Re: Library Cache question

From: Cary Millsap <cary.millsap_at_method-r.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:56:35 -0600
Message-ID: <3a2a84fc0902060756g40de8b76yb8354a348f4b1e5b_at_mail.gmail.com>



(to fortify Jared's point...)

...Because it just doesn't make any sense for the database to keep a cursor that doesn't ever get reused. And what kind of session is going to reuse a SQL statement with string literals boiled in for, say part numbers or date values with 1-second granularity?

Cary Millsap
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http://carymillsap.blogspot.com

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Martin Brown <martinfbrown_at_hotmail.com>wrote:
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>> ... Unfortunately, our developers ar not fans of bind variables
>> either.
>>
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> You may have nailed it right there.
>
> The high miss rate would seem to be an indication of that.
>
>
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
>
>
>

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