TKProf

TKProf is an Oracle database utility used to format SQL Trace output into human readable format. The TKProf executable is located in the ORACLE HOME/bin directory.

Start TKProf

Syntax is:

tkprof input.trc output.prf [options]

Example:

$ tkprof orcl102_ora_3064.trc output.prf EXPLAIN=scott/tiger SYS=NO

Sample output

For the above example, the output would be in file output.prf:

Tkprof: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tue Dec 24 15:32:43 2002
Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Trace file: ORCL102_ora_3064.trc

Sort options: default

********************************************************************************
count    = number of times OCI procedure was executed
cpu      = cpu time in seconds executing
elapsed  = elapsed time in seconds executing
disk     = number of physical reads of buffers from disk
query    = number of buffers gotten for consistent read
current  = number of buffers gotten in current mode (usually for update)
rows     = number of rows processed by the fetch or execute call
********************************************************************************

select *
from
 employee where emp_id = 3737
 
call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
------- ------  -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------  ----------
Parse       10      0.00       0.03          0          0          0           0
Execute     10      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
Fetch       20      0.34       0.35         72       4730          0          10
------- ------  -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------  ----------
total       40      0.34       0.39         72       4730          0          10
 
Misses in library cache during parse: 1
Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
Parsing user id: 59
 
Rows     Row Source Operation
-------  ---------------------------------------------------
      1  TABLE ACCESS FULL EMPLOYEE

Links

• TKProf Documentation