Re: Unit of TIME in dbms_xplan

From: Greg Rahn <greg_at_structureddata.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:02:18 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <f8acbf8d-9bda-45e1-9633-6b2d47cf1092@33g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>


On Dec 27, 1:20 pm, zigzag..._at_yahoo.com wrote:
> dbms_xplan apperas to generate estimated time and not actual  time, so
> I am rephrasing my question. Is there a way to ge actaul time for
> each  operation after statement has been executed.

Yes. One option is to use the gather_plan_statistics hint followed by dbms_xplan.display_cursor with format=>'ALLSTATS LAST' Demonstrated here:
http://structureddata.org/2007/11/21/troubleshooting-bad-execution-plans/

If you are wanting to go "back in time" and find this info, it's not really available until 11g with real-time SQL monitoring.

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Regards,
Greg Rahn
http://structureddata.org
Received on Sat Dec 27 2008 - 16:02:18 CST

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