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Dynamic Performance (V$) Views, 180 of 211


V$SQL_SHARED_MEMORY

This view displays information about the cursor shared memory snapshot. Each SQL statement stored in the shared pool has one or more child objects associated with it. Each child object has a number of parts, one of which is the context heap, which holds, among other things, the query plan.

Column  Datatype  Description 

SQL_TEXT 

VARCHAR2(1000) 

The SQL text of the shared cursor child object for which this row is displaying information 

HASH_VALUE 

NUMBER 

The hash value of the above SQL text in the shared pool 

HEAP_DESC 

RAW(4) 

The address of the descriptor for the context heap of the child cursor described in this row 

STRUCTURE 

VARCHAR2(16) 

If the memory chunk described in this row was allocated using a comment of the form "X : Y", then this is the "X" part of the comment 

FUNCTION 

VARCHAR2(16) 

Similar to the STRUCTURE column, this is the "Y" field of the comment 

COMMENT 

VARCHAR2(16) 

The whole comment field that was supplied when this memory chunk was allocated 

CHUNK_PTR 

RAW(4) 

The starting address of the allocated memory chunk 

CHUNK_SIZE 

NUMBER 

The amount of memory allocated for this chunk 

ALLOC_CLASS 

VARCHAR2(8) 

Class of memory that this chunk of memory belongs to. It will usually be either FREEABLE or PERMANENT

CHUNK_TYPE 

NUMBER 

An index into a table of callback functions that tell the server how to recreate this chunk of memory should it need to be removed from the shared pool based on an LRU algorithm 

SUBHEAP_DESC 

RAW(4) 

If the parent heap of this context heap is itself a subheap, then this is the address of the descriptor of the parent heap 


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