Re: sequences and cursors

Run your test case, and check the contents of v$open_cursor. Unless my memory has
got it backwards,

    the pl/sql cursor cache is counted towards     max_open_cursors, but the cursors that have     been held open by the 'dirty tricks department'     are closed as required if the limit is reached:     (so should not be responsible for ORA-01000     anyway).

    cursors held open as session_cache'd cursors     are counted independently of max_open_cursors -     so should not cause an ORA-01000

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• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 2:09 PM

> It might be held in the cursor cache, it may even be
> held in session cursors cache but it will not be counted
> as an open cursor. My suggestion had diagnostic purpose only.
> The problem is, probably, with the tool which explicitly closes
> cursors too frequently and insufficiently sized shared pool
> which throws cursors out soon after they're closed.
>
>

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