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> > I'm not sure that's right.  If everyone uses a public synonym, then
> > you get one sql text, and one cursor.  I think the contention appears
> > because everyone has to have a 'non-existent' reference in memory
> > to say that they don't own an object with the same name as the public
> > synonym - consequently if you have lots of users who have to check
> > long chains of  'non-existent' then the latches get held for longer
> > periods of time.
>
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> I don't see how your statement contradicts the claim that heavy use of
public
> synonyms causes contention for not only library cache latches but also row
> cache objects latches. What I had in mind is Steve Adams' test. Here's the
URL
> http://www.ixora.com.au/newsletter/2001_05.htm#synonyms. If I understand
right,
> the additional row cache objects latch gets are for synonym translations,
> particularly public synonym translations.
>

Given that Steve has replied, I don't suppose there is much need to
say anything more.  However, you will note that Steve's experiment covers
the authentication call to an existing cursor.  Subsequent uses result in
no further access to the rowcache - hence my comment that it is not
the rowcache, just the length of what Steve has pointed out is a 'segmented
array' that lurks in the library cache that causes the problem by pushing up
library cache latch hold times.

However, if parsing is so extreme that lots of statements never get
beyond the slightly softer "authentication only" parse call, then the
presence of public synonyms makes a bad problem worse, and a
big chunk of the latch impact is in the rowcache objects latch.

(I haven't check v9 closely yet to see how much this has changed,
but there are extra latches for the library cache the row cache which
may mean a different strategy now exists).

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