Hi, And of course there's real time SQL monitoring, which will give you a nice graphical view of the plan and timings: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/focus-areas/manageability/sqlmonitor-084401.html Real time SQL monitoring requires the Diagnostic and Tuning pack licenses. Kurt On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:52 AM, TJ Kiernan <tkiernan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there any reason you can't add /*+ GATHER_PLAN_STATISTICS */ to your > query and then > select * from table(dbms_xplan.display_cursor(null,null,'ALLSTATS LAST')); > > You should be able to see the actual time spent on each step of the > execution without digging through a trace file. > > Thanks, > T. J. > > The information contained in this message is privileged and confidential > information intended only for the use of the individual or entity > identified above. If the receiver of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > use or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this message in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to > his/her e-mail address noted above and delete the original message, > including any attachments. Thank you. > > > -- The opinions expressed in this email are my own, and not my company's. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l