Detect  MTS (Shared Servers)

Question: What query do I run to show if I have the multi-threaded server MTS (shared servers) running?

Answer:  To see if you are using shared servers, run this dictionary query:

prompt
prompt *******************************************
prompt Is the MTS (shared servers) enabled?
prompt ******************************************* 

col c1 heading 'Shared|Servers' format a20

select
   decode(to_number(value), 1, 'No', 'Yes') c1
from
   v$parameter
where
   name = 'shared_servers';

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