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SQL and PL/SQL Questions

Submitted by simitechy on Thu, 2009-12-10 02:16

Both SQL Trace and TKPROF help to find the statistics of an SQL statement which could be used for query optimization.

Start Oracle SQLTRACE:

In Oracle, to start an SQLTRACE for the current session, execute:

ALTER SESSION SET SQL_TRACE = TRUE;

Stop Oracle SQLTRACE

In Oracle, to stop SQL tracing for the current session, execute:

ALTER SESSION SET sql_trace = false;