Hi Mladen, Hmmm I do not have the same problem... SQL> select * from v$sga_target_advice; SGA_SIZE SGA_SIZE_FACTOR ESTD_DB_TIME ESTD_DB_TIME_FACTOR ESTD_PHYSICAL_READS ---------- --------------- ------------ ------------------- ------------------- 424 1 65 1 7565 106 .25 65 1 7630 212 .5 65 1 7565 848 2 65 1 7565 530 1.25 65 1 7565 636 1.5 65 1 7565 742 1.75 65 1 7565 318 .75 65 1 7565 8 rows selected. So generate an errorstack and send me the file and we'll see which ratio is the problem... SQL> alter session set events '1476 trace name errorstack level 3'; Session altered. Reissue the statement Regards, Fairlie Mladen Gogala <gogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Select from V$SGA_TARGET_ADVICE fails on Oracle 10.2 for Linux. The error reported is about division by zero: SQL> select * from v$sga_target_advice; select * from v$sga_target_advice * ERROR at line 1: ORA-01476: divisor is equal to zero I discovered this by attempting to run STATSPACK. Of course, it bombed out with the same error. SGA parameters are like this: SQL> show parameter sga NAME TYPE VALUE ------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------ lock_sga boolean FALSE pre_page_sga boolean FALSE sga_max_size big integer 400M sga_target big integer 352M Does anybody have any idea? Is this just one of the "features"? Statspack is fairly important tool and I'd hate to run a production system on something like this. The description of this table is here: V$SGA_TARGET_ADVICE V$SGA_TARGET_ADVICE provides information about the SGA_TARGET initialization parameter. Column Datatype Description SGA_SIZE NUMBER Size of the SGA SGA_SIZE_FACTOR NUMBER Ratio between the SGA_SIZE and the current size of the SGA ESTD_DB_TIME NUMBER Estimated DB_TIME for this SGA_SIZE ESTD_DB_TIME_FACTOR NUMBER Ratio between ESTD_DB_TIME and DB_TIME for the current size of the SGA ESTD_PHYSICAL_READS NUMBER Estimated number of physical reads This table contains two ratios and one of them must be zero for an almost inactive database like this one. Now I know why is 10.2 out only for Linux. -- http://www.mgogala.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Fairlie Rego Senior Oracle Consultant Optus Telecommunications www.optus.com.au Mobile: +61 4 02 792 405 When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com