Display Oracle SQL Developer XMLTYPE

Do you see annoying (XMLTYPE) in Oracle SQL Developer output? Wrap the column in the xmlType.getClobVal function to see the actual data. WITH q AS ( SELECT XMLTYPE ( ” ) AS col1 FROM DUAL ) SELECT q.col1 , XMLTYPE.GETCLOBVAL ( q.col1 ) FROM q ;

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October 10, 2016
Posted in XML
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TKProf by ASH

Oracle session trace + tkprof is still the best tool for performance diagnosis. But: Need access to database server user_dump_dest directory. Has to be switched on in advance Has a performance impact, especially if tracing multiple sessions or tracing for a long time. And ASH is a good enough alternative much of the time. The […]

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October 6, 2016
Posted in Performance tuning, Scripts