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  2. Dynamic Performance Views
  3. Dynamic Performance (V$) Views: V$SCHEDULER_RUNNING_JOBS to V$ZONEMAP_USAGE_STATS
  4. V$SQL_BIND_METADATA

9.48 V$SQL_BIND_METADATA

V$SQL_BIND_METADATA describes metadata related to bind variables.

V$SQL_BIND_METADATA describes, for each distinct bind variable in each cursor owned by the session querying this view:

  • Bind metadata provided by the client, if the bind variable is user defined

  • Metadata based on the underlying literal, if the CURSOR_SHARING parameter is set to FORCE and the bind variable is system-generated.

Column Datatype Description

ADDRESS

RAW(4 | 8)

Memory address of the child cursor that owns this bind variable

POSITION

NUMBER

Bind position

DATATYPE

NUMBER

Internal identifier for the bind data type. Beginning in Oracle Database 12c, a number representing a PL/SQL data type can appear in this column.

MAX_LENGTH

NUMBER

Maximum length of the bind value

ARRAY_LEN

NUMBER

Maximum number of array elements (for array binds only)

BIND_NAME

VARCHAR2(128)

User-defined or system-generated bind variable name (if used)

CON_ID

NUMBER

The ID of the container to which the data pertains. Possible values include:

  • 0: This value is used for rows containing data that pertain to the entire CDB. This value is also used for rows in non-CDBs.

  • 1: This value is used for rows containing data that pertain to only the root

  • n: Where n is the applicable container ID for the rows containing data

See Also:

"CURSOR_SHARING"