I am considering using packages to encapsulate all my tables and then returning ref cursors to the users. Jonathan Lewis mentioned there is some overhead with REF Cursors and soft parses. if I run some tests on this what wait events would indicate this? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------