Retrieving SID (Session Id ) for a Oracle Forms Session

Hi
I am using financials after a break of couple of years and things have changed. I am trying to trace a form .So I set trace from the menu.Then I open the form Query , do other activities and close the form.Then I go to the Unix server and examine the Trace file by TKPROF. However the SQL Selects dont appear in the Trace.
So I am wondering if there is a concept of Session for a Web application(Which is normally stateless). But I understand that the Forms Application runs as an applet in the browser.Does Oracle maintain single session for an EBS login until logout- or does it open a new session whenever you open a form or do a query. I am not exactly sure - I checked some documenation but still am unclear. Also if it is maintaining a connected state how can I determine the session ID SID (So I can query v$session and associated tables for information I am interested in).

AFAIK, the forms interface maintains the same database session. The database session gets created when you first use the forms interface and gets terminated when you exit the forms interface. Pl see this related thread on how to trace a forms session - Doing a Trace on the ARXADLMT Approval Limits form No Select statement i
HTH
Srini

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