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Guidelines for Interpreting TKPROF Output and Avoiding Traps in TKPROF Interpretation

edited Jan 22, 2026 9:39PM in SQL Performance (MOSC)

This thread is about discussions and questions on interpreting TKPROF outputs.

For general discussion of  Query Performance Tuning and Application Performance Tuning Using TKPROF use: All About Query Performance Tuning and Application Performance Tuning Using TKPROF

This thread is part of a series of posts to help with Application Performance Tuning and Query Slowness Investigation Issues using TKPROF utility:

Targeted threads:

TKPROF Usage

Troubleshooting TKPROF Runtime Errors

References:

Guidelines for Interpreting TKPROF Output and Avoiding Traps in TKPROF Interpretation (KB150997)

TKPROF Interpretation (9i and Above) (KB142181)

QREF: TKPROF Usage - Quick Reference (FAQ6608)

Troubleshooting TKPORF Runtime Errors (KB149294)

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