TKPROF And Oracle Trace

TKPROF And Oracle Trace

The TKPROF program converts Oracle trace files into a more readable form. If you have a problem query you can user TKPROF to get more information. To get the most out of the utility you must enable timed statistics by setting the init.ora parameter or performing the following command:

ALTER SYSTEM SET TIMED_STATISTICS = TRUE;If a suitable plan table is not present one can be created by doing the fooling as the SYS user:

@ORACLE_HOME\rdbms\admin\utlxplan.sql
CREATE PUBLIC SYNONYM PLAN_TABLE FOR SYS.PLAN_TABLE;
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON SYS.PLAN_TABLE TO PUBLIC;With this done we can trace a statement:

ALTER SESSION SET SQL_TRACE = TRUE;

SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM dual;

ALTER SESSION SET SQL_TRACE = FALSE;The resulting trace file will be located in the USER_DUMP_DEST directory. This can then be interpreted using TKPROF at the commmand prompt as follows:

TKPROF explain=user/password@service table=sys.plan_tableThe resulting output file contains the following type of information for all SQL statements processed, including the ALTER SESSION commands:

********************************************************************************
count = number of times OCI procedure was executed
cpu = cpu time in seconds executing
elapsed = elapsed time in seconds executing
disk = number of physical reads of buffers from disk
query = number of buffers gotten for consistent read
current = number of buffers gotten in current mode (usually for update)
rows = number of rows processed by the fetch or execute call
********************************************************************************

SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM dual

call count cpu elapsed disk query current rows
------- ----- ----- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Parse 1 0.02 0.02 0 0 0 0
Execute 1 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
Fetch 2 0.00 0.00 0 1 4 1
------- ----- ----- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
total 4 0.02 0.02 0 1 4 1

Misses in library cache during parse: 1
Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
Parsing user id: 121

Rows Row Source Operation
------- ---------------------------------------------------
1 SORT AGGREGATE
1 TABLE ACCESS FULL DUAL