Oracle Tip: v$sql Table or View does not Exist

If we want to analyse execution plans on the SQL console, we probably need to find a SQL_ID first, which we can the pass to the DBMS_XPLAN.DISPLAY_CURSOR function. One way to find this SQL_ID is by querying the v$sql table first, e.g.: SELECT last_active_time, sql_id, child_number, sql_text FROM v$sql WHERE upper(sql_fulltext) LIKE '%SOME_SQL_TEXT%' ORDER BY … Continue reading Oracle Tip: v$sql Table or View does not Exist