is it possible to get the bind variable from a query, if you start the trace after the query has started? I'm not aware of any method to peek at a bind value for a running query other than using extended trace. Once parsed, you can see it through ... - This can be seen through ... 1) select * from table (dbms_xplan.display_cursor('....',363,'PEEKED_BINDS')) 2) v$sql_bind_capture: as mentioned by previous reply. 3) DBA_HIST_SQLBIND: historically. 4) SQLTXPLAIN: extremely revealing. When I look in v$session, I can get the current sql_id. How do I find out which child cursor that session is using? child_number column -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l