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How to find out maximum open cursors and no of cursors open in Oracle

The maximum number of open cursors in an oracle database can be determined by the following query

select name, value
from v$parameter
where name like ‘open-cursors’

the value for open_cursors parameter refers to maximum number of open cursors allowed.

The below query can be used to determine number of open cursors for the current session.

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

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