COL snapsys_start FOR A23 WITH FUNCTION sleep(dur IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER IS BEGIN DBMS_LOCK.SLEEP(dur); RETURN 1; END; SELECT /*+ LEADING (t1, slp) */ TO_CHAR(sysdate, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') snapsys_start , t1.name , t2.value - t1.value delta FROM (SELECT /*+ NO_MERGE */ name, value FROM v$sysstat) t1 , (SELECT /*+ NO_MERGE */ sleep(&1) ret FROM dual) slp , (SELECT /*+ NO_MERGE */ name, value FROM v$sysstat) t2 WHERE t1.name = t2.name AND slp.ret = 1 AND t2.value - t1.value != 0 AND REGEXP_LIKE(t1.name, '&2', 'i') /