RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-27 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
Agreed. Tongue firmly in cheek there. -Original Message- Sent: 26 November 2003 19:04 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L :) Btw, I advise against memorizing statistic numbers, because they change over versions... Tanel. - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of l

RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread Cary Millsap
V$SYSSTAT has a NAME attribute. V$SESSTAT doesn't. So seeing the name when you're using V$SESSTAT requires a join with V$STATNAME. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Upcoming events: - Performance Diagnosis 101: 12/16 Detroit, 1/27 Atlanta - SQL Optimization 101: 12/8 Da

Re: RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! Lookup from v$statname must also be used for v$px_sesstat.. Tanel. - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:34 PM > Good point. I'd forgotten that. Just a lookup for v$sesstat then. > > Cheers, > Mike

Re: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread Tanel Poder
:) Btw, I advise against memorizing statistic numbers, because they change over versions... Tanel. - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 3:34 PM > v$statname is a lookup table for the statistic# that appe

RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread Jeremiah Wilton
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG) wrote: > v$statname is a lookup table for the statistic# that appears in v$sesstat > and v$sysstat. You use it in most queries on those tables unless you're > named Tanel and have memorised the statistic numbers. =) Remember Oracle likes to change ar

RE: RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
Good point. I'd forgotten that. Just a lookup for v$sesstat then. Cheers, Mike -Original Message- Sent: 26 November 2003 13:39 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L both store that info SQL> desc v$statname Name Null?Type -

RE: RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread Igor Neyman
You are right, that v$statname is not needed when querying v$sysstat, since v$sysstat has "name" column. But, if you look at v$sesstat: SQL> describe v$sesstat; Name SID STATISTIC# VALUE

RE: RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread Suhen Pather (S)
Ryan, V$sysstat is system wide statistics. It contains name, value and statistic# and class. V$statname is used mostly as a lookup. V$sesstat is session stats which does not contain the *statistic name* column. When joined with v$statname (statistic# column), the statistic name and values can b

RE: RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread ryan_oracle
right, then why do we have v$statname? > > From: "Jamadagni, Rajendra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/11/26 Wed AM 08:44:25 EST > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: RE: when do you use v$statname? > >

Re: RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread ryan_oracle
v$sysstat has the NAME column also? > > From: "Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/11/26 Wed AM 08:34:26 EST > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: when do you use v$statname? > > v$statnam

RE: RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
but only v$sysstat has the "value" column ... Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art ! --

Re: RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread ryan_oracle
both store that info SQL> desc v$statname Name Null?Type - STATISTIC# NUMBER NAME VARCHA

RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
doesn't v$statname store the statistics# and statistics_name ... it's like a lookup table. v$sysstat is the actual values for each of statistic. Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in

RE: when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
v$statname is a lookup table for the statistic# that appears in v$sesstat and v$sysstat. You use it in most queries on those tables unless you're named Tanel and have memorised the statistic numbers. =) Cheers, Mike Hately -Original Message- Sent: 26 November 2003 13:24 To: Multiple reci

when do you use v$statname?

2003-11-26 Thread ryan_oracle
This view seems to be a smaller subset of v$sysstat? When is it useful? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mai