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V$OPEN_CURSOR

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Columns
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   SADDR
   SID
   USER_NAME
   ADDRESS
   HASH_VALUE
   SQL_TEXT

The Init.ora parameter OPEN_CURSORS sets the limit of open cursors *per session*.

V$OPEN_CURSOR holds the information of all open cursors instance-wide.

To check if you are near the OPEN_CURSORS limit, try the following query:

SELECT
sid, user_name, COUNT(*) "Cursors per session"
FROM v$open_cursor
GROUP BY sid, user_name;

Related:

V$SQL 
V$SQLAREA 
V$SQLTEXT 
V$SQLTEXT_WITH_NEWLINES 
V$SQL_BIND_DATA 
V$SQL_BIND_METADATA 
V$SQL_CURSOR 
V$SQL_SHARED_MEMORY



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