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Projects TKPROF Trace - How To Resolve ORA-00955 Error in CREATE TABLE of EXPLAIN PLAN table: APPS.prof$plan_table (Doc ID 731820.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 07, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Project Foundation - Version 11.5.10.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

When tkprof'ing a raw trace file the following error appears in the newly tkprof'd file and the explain plan details do not appear:

Error in CREATE TABLE of EXPLAIN PLAN table: APPS.prof$plan_table
ORA-00955: name is already used by an existing object

parse error offset: 18
EXPLAIN PLAN option disabled.

How can this error be avoided?

Solution

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