v$sql.outline_category tells you if a particular sql is using an outline, but it doesn't tell what, if any, outlines are currently active. If a SQL statement that matches an outline in a specific category hasn't been executed yet, it would not show up in v$sql. Wayne -------------------------------------------- From: "LS Cheng" <exriscer@xxxxxxxxx> To: work@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:34:43 +0200 Have you tried v$sql.outline_category :-? --------------------------------------------- On 4/14/07, Wayne Adams <work@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Yes (as far as I know). I was thinking about that when I was writing up the problem, but I couldn't figure out how to confirm. I couldn't find a parameter or V$ view that would tell me for sure. Wayne . . . . -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l