[Connor McDonald] > v$sesstat splits this down into hard and soft parses.
Ah - thanks Connor! select name, sum(value) total from v$sesstat,v$statname where v$sesstat.statistic#=v$statname.statistic# and name like '%parse%' group by name parse count (hard) 2169 parse count (total) 69494630 parse time cpu 1082154 parse time elapsed 1420764 That looks *much* better to me! James -- James Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key fingerprint = B913 2FBD 14A9 CE18 B2B7 9C8E A0BF B026 EEBB F6E4 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: James Manning INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).