Comments on: ★ Oracle Trace Analyzer is TKPROF on Steroids

By: Dave Edwards

Dave Edwards — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:37:58 +0000

Thanks for the tip! I mentioned it on Log Buffer.

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:47:13 +0000

very interesting Eddie! Greetings Karl

By: herod

herod — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:29:03 +0000

William,

I force my (our) developers to use tools like tkprof and the analyzer. Without tools like that developers write “easy sql” instead of good sql.

On our little standardized test we give the perspect new developers, the first 6 questions are all related to explain plans, autotrace and proper use of indexes.

Makes it REAL easy to wade through perspective developers.

I don’t answer my phone, I always enter emails.

By: Eddie Awad

Eddie Awad — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:57:23 +0000

Hi William,

Trace Analyzer is useful to whoever wants to analyze trace files to solve or investigate database performance issues. Whether you are a developer or a DBA is irrelevant in this case.

I do see many developers, including myself, as well as DBAs, using tools such as TKPROF or Trace Analyzer for reasons mentioned above.

By the way, I feel sorry for you that your DBAs donâ€™t always answer their email

My DBAs, on the other hand, are really responsive to email and phone calls

By: William Robertson

William Robertson — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:04:19 +0000

From (admittedly) a very quick look, it doesn’t seem much use to me as a developer. Seems more like something for the DBA guys who are 13 floors above me and don’t always answer their email. Then again that rather goes for TKPROF and Statspack as well.