PL/SQL --forall clause

Question

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CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE IND_MONITOR(P_tab VARCHAR2)
is
type ind_table is table of varchar2(20);
p_ind ind_table;
v_sql varchar2(2000);
begin
select index_name bulk collect into P_Ind from user_indexes where table_name=upper(P_tab);
for i in 1..p_ind.count loop
v_sql :='alter index '||p_ind(i)|| ' monitoring usage'
execute immediate v_sql using p_ind(i);
end loop;
end;
can i use forall instead of 'for loop ..end loop'
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Answer 1

jeneesh wrote:
please refer Re: Two DML operations in one FORALL?; example from Billy..As I stated in reply to Billy, FORALL can be used with EXECUTE IMMEDIATE but it does not have the advantages you get from using FORALL with a single DML statement.
FORALL with a single DML statement reduces context switches between PL/SQL and SQL. EXECUTE IMMEDIATE means more context switches, not fewer.
FORALL with a single DML statement means less work for SQL, since it "executes" the statement once even though it does the work on multiple rows. With EXECUTE IMMEDIATE, there are just as many executions as if you used a simple FOR loop.
Billy's technique may be worthwhile in client-side code, because it reduces the number of network round trips. I don't think it's a good idea in server-side PL/SQL.