Looks like Recursive Sessions are your answer http://blog.tanelpoder.com/2010/01/21/recursive-sessions-2/ On 3 February 2012 21:28, Patty Vonick <patty.vonick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All - > We have been collecting session counts from v$session - and then compared > max session counts from v$session for each snapshot... and found that it > differs from the sessions count in v$resource_limit. > > Can anyone explain this? > > Thanks for your help. > > SYS@PROD1 AS SYSDBA> select count(*) from v$session; > > COUNT(*) > ---------- > 242 > > SYS@PROD1 AS SYSDBA> select * from v$resource_limit; > > RESOURCE_NAME CURRENT_UTILIZATION MAX_UTILIZATION > INITIAL_AL LIMIT_VALU > ------------------------------ ------------------- --------------- > ---------- ---------- > processes 256 330 > 512 512 > sessions 283 395 > 800 800 > enqueue_locks 505 822 > 9616 9616 > enqueue_resources 312 2240 > 4040 UNLIMITED > ges_procs 0 0 > 0 0 > ges_ress 0 0 > 0 UNLIMITED > ges_locks 0 0 > 0 UNLIMITED > ges_cache_ress 0 0 > 0 UNLIMITED > ges_reg_msgs 0 0 > 0 UNLIMITED > ges_big_msgs 0 0 > 0 UNLIMITED > ges_rsv_msgs 0 0 > 0 0 > gcs_resources 0 0 > 0 0 > gcs_shadows 0 0 > 0 0 > dml_locks 1 1 > 3520 UNLIMITED > temporary_table_locks 0 32 > UNLIMITED UNLIMITED > transactions 3 3 > 880 UNLIMITED > branches 0 6 > 880 UNLIMITED > cmtcallbk 1 18 > 880 UNLIMITED > max_rollback_segments 60 60 > 880 65535 > sort_segment_locks 2 47 > UNLIMITED UNLIMITED > k2q_locks 0 0 > 1600 UNLIMITED > max_shared_servers 0 0 > UNLIMITED UNLIMITED > parallel_max_servers 106 110 > 36 3600 > > 23 rows selected. > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- -- Coskan GUNDOGAR Oracle DBA Email: coskan@xxxxxxxxx Blog: http://coskan.wordpress.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/coskan Linkedin: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/coskan -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l