Explain plan
steps:-
1. create plan table (global temporary table)
sqlplus / as sysdba
@?/rdbms/admin/catplan
2. populate plan table
Note : 235530.1
SQL> explain plan for
3. Displaying The Execution Plan
SQL> set linesize 150
> select plan_table_output from table(dbms_xplan.display('PLAN_TABLE',null,'ALL'));
Or > select * from table(dbms_xplan.display('plan_table',null,'serial'));
Or > select * from table(dbms_xplan.display);
Or > @?/rdbms/admin/utlxpls
Or > select * from table(dbms_xplan.display(null, null));
Or > select plan_table_output from table(dbms_xplan.display('plan_table',null,'advanced'));
More details can be found in $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/dbmsxpln.sql
Hope this helps. Regards Rupam