When you experiment with it - let us know if it turns off pl/sql bind peeking and cursor_sharing bind peeking as well. 'user_binds' seems a little ambiguous. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html Optimising Oracle Seminar - schedule updated May 1st ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry G. Elkins" <elkinsl@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 1:40 PM Subject: Turn off Bind Peeking Listers, Has anyone used the undocumented parameter "_optim_peek_user_binds" to turn off bind peeking? Just curious if people have run into any bugs or oddities when using this parameter. Larry G. Elkins elkinsl@xxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------