PURPOSE
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To explain the new features of dbms_xplan.display
SCOPE & APPLICATION
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Support analysts and DBAs.
The function dbms_xplan.display
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In 9.2 we introduced a new function called dbms_xplan.display
to show execution plans. This function has different option and
can display plans for serial and parallel queries.
This function is defiened in dbmsutil.sql, where you can find all
the different options.
In the scripts utlxpls.sql and utlxplp.sql we call this new function.
Arguments of the function display
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function display (table_name varchar2 default 'PLAN_TABLE',
statement_id varchar2 default null,
format varchar2 default 'TYPICAL')
- table_name:
speci