* How to Obtain a Formatted Explain Plan - Recommended Methods (Doc ID 235530.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 01, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.1.5.0 and later
Oracle Database - Personal Edition - Version 7.1.4.0 and later
Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 7.0.16.0 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

This article outlines how to use Oracle supplied utilities to obtain a formatted explain plan.

Solution

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In this Document

Obtaining a Formatted Explain Plan

Manual Methods of Displaying the Plan

SQL_ID and HASH_VALUE of the SQL

Version 10.2 and higher

Last Executed SQL

SQL_ID and child number of the SQL are known

gather_plan_statistics hint

Plan from Memory

From Automatic Workload Repository (AWR)

From SQL Tuning Set (STS)

From SQL Plan Baseline

Identifying the SQL

cursor_child_no:

Legacy Information

Version 9.2 and higher

Versions 8.1.7 and 9.0.1

Creating Plan Table

Populating the Plan Table

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