V$PROCESS

This view displays information about the currently active processes.

Fields

The most relevant view fields are as follows:

  • PID: An Oracle process identifier
  • SPID: The operating system process identifier
  • ADDR: The address of the process state object
  • SERIAL#: The process serial number
  • PNAME: The name of the process
  • USERNAME: The operating system process username
  • TERMINAL: The operating system terminal identifier
  • PROGRAM: The program currently in progress

See also

  • The V$SESSION section in this appendix

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