Jared, Digging into it more, I found out that it's called from an Informatica client. Apparently, the gist of the client-side algorithim is as follows:
For each row in (some view) Call generate_product_keys MERGE (upsert) into product table end loop CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE generate_product_keys (v_marketing_model_id IN VARCHAR2, v_model_country_cd IN VARCHAR2, v_product_seq_id IN OUT NUMBER, v_product_id IN OUT NUMBER) IS BEGIN IF v_product_seq_id IS NOT NULL THEN NULL; ELSE SELECT seq_product_seq_id.nextval INTO v_product_seq_id FROM dual; BEGIN SELECT product_id INTO v_product_id FROM product WHERE marketing_model_id = v_marketing_model_id AND model_country_cd = v_model_country_cd; EXCEPTION WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN SELECT seq_product_id.nextval INTO v_product_id FROM dual; END; END IF; END generate_product_keys; / Thanks. -----Original Message----- Jared Still Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 6:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L What is taking place inside GENERATE_PRODUCT_KEYS() ? Could be dynamic SQL of the worst kind in there. That is, not using bind variables. A 10046 trace level 4 or 12 will show you what is going on there. Jared On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 12:39, Thomas Jeff wrote: > We recently experienced a crash on our prod datewarehouse running > 9.2.0.2 on > AIX 4.3.3. The cause of the crash was 4031 errors generated by > background > processes (Oracle support has confirmed there is a bug involved), > however, since that crash occurred, a certain nightly batch job has > slowed to a > crawl. > > Trying to recreate what has happened, I came across this in the > STATSPACK report. > The interval for this report is 30 minutes. > > Is it telling me that I have 746 versions of this call eating up 400+ > mb at > the time of the snapshot? Why would that be? The procedure in > question > uses bind variables. > > > SQL ordered by Sharable Memory for DB: DSSP Instance: DSSP Snaps: 3309 > -3310 > -> End Sharable Memory Threshold: 1048576 > > Sharable Mem (b) Executions % Total Hash Value > ---------------- ------------ ------- ------------ > 483,580,268 57 411.8 539672786 > Module: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (TNS V1-V3) > BEGIN GENERATE_PRODUCT_KEYS (:1,:2,:3,:4) ; END; > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > SQL ordered by Version Count for DB: DSSP Instance: DSSP Snaps: 3309 > -3310 > -> End Version Count Threshold: 20 > > Version > Count Executions Hash Value > -------- ------------ ------------ > 746 57 539672786 > Module: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (TNS V1-V3) > BEGIN GENERATE_PRODUCT_KEYS (:1,:2,:3,:4) ; END; > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > Jeffery D Thomas > DBA > Thomson Information Services > Thomson, Inc. > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Indy DBA Master Documentation available at: > http://gkmqp.tce.com/tis_dba > -------------------------------------------- > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Thomas Jeff INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).