Unless Oracle changed the way it reported this, that won't work on NT.
Oracle On NT didn't used to report bg procs in the program field of
v$session. This may have changed with 8i. I haven't worked with 8i on
NT. Used to have to join v$session and v$bgprocess on paddr.
Rodd Holman
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 6/4/01, 12:10:53 PM, Vadim Gorbounov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote regarding RE: Database writer:
> Hi, Kevin,
> Maybe this query will help:
> SQL> select PROGRAM from v$process where PROGRAM like '%DBW%';
>
> Regards
> Vadim Gorbounov
> Oracle DBA
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:56 AM
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> Hi all,
> I added db writer processes last week to try and improve
performance
> of one
> of my 8.1.7 db's on NT. Does anyone know if there is a way to see if
Oracle
> actually started the additional db writer processes? I added
> db_writer_processes to the init file, the instance started so I am
assuming
> that the db writer processes are working. But we all know what happens
when
> we assume something. Any ideas would be appreciated.
> Sincerely,
> Kevin Kostyszyn
> DBA
> Dulcian, Inc
> www.dulcian.com
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