Anyone have any idea what this is=3F I was 10046 tracing a process and found it post a wait on mostly latch-f= ree SCN latch. Excerpt from trace file below. WAIT #2: nam=3D'db file scattered read' ela=3D 1054 p1=3D17 p2=3D30500 p= 3=3D3 WAIT #2: nam=3D'db file sequential read' ela=3D 1377 p1=3D17 p2=3D30504 = p3=3D1 *** 2004-12-09 17:27:55.695 WAIT #2: nam=3D'latch free' ela=3D 49 p1=3D-4611686009467115424 p2=3D88 = p3=3D0 *** 2004-12-09 17:34:20.573 WAIT #2: nam=3D'db file sequential read' ela=3D 4850 p1=3D50 p2=3D119591= p3=3D1 WAIT #2: nam=3D'db file sequential read' ela=3D 6175 p1=3D50 p2=3D119590= p3=3D1 I'm not positive what the "^***" lines mean, but what I can tell is that= when hit the latch wait and displayed a wall time of 17:27, it didn't d= o anything until the next "^***" line. Shouldn't the ela in either the = current or next wait match the elasped time=3F Thanks in advance. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l