00 0 0 0 19302446 600018 7 0 0 23-OCT-2006 310368 NO NONE NONE NO DEFAULT_CONSUMER_GROUP DISABLED ENABLED ENABLED 0 There are a few examples... SQL> select paddr from v$session group by paddr having count(*) > 1; PADDR ---------------- 00000003CECB40D8 00000003CECB9660 00000003CECBA578 00000003CECC64A8 00000003CECDE308 Can anyone tell me under what circumstances this can happen? I have searched metalink and google to no avail. I noticed it because it caused some scripts I have that join v$session and v$process to give odd results. Thanks, Ken _________________________________________________ Enterprise Informatics - Common Engineering Groton/New London Manager, Database Administration Services Email (Inbox): mailto:Kenneth.R.Fowler@xxxxxxxxxx Office: T274/T227 Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 M/S 5274-2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGAL NOTICE Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately.