My recommendation would be to scratch all your assumptions/guesses at this point and start over with Method-R. http://method-r.com/faq/31-method-r/35-what-is-method-r More specifically, I'd focus on minimizing your top wait events from a 10046 trace of your most business-critical functions that are suffering from performance problems. I'd also take a look at your top wait events from AWR/statspack, but keep in mind they are more likely to be misleading. You might also want to have a look at the current tools available from My Oracle Support for analyzing your 10046 files and query performance (trace analyzer and sqltxplain). No, I don't work for the Method R company, and am not suggesting you purchase anything. I'm just a firm believer in the Method R strategy for performance tuning as it has worked well for me countless times over the years. Regards, Brandon -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe A-C We have an application that is suddenly doing a lot of parsing. The history behind this . . . Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l