OCP Performance Tuning And Diagnostics Practice Question
You are performing a SQL tuning exercise. How do you create a SQL Tuning Set (STS) to be used as input for the SQL Tuning Advisor?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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DBMS_SQLTUNE.CREATE_SQLSET
DBMS_SQLTUNE.CREATE_SQLSET is the required procedure to initialize an STS container.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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DBMS_SQLTUNE.CREATE_SQLSET
Why this is correct
This creates the container to hold SQL statements.
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DBMS_WORKLOAD_REPOSITORY.CREATE_SNAPSHOT
Why it's wrong here
This creates an AWR snapshot.
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DBMS_SPM.CREATE_BASELINE
Why it's wrong here
This is for SQL Plan Baselines.
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DBMS_STATS.CREATE_STAT_TABLE
Why it's wrong here
This creates a table for storing statistics.
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