In fact, in 8.1.7.2, it can cause *incorrect* results in certain queries without reporting an error! 8.1.7.4 is supposed to be a little more stable (applying that minipack to production as this is typed), and 9iR2 is reported to be even better.
For us, it was CS=F or die (dead server, die trying to revamp 10Ks of lines of code, etc). We chose CS=F. It definitely is not as good as good code, but it is a pretty good stopgap, if you are aware of the risks! See Metalink for the warnings, especially in the BUG area. GL! Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Neyman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 2:39 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: Question On High Parse to execute ratio > > > Success with using CURSOR_SHARING depends on your Oracle version. > In earlier versions it's buggy. > > Igor Neyman, OCP DBA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 3:00 PM > > > > Hello: > > > > I have a third party application which seems to have alot > of unbound SQL > > statements, several of which do not seem to be very > effective queries. > > Unfortunatelly the code is locked. > > > > My Parse to execute ratio is around 72% and I was wondering > if anyone has > > any ideas on how I can decrease this? > > > > I figure that I might start with using the parameter CURSOR_SHARING. > > > > Any ideas would be great. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Jay -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich 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).