The PLAN_TABLE Table

All of the methods listed in this section rely upon the PLAN_TABLE table. This table is created by the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utlxplan.sql script. Table 8.1 shows the structure of the PLAN_TABLE table.

Table 8-1. Structure of PLAN_TABLE

Column

Format

STATEMENT_ID

VARCHAR2(30)

TIMESTAMP

DATE

REMARKS

VARCHAR2(80)

OPERATION

VARCHAR2(30)

OPTIONS

VARCHAR2(30)

OBJECT_NODE

VARCHAR2(128)

OBJECT_OWNER

VARCHAR2(30)

OBJECT_NAME

VARCHAR2(30)

OBJECT_INSTANCE

NUMBER(38)

OBJECT_TYPE

VARCHAR2(30)

OPTIMIZER

VARCHAR2(255)

SEARCH_COLUMNS

NUMBER

ID

NUMBER(38)

PARENT_ID

NUMBER(38)

POSITION

NUMBER(38)

COST

NUMBER(38)

CARDINALITY

NUMBER(38)

BYTES

NUMBER(38)

OTHER_TAG

VARCHAR2(255)

PARTITION_START

VARCHAR2(255)

PARTITION_STOP

VARCHAR2(255)

PARTITION_ID

NUMBER(38)

OTHER

LONG

DISTRIBUTION

VARCHAR2(30)

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