https://www.oraclescripts.com/tags/sql-monitoring/Recent content in SQL Monitoring on Oracle ScriptsHugo -- gohugo.ioenOracleScripts.comMon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.oraclescripts.com/post/watch-long-running-sql-real-time-v-sql-monitor/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.oraclescripts.com/post/watch-long-running-sql-real-time-v-sql-monitor/ <h2 id="watch-long-running-sql-in-real-time-with-vsql_monitor">Watch Long-Running SQL in Real Time with V$SQL_MONITOR</h2> <h2 id="purpose">Purpose</h2> <p>An AWR report describes what happened over the last hour. A SQL trace file describes what happened after the statement has already finished writing it. <strong><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/refrn/V-SQL_MONITOR.html">V$SQL_MONITOR</a></strong> answers a different question: what is running right now, and how far along is it. Statistics in the view are refreshed roughly once a second while the statement executes, which makes it the tool for the moment a DBA is staring at a session that has been running for ten minutes and needs to know whether it is almost done or stuck.</p>