Hi! If your shared pool is split to several separate areas protected by separate shared pool child latches, then every shared pool area has its own LRU lists, thus x$kghlu reports a row for each of them. Multiple shared pool areas feature is available from 9i - _kghdsidx_count parameter controls how many shared pool areas/child latches are used (max is 7). Also, if java pool is defined, x$kghlu reports one additional row in 10g, maybe in 9i as well, I haven't checked (probably because java pool memory is managed by the same KGH module which handles shared pool). Tanel. > Just out of curiousity, no fires - does anyone know > under what circumstanses it returns more than row for > a single instance (no RAC) database? > > Thanks, > Boris Dali. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l