My favorite tool is SQL*Plus. V$SQL has buffer_gets, executions, = disk_reads, parse_calls, all of which may be significant in evaluating = resource intensive queries. However, as has been stated here many times before, a much more = effective process is to look at a particular application or business = process that's performing poorly. Trace it, look at where the time is = being spent. Resource intensive queries, along with any other problems = that process encounters, will come out in the analysis. Hope that helps, -Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Seema Singh > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 4:28 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RESOURCE INTENSIVE QUERIES >=20 >=20 > Does any one know any free tools thru which we can capture=20 > more resource=20 > intensive queries? > thanks >=20 > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!=20 > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ >=20 > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >=20 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l