A 1555 errorstack will show the snapshot SCN of the query and buffer SCN. Are you able to generate one? Is there a lob column on the table? Fairlie Rego Senior Oracle Consultant http://el-caro.blogspot.com/ M: +61 402 792 405 --- On Wed, 15/7/09, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Undo Usage and Read consistency - ORA-1555 To: nancy_iles@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, cicciuxdba@xxxxxxxxx Received: Wednesday, 15 July, 2009, 11:53 AM How long does it run before you get the ora-1555 message? On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Nancy Iles <nancy_iles@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Yes, the there is an index on CONFIRMATION_NO and I have found that _OPTIM_PEEK_USER_BINDS=FALSE on all 6 RAC nodes. So, now on to research the other suggestions! Thanks to everyone for your input. Nancy ________________________________ > From: jkstill@xxxxxxxxx > Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:56:04 -0700 > Subject: Re: Undo Usage and Read consistency - ORA-1555 > To: nancy_iles@xxxxxxxxxxx > CC: cicciuxdba@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Nancy Iles> wrote: > > > > > We have sporadic ora-1555 on an exceptionally simple statement that occurs > frequently in the application. How can you analyze why this tiny, simple > statement is causing an ORA-1555? The statement is: > > > > SELECT RESV_NAME_ID , RESORT FROM RESERVATION_NAME WHERE CONFIRMATION_NO = :1 > > > > Is an appropriate index being used by the SELECT? > > Normally I would expect to see something such as CONFIRMATION_NO to > be accessed via indexed lookup, but it doesn't hurt to confirm that. > > > > Barring that, have you tried running a 10046 trace on that statement so > you can see what is taking place to satisfy the query? > > Lots of guessing here, because there isn't really much to go on in this post. > > > > Jared > _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290-- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail