RE: What's the difference between pins and gets

Hi Alex,

A get is an attempt to locate an object in the library cache. If it is not found, it is loaded. Database object definitions are loaded from the data dictionary via the dictionary cache. Cursors are loaded by parsing the statement text.

A pin is an attempt to use a previously located object in the library cache. If it has been aged out, then it must be reloaded.

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From: AlexP [mailto:apot_at_canadawired.com] Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2000 16:20
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: What's the difference between pins and gets

Hi Listers,

Could anybody please explain about what is the difference between gets and pins and correspondingly between gethits and pinhits in the v$librarycache view?

Thank you,

      AlexP

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