Spotlight on Oracle 10.6 - Release Notes

Session SQL Page

The Session SQL page shows the SQL in all open cursors for the session. From this page you can use the Explain Plan to explain the SQL, or SQL Optimizer (if installed) to provide context-sensitive tuning advice for SQL statements.

To open the Session SQL page

1. Select the Spotlight on Oracle connection in the Spotlight Browser.

2. Click I/O | Sessions Page.

   

3. Select a Session in the Top Sessions grid.
4. Click Session SQL.

Note: Alternatively, you can view Session SQL on the Top Sessions | Session SQL Page.

To display session information for a SQL statement

1. Highlight the SQL statement in the Open SQL grid.

2. Do one of the following:

   Action	Description
   Click Explain SQL	Explain the SQL via the Explain Plan. Tools | Explain Plan
   Click SQL Optimizer	Display context-sensitive tuning advice for SQL statements via SQL Optimizer (or SQL Tuning). Tools | SQL Optimizer Note: For more information on SQL Optimizer, see the SQL Optimizer documentation.
   Click Show in Top SQL	Open the SQL in the TOP SQL Drilldown | Top SQL Page
   Right-click the SQL Text window and select Format SQL.	Display the SQL statement in a more readable form.

   Note: If the SQL cannot be explained, the Explain Plan and SQL Optimizer actions may be unavailable.

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