Description: This fast-paced, hands-on course helps the student identify performance issues and problem areas within their PL/SQL code using various techniques and packages. Some of the topics covered include Profiling and Tracing, Debugging, Tuning and Exception Handling. These topics include details on the PL/SQL Optimizer, Subprogram Inlining, Subprogram Invocations, Bulk Binding, Pipelined Table Functions, Helpful Pragmas and Native Compilation and Execution of PL/SQL code. A number of useful Oracle supplied packages are covered including DBMSPROFILER, DBMSTRACE, DBMSHPROF, DBMSWARNING and DBMSPARALLELEXECUTE. This course can be taught for any Oracle version.