4.9 SQL Tuning Advisor
Oracle Database 10g
includes a new tool called the SQL Tuning Advisor. This tool performs
advanced optimization analysis on selected SQL statements, using
workloads that have been automatically collected into the Automatic
Workload Repository (AWR) or that you have specified yourself. Once
the optimization is done, the SQL Tuning Advisor makes
recommendations, which could include updating statistics, adding
indexes, or creating an SQL Profile. This Profile is stored in the
database and is used as the optimization plan for future executions
of the statement, which allows you to
"fix" errant SQL plans without
having to touch the underlying SQL.