Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h96EWFs26583 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 09:32:16 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 66.27.56.210 Received: from ns3.fatcity.com (rrcs-west-66-27-56-210.biz.rr.com [66.27.56.210]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h96EWFc26578 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 09:32:15 -0500 Received: from ns3.fatcity.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ns3.fatcity.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h96Bo1hW027562 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 04:50:14 -0700 Received: (from root@localhost) by ns3.fatcity.com (8.12.8/8.12.5/Submit) id h96BeRJM025656 for oracle-l@orafaq.net; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 04:40:29 -0700 Received: by fatcity.com (05-Jun-2003/v1.0g-b73/bab) via fatcity.com id 005D22B6; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 04:39:25 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 04:39:25 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: Sender: ml-errors@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: Subject: contents of shared pool Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 73; ListGuru (c) 1996-2003 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List please try out the following : 1. select sum(bytes) from v$sgastat where pool='shared pool'; 2. find out the size of the shared pool you have specified in your parameter files. 3. subtract the two values 4. When I do the same as above the difference is exactly equal to my db_cache_size. So does this mean that if I allocate x MB to my buffer cache, Oracle allocates that x mb for the buffer cache , and an additional x mb for managing the buffer cache and places it in the shared pool ? Please explain this to me. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: