Basic Oracle Concepts and Programming Question:
What Is Oracle Server Autotrace in Oracle?
Answer:
Autotrace is Oracle server feature that generates two statement execution reports very useful for performance tuning:
* Statement execution path - Shows you the execution loop logic of a DML statement.
* Statement execution statistics - Shows you various execution statistics of a DML statement.
To turn on the autotrace feature, the Oracle server DBA need to:
* Create a special table called PLAN_TABLE.
* Create a special security role called PLUSTRACE.
* Grant PLUSTRACE role your user account.
* Statement execution path - Shows you the execution loop logic of a DML statement.
* Statement execution statistics - Shows you various execution statistics of a DML statement.
To turn on the autotrace feature, the Oracle server DBA need to:
* Create a special table called PLAN_TABLE.
* Create a special security role called PLUSTRACE.
* Grant PLUSTRACE role your user account.
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