Oracle Performance Tuning Mock Interview
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Question 17 of 30
What method would you use if you want to see the trace files in an Oracle database?
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This is another question about what command you would use in a specific scenario or situation. However, the interviewer has formatted this question as a response to a situation that you encounter in the course of your work. The interviewer may format questions differently to make the interview interesting, determine how you respond to different formats of questions, and require you to be creative when responding to their questions. No two interviewers are the same, and therefore their questions will vary.
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"The method I would use to see the trace files in an Oracle database would be to invoke the command tkprof. The complete format for this command is--tkprof allllle.trc llkld.txt."
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