Chapter 10. Analyzing, Profiling, and Tracing PL/SQL Code

During the database development stage and even after, the developers are required to analyze and maintain the database objects. Analyzing the PL/SQL code is an essential exercise that enables you to draw out key information about a program. PL/SQL code analysis can be help the developers in: tracking object dependencies, unused variables, retrieving compilation settings, tracking program execution flow, and building the performance profile of an object.

Oracle provides a powerful set of metadata sources, known as dictionary views, to reveal the metadata of PL/SQL objects. For all the objects that are created, modified, or compiled in a database, Oracle captures the metadata and continues ...

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