Set Timing On in Oracle Sqlplus

I will explain Set Timing On in Oracle SQL*Plus in this post.

Set Timing On

When you run any query in the sqlplus, you want to see elapsed time of related queries. To see see individual query response time in SQL*Plus, use the set timing on command in sqlplus as follows.

SQL> set timing on

SQL> set timing on
SQL> 
SQL> select * from dual;

D
-
X

Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL>



SQL> select instance_name from v$instance;

INSTANCE_NAME
----------------
MSDB2

Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL>

SQL> set timing on 
SQL> 
SQL> select count(*) from dba_tables;

COUNT(*)
----------
127889

Elapsed: 00:00:03.36
SQL>

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