Hi,
I am looking after an Oracle EE V8.1.6 database on Solaris 2.6 and I have been monitoring the database to try and look for causes of poor performance. I have been using Quest SQLLab Vision which is one of the tools around that will look at the SGA directly and sample stats multiple times /sec. Based upon the information I get back, I can see that the following query... SELECT STAGE_DATA_SEQ.NEXTVAL FROM DUAL; Seems to use a significant amount of resource when you take into account the number of times it is executed. The query plan shows a full scan of sys.dual and it uses significant CPU and I/O. Is there a better (less resource intensive) way to get the nextval?? It may seem a little petty but it just happens that this query is the second highest resource user when you take into account the number of times it is executed. Thanks, Ken _________________________________________ Clinical and Regulatory Informatics - Groton/New London Coordinator, Business and Technical Services Tel: (860) 732-0026 Fax: (860) 715-8346 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] LEGAL NOTICE Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Fowler, Kenneth R INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).