Yep! The USED figures come from the V$SQL_WORKAREA view (the LAST_... columns). It won't be populated until the query finishes (or is canceled). In the brackets you have number of passes that's 0 for optimal executions (LAST_PASSES colum I think). The Used-TMP field in DBMS_XPLAN is buggy, it's in kilobytes, so the 385K in your output actually means 385 MB :) -- *Tanel Poder* Enkitec (The Exadata Experts) Services <http://enkitec.com> | Training <http://blog.tanelpoder.com/seminar/> | Troubleshooting <http://blog.tanelpoder.com/> | Exadata Book <http://www.amazon.com/Expert-Oracle-Exadata-Apress/dp/1430233923> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Ric Van Dyke <ric.van.dyke@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Soft-ball here. I can’t find any documentation or blog posts that speak > to this. > > > > When I look at an execution plan with DBMS_XPLAN.DISPLAY_CURSOR that does > a sort I see the memory used for the sort. There is now a column Used-Mem > along with the OMem and 1Mem columns. In the Used-Mem there is a number in > parentheses, I assume the number is the number of passes over/thru the > memory segment, and that a single pass would actually show a zero. Can > someone confirm or deny this? > > > > For example: > > > > *Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.1.0 - 64bit > Production* > > *With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application > Testing options* > > *SQL>* > > *SQL> SELECT PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT* > > * 2 FROM TABLE(DBMS_XPLAN.DISPLAY_CURSOR* > > * 3 ('g4tr51k11z5a0',0,'ALLSTATS LAST'));* > > > > *PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT* > > > *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* > > > *----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* > > *SQL_ID g4tr51k11z5a0, child number 0* > > *-------------------------------------* > > *select * from big_tab order by owner* > > > > *Plan hash value: 3765827574* > > > > > *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* > > *| Id | Operation | Name | Starts | E-Rows | A-Rows | > A-Time | Buffers | Reads | Writes | OMem | 1Mem | Used-Mem | Used-Tmp|* > > > *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* > > *| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 1 | | > 2868K|00:00:46.50 | 48224 | 97395 | 49190 | | | > | |* > > *| 1 | SORT ORDER BY | | 1 | 2868K| > 2868K|00:00:46.50 | 48224 | 97395 | 49190 | 432M| 6863K| 100M > (1)| 385K|* > > *| 2 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| BIG_TAB | 1 | 2868K| > 2868K|00:00:04.26 | 48215 | 48205 | 0 | | | > | |* > > > *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* > > > > *SQL>* > > > > Thanks > > > > +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ > > Ric Van Dyke > > Education Director > > Oracle Ace Associate > > Hotsos Ltd. > > > > **** Hotsos Symposium > > **** March 1-5 2015 > > Make your plans to be there now! > > > > >