what is explain plan?

Answer Posted / veereshkethari

The explain plan command is a tool to tune SQL statements.To
use if you must have an explain_table generated in the user
you are running the explain plan for.This is created by
using the utlxplan.sql script.once the explain plan table
exists u run the explain plan command giving as it's
argument the SQL statement to be explained.The explain_plan
table is then queried to see the execution plan of the
statement.Explain plan can also be run using tkprof.

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