Thanks for all the replies. Some answers: sys@bona> sho release release 902000500 sys@bona> select owner, object_name, object_type from dba_objects where object_name = 'DUAL'; OWNER OBJECT_NAM OBJECT_TYP ---------- ---------- ---------- SYS DUAL TABLE PUBLIC DUAL SYNONYM 2 rows selected. sys@bona> select * from dual; D - X 1 row selected. sys@bona> select * from sys.x$dual; ADDR INDX INST_ID D ---------------- ---------- ---------- - 0000000110154DF8 0 1 X 1 row selected. sys@bona> select * from gv$instance; INST_ID INSTANCE_NUMBER INSTANCE_NAME HOST_NAME VERSION ---------- --------------- ---------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- STARTUP_T STATUS PAR THREAD# ARCHIVE LOG_SWITCH_ LOGINS SHU DATABASE_STATUS INSTANCE_ROLE ACTIVE_ST --------- ------------ --- ---------- ------- ----------- ---------- --- ----------------- ------------------ --------- 1 1 xxxx yyyyyyy 9.2.0.5.0 05-NOV-04 OPEN NO 1 STARTED ALLOWED NO ACTIVE PRIMARY_INSTANCE NORMAL 1 row selected. DB name and server name in the output above are replaced with xxxx, yyyyyy. Thanks to Richard Quintin's pointer to Tanel's earlier post - _kghdsidx_count happened to be 2 on this DB (NOT set explicitly). Is that the reason for 2 line output from x$kghlu? Thanks, Boris Dali. --- Mohammad Rafiq <rafiq9857@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How many dual tables you have on your database and > number of counts > for rows on those tables. It appears you may have > more then one dual > tables or your dual table have 2 rows? > > Although new versions of Oracle does not allow for > dual to have more > than 1 rows but it happened till ver 7.3.4 and > results were that 2 > rows were returned from dictionary tables/views. If > you have 2 rows > then one row must be deleted to get correct results. > > Regards > Rafiq > > > > On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:54:54 -0500, Bobak, Mark > <mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, what does: > > select * from gv$instance; > > output? > > > > -Mark > > <Stuff deleted> > > > Thanks for the reply. Here's an output from one > of the > > > DBs here (first time I see this and hence the > > > question): > > >=20 > > > sys@bona> @shared_pool_lru_stats > > >=20 > > > > > > > RECURRENT TRANSIENT FLUSHED PINS AND > ORA-4031 > > > LAST ERROR > > > CHUNKS CHUNKS CHUNKS RELEASES > ERRORS > > > SIZE > > > ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- > ---------- > > > ---------- > > > 3871 11666 0 2387736 > 0 > > > 0 > > > 8010 31546 0 16910987 > 0 > > > 0 > > > sys@bona> select count(1) from x$kghlu; > > >=20 > > > COUNT(1) > > > ---------- > > > 2 > > <more trimming> ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l