I think 8.1.7 was the first release which actually started writing STAT lines to tracefile, thus eliminating the need for EXPLAIN option in tkprof... Tanel. > But if you don't specify EXPLAIN= option then tkprof will read the > execution plans directly from STAT lines in the tracefile. Tracefile is the > ultimate source of information - even V$SQL_PLAN may lie, in case the child > cursor has been invalidated or aged out and reparsed by a session using > different parameters or object semantics... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------