On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG) wrote: > v$statname is a lookup table for the statistic# that appears in v$sesstat > and v$sysstat. You use it in most queries on those tables unless you're > named Tanel and have memorised the statistic numbers. =)
Remember Oracle likes to change around all the statistic#s with every major release. So if you write (or memorize) something that relies on the statistic# being permanently associated with a particular statistic, it will break (give results for the wrong statistic) as soon as you upgrade. -- Jeremiah Wilton http://www.speakeasy.net/~jwilton > -----Original Message----- > Sent: 26 November 2003 13:24 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > This view seems to be a smaller subset of v$sysstat? When is it useful? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jeremiah Wilton 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).