V$SQLSTATS displays basic performance statistics for SQL cursors, with each row representing the data for a unique combination of SQL text and optimizer plan (that is, unique combination of SQL_ID, and PLAN_HASH_VALUE). The column definitions for columns in V$SQLSTATS are identical to those in the V$SQL and V$SQLAREA views. However, the V$SQLSTATS view differs from V$SQL and V$SQLAREA in that it is faster, more scalable, and has a greater data retention (the statistics may still appear in this view, even after the cursor has been aged out of the shared pool). Note that V$SQLSTATS contains a subset of columns that appear in V$SQL and V$SQLAREA.
It is recommended that V$SQLSTATS be used in place of V$SQL when fetching statistics for SQL cursors.
| Column | Datatype | Description |
| SQL_TEXT | VARCHAR2(1000) | First thousand characters of the SQL text for the current cursor |
| SQL_FULLTEXT | CLOB | Full text for the SQL statement exposed as a CLOB column. THe full text of a SQL statement can be retrieved using this column instead of joining with the V$SQLTEXT view. |
| SQL_ID | VARCHAR2(13) | SQL identifier of the parent cursor in the library cache |
| LAST_ACTIVE_TIME | DATE | Last time that statistics for a cursor with this text and plan were updated |
| LAST_ACTIVE_CHILD_ADDRESS | RAW(4 | 8) | Address of the cursor that last updated statistics |
| PLAN_HASH_VALUE | NUMBER | Numeric representation of the SQL plan for this cursor. Comparing one PLAN_HASH_VALUE to another easily identifies whether or not two plans are the same (rather than comparing the two plans line by line). |
| PARSE_CALLS | NUMBER | Number of parse calls for all cursors with this SQL text and plan |
| DISK_READS | NUMBER | Number of disk reads for all cursors with this SQL text and plan |
| DIRECT_WRITES | NUMBER | Number of direct writes for all cursors with this SQL text and plan |
| BUFFER_GETS | NUMBER | Number of buffer gets for all cursors with this SQL text and plan |
| ROWS_PROCESSED | NUMBER | Total number of rows the parsed SQL statement returns |
| SERIALIZABLE_ABORTS | NUMBER | Number of times the transaction failed to serialize, producing ORA-08177 errors, per cursor |
| FETCHES | NUMBER | Number of fetches associated with the SQL statement |
| EXECUTIONS | NUMBER | Number of executions that took place on this object since it was brought into the library cache |
| END_OF_FETCH_COUNT | NUMBER | Number of times this cursor was fully executed since the cursor was brought into the library cache. The value of this statistic is not incremented when the cursor is partially executed, either because it failed during the execution or because only the first few rows produced by this cursor are fetched before the cursor is closed or re-executed. By definition, the value of the END_OF_FETCH_COUNT column should be less or equal to the value of the EXECUTIONS column. |
| LOADS | NUMBER | Number of times the object was either loaded or reloaded |
| VERSION_COUNT | NUMBER | number of cursors present in the cache with this SQL text and plan |
| INVALIDATIONS | NUMBER | Number of times this child cursor has been invalidated |
| PX_SERVERS_EXECUTIONS | NUMBER | Total number of executions performed by parallel execution servers (0 when the statement has never been executed in parallel) |
| CPU_TIME | NUMBER | CPU time (in microseconds) used by this cursor for parsing, executing, and fetching |
| ELAPSED_TIME | NUMBER | Elapsed time (in microseconds) used by this cursor for parsing, executing, and fetching |
| AVG_HARD_PARSE_TIME | NUMBER | Average hard parse time (in microseconds) used by this cursor for parsing, executing, and fetching |
| APPLICATION_WAIT_TIME | NUMBER | Application wait time (in microseconds) |
| CONCURRENCY_WAIT_TIME | NUMBER | Concurrency wait time (in microseconds) |
| CLUSTER_WAIT_TIME | NUMBER | Cluster wait time (in microseconds) |
| USER_IO_WAIT_TIME | NUMBER | User I/O wait time (in microseconds) |
| PLSQL_EXEC_TIME | NUMBER | PL/SQL execution time (in microseconds) |
| JAVA_EXEC_TIME | NUMBER | Java execution time (in microseconds) |
| SORTS | NUMBER | Number of sorts that were done for the child cursor |
| SHARABLE_MEM | NUMBER | Total shared memory (in bytes) currently occupied by all cursors with this SQL text and plan |
| TOTAL_SHARABLE_MEM | NUMBER | Total shared memory (in bytes) occupied by all cursors with this SQL text and plan if they were to be fully loaded in the shared pool (that is, cursor size) |
| TYPECHECK_MEM | NUMBER | ??? |
