Re: session_cached_cursors pros & cons

  • From: Joe Armstrong-Champ <joseph.armstrong-champ@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: anjo.kolk@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:45:32 -0400

Anjo,

Is there any documentation that can help in deetermining how much bigger 
the shared pool needs to be when using session_cached_cursors?

Thanks.
Joe

Anjo Kolk wrote:

> I haven't read all the replies but one thing to keep in mind with
> session_cached_cursors is that cursors that are normally closed are kept
> open and that memory is kept pinned. That means that a larger shared pool is
> needed to keep all the 'open' cursors in the shared pool. It is also
> responsible for a larger fragmentation of the shared pool.
> 
> In fact caching SQL statements  increases performance, but could cause a
> fragmentation and other shared pool problems.
> 
> So make sure that your shared pool is big enough.
> 


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