my normal way is to do the explain plan using toad . but even I tested doing the explain plan for <stmt> in sqlplus and both taking long time. I am not using dbms_xplain On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Daniel W. Fink <daniel.fink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > What version of Oracle are you using? The plan_table changed from a > 'regular' table to a global temporary table in 10g. > > Are you using the explain plan for statement or dbms_xplan? > > Daniel Fink > > OptimalDBA http://www.optimaldba.com > Oracle Blog http://optimaldba.blogspot.com > > Lost Data? http://www.ora600.be/ > > > ------- Original Message ------- Date: 12/17/2009 3:25 PM From: K R < > kp0773@xxxxxxxxx> > To:Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <To%3AOracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: > plan_table performance > > > All,In one of the database when I run the explain plan it takes a while > before I get the plan output . so I created a index on statement_id . but > still no luck.Anyone have any idea on how to resolve this . Appreciate any > suggestions!TIAKar > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >