Thanks for the explanation, Ian. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle. -- G.I. Joe :)
Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: MacGregor, Ian A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 4:40 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Statspack Intervals > > > I don't think it will. V$SQLAREA gives information on > executions, disk reads, logical reads, etc. > It tells nothing about waits. Joining the two tables you > mention does not show you who has been running the queries, > just who parsed them originally. Yes, the rest of statspack > does have information on wait events but it is not tied back > to the queries which caused them. > > Developers sometimes call complaining of problems with third > party products. There are products on the market which > manipulate data by fetching it from the database, performing > the change on the client, and pushing it back to the > database. If a user called while the process was running, > you'd look at V$SESSION_WAIT and see that the database was > waiting on the client to process the data. You would then > tell the developer, that it's that #$%!*! third party > product causing the delay. > > What happens if the developer mentions the problem the next > day. Do you ask them to repeat the job so it can be > monitored? I want to be able to look at the wait events of > the session that ran the job the previous day. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jesse, Rich 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).