Understanding TKPROF and package procedure execution

Hello all,

We use package and views to encapsulate database "objects" (this is Oracle 7.3), and then use the package procedures in Select statements as part of where clauses, etc. I am trying to use TKPROF to understand the execution and performance of certain complex views. Can anyone suggest where I can learn how the TKPROF report relates to the compilation/execution/elapsed time of procedures? Are there Oracle support experts whom I might talk with? The numbers I get often don't obviously reflect the number of rows in the underlying table, etc.

Thanks ahead of time,
Rick Brown Received on Wed Sep 24 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT