Hi, Is CURSOR_SHARING set to FORCE? It could be the reasons. Regards Asif Momen http://momendba.blogspot.com genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: OK. I am still confused here. Here is what I do (oracle 10.2.0.2); execute a SQL - select col1, col2 from table where col3='1123' - completes in about 0.01s execute a SQL - select col1, col2 from table where col3='4567' - completes in about 0.01s alter system flush shared_pool; execute a SQL - select col1, col2 from table where col3='1123' - completes in about 0.3 execute a SQL - select col1, col2 from table where col3='1123' - completes in about 0.01s execute a SQL - select col1, col2 from table where col3='4567' - completes in about 0.01s Why would the third SQL complete that fast. I have a different SQL because of the value 4567 (and I don't use bind variables), so shouldn't this be a hard parse too? thank you Gene Gurevich "Bobak, Mark" est.com> To Sent by: "genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxx" oracle-l-bounce@f , reelists.org "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" cc 04/03/2008 04:59 PM Subject RE: flush shared_pool and query performance Please respond to Mark.Bobak@proque st.com Sure, I don't think that's unreasonable at all. As an added confirmation, if you have 0.01 secs, and then you flush and first execution is 0.3 secs, does the second execution after the flush go back to 0.01 secs? If so, then the difference is the hard parse. -Mark -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Database Administrator, System & Product Technologies ProQuest 789 E. Eisenhower, Parkway, P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 +1.734.997.4059 or +1.800.521.0600 x 4059 mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.proquest.com www.csa.com ProQuest...Start here. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 5:40 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: flush shared_pool and query performance Hi all: I am noticing that the same SQL executed before and after 'alter system flush shared_pool' completes in VASTLY different time - 0.01s before the command and 0.3s after the command. I wonder why is that. When I flush the shared_pool, the library cache is flushed and so my SQL needs to be reparsed. Is that reasonable for parsing to take 0.3s? thank you Gene Gurevich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l --------------------------------- You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.