Mark: > as CBC. For those where there's only one, such as shared pool, that > data is only populated in v$latch_parent. > > -Mark Not quite true. (at least starting from 9i). The shared pool is divided in to multiple sub-pools if it is greater than 250MB and/or if your cpu_count > 4. In this case the shared pool is covered by multiple shared pool latches. Regards, K Gopalakrishnan ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------