My guess is that it's an Oracle kernel error that's printing an unsigned
integer using a signed format in a printf somewhere. A question you
might ask yourself is, "How much time did this event really consume?"
You can get a clue from your raw trace data by observing the tim values
before and after the record of this timed event.


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-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@(protected)
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Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 12:29 PM
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Subject: Trace File Question (Was ORACLE SUN vs AIX)

Shoot, wrong subject heading.

Sorry folks. Question follows...

--- mkb <mkb125@(protected):
> Quick question. This is a line from a 10046 level 8
> trace from Oracle 9.2.0.4 on Win2k:
>
> WAIT #3: nam='SQL*Net message from client' ela=
> -1404560688 p1=1413697536 p2=1 p3=0
>
> What's the significance of a negative ela value?
>
> mohammed
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