V$SQL_SHARED_CURSOR explains why a particular child cursor is not shared with existing child cursors. Each column identifies a specific reason why the cursor cannot be shared.
| Column | Datatype | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| SQL_ID | VARCHAR2(13) | SQL identifier | 
| ADDRESS | RAW(4 | 8) | Address of the parent cursor | 
| CHILD_ADDRESS | RAW(4 | 8) | Address of the child cursor | 
| CHILD_NUMBER | NUMBER | Child number | 
| UNBOUND_CURSOR | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The existing child cursor was not fully built (in other words, it was not optimized) | 
| SQL_TYPE_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The SQL type does not match the existing child cursor | 
| OPTIMIZER_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The optimizer environment does not match the existing child cursor | 
| OUTLINE_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The outlines do not match the existing child cursor | 
| STATS_ROW_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The existing statistics do not match the existing child cursor | 
| LITERAL_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) Non-data literal values do not match the existing child cursor | 
| FORCE_HARD_PARSE | VARCHAR2(1) | ??? | 
| SEC_DEPTH_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) Security level does not match the existing child cursor | 
| EXPLAIN_PLAN_CURSOR | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The child cursor is an explain plan cursor and should not be shared | 
| BUFFERED_DML_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) Buffered DML does not match the existing child cursor | 
| PDML_ENV_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) PDML environment does not match the existing child cursor | 
| INST_DRTLD_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) Insert direct load does not match the existing child cursor | 
| SLAVE_QC_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The existing child cursor is a slave cursor and the new one was issued by the coordinator (or, the existing child cursor was issued by the coordinator and the new one is a slave cursor) | 
| TYPECHECK_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The existing child cursor is not fully optimized | 
| AUTH_CHECK_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) Authorization/translation check failed for the existing child cursor | 
| BIND_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The bind metadata does not match the existing child cursor | 
| DESCRIBE_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The typecheck heap is not present during the describe for the child cursor | 
| LANGUAGE_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The language handle does not match the existing child cursor | 
| TRANSLATION_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The base objects of the existing child cursor do not match | 
| ROW_LEVEL_SEC_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The row level security policies do not match | 
| INSUFF_PRIVS | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) Insufficient privileges on objects referenced by the existing child cursor | 
| INSUFF_PRIVS_REM | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) Insufficient privileges on remote objects referenced by the existing child cursor | 
| REMOTE_TRANS_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) The remote base objects of the existing child cursor do not match | 
| LOGMINER_SESSION_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) LogMiner Session parameters mismatch | 
| INCOMP_LTRL_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ( Y|N) Cursor might have some binds (literals) which may be unsafe/non-data. Value mismatch. | 
| OVERLAP_TIME_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Mismatch caused by setting session parameter ERROR_ON_OVERLAP_TIME | 
| EDITIONS_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ??? | 
| SQL_REDIRECT_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | SQL redirection mismatch | 
| MV_QUERY_GEN_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Internal, used to force a hard-parse when analyzing materialized view queries | 
| USER_BIND_PEEK_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Cursor is not shared because value of one or more user binds is different and this has a potential to change the execution plan | 
| TYPCHK_DEP_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Cursor has typecheck dependencies | 
| NO_TRIGGER_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Cursor and child have no trigger mismatch | 
| FLASHBACK_CURSOR | VARCHAR2(1) | Cursor non-shareability due to flashback | 
| ANYDATA_TRANSFORMATION | VARCHAR2(1) | Is criteria for opaque type transformation and does not match | 
| INCOMPLETE_CURSOR | VARCHAR2(1) | Cursor is incomplete: typecheck heap came from call memory | 
| TOP_LEVEL_RPI_CURSOR | VARCHAR2(1) | Is top level RPI cursor | 
| DIFFERENT_LONG_LENGTH | VARCHAR2(1) | Value of LONGdoes not match | 
| LOGICAL_STANDBY_APPLY | VARCHAR2(1) | Logical standby apply context does not match | 
| DIFF_CALL_DURN | VARCHAR2(1) | If Slave SQL cursor/single call | 
| BIND_UACS_DIFF | VARCHAR2(1) | One cursor has bind UACs and one does not | 
| PLSQL_CMP_SWITCHS_DIFF | VARCHAR2(1) | PL/SQL anonymous block compiled with different PL/SQL compiler switches | 
| CURSOR_PARTS_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Cursor was compiled with subexecution (cursor parts were executed) | 
| STB_OBJECT_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | STB has come into existence since cursor was compiled | 
| EDITION_FOR_TRIGGERS_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | ??? | 
| PQ_SLAVE_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Top-level slave decides not to share cursor | 
| TOP_LEVEL_DDL_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Is top-level DDL cursor | 
| MULTI_PX_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Cursor has multiple parallelizers and is slave-compiled | 
| BIND_PEEKED_PQ_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Cursor based around bind peeked values | 
| MV_REWRITE_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Cursor needs recompilation because an SCN was used during compile time due to being rewritten by materialized view | 
| ROLL_INVALID_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Marked for rolling invalidation and invalidation window exceeded | 
| OPTIMIZER_MODE_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Parameter OPTIMIZER_MODEmismatch (for example, all_rows versus first_rows_1) | 
| PX_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Mismatch in one parameter affecting the parallelization of a SQL statement. For example, one cursor was compiled with parallel DML enabled while the other was not. | 
| MV_STALEOBJ_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Cursor cannot be shared because there is a mismatch in the list of materialized views which were stale at the time the cursor was built | 
| FLASHBACK_TABLE_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Cursor cannot be shared because there is a mismatch with triggers being enabled and/or referential integrity constraints being deferred | 
| LITREP_COMP_MISMATCH | VARCHAR2(1) | Mismatch in use of literal replacement |