TKPROF / Trace Issue

Question

Hi,
We are using Oracle Apps 11.5.10 ; Database 10 g
In Oracle Apps; When we switch on trace (using Help --> Diagnostice --> Trace - Trace with Binds and waits ); Trace is getting generated successfully at unix box.
After switch off trace; connected to unix box and issued tkprof
Syntax:
tkprof <generated_trace_file> MYFILE sys=no explain=<apps>/<appspwd> sort=exeela,prsela,fchela
My Questions/ Issues are:
1. In the genreated tkprof file (MYFILE) ; I could see all select statement; But in the select statements ; few details are appearing as :B1 , :B2 (Example: SELECT CATEGORY, SEVERITY, FND_LOG_SEVERITY
FROM FND_NEW_MESSAGES WHERE MESSAGE_NAME = :B1 AND APPLICATION_ID = :B2); Is it way i can also see actual values instead of :B1 and :B2 ?
2. Also in my tkprof generated file (MYFILE); I have some ORA error; this error is at many places;
Here is the error details
----------------------------- error details --------------------------------------
Optimizer goal: ALL_ROWS
Parsing user id: 173 (APPS) (recursive depth: 2)
unable to set optimizer goal
ORA-01986: OPTIMIZER_GOAL is obsolete
parse error offset: 33
--------------------------- error details ---------------------------------------------------
3. I am using tkprof and trace in wrong manner ? Do i need to do any database settings to get correct results of my tkprof results? Is i am using different version of tkprof?
FYI ; few details on tkprof
-------------------- tkprof details -----------------------------------------------
TKPROF: Release 8.0.6.3.0 - Production on Wed Jan 23 21:18:31 2008
(c) Copyright 1999 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
$
$ which tkprof
~/806/bin/tkprof
------------------------------ tkprof details ---------------------------------------------
Please help this is kind of priority.
Thanks!!

Answer 1

Suppose you see the following SQL in the tkprof output:
SELECT DISTINCT SR_CATEGORY_ID
FROM
MSC_ITEM_CATEGORIES WHERE CATEGORY_SET_ID = :b1 AND CATEGORY_NAME = :b2
call count cpu elapsed disk query current rows
Parse 2 0.00 0.75 0 0 0 0
Execute 2 0.02 1.93 0 0 0 0
Fetch 3 0.00 0.00 0 27 0 2
total 7 0.03 2.68 0 27 0 2
Misses in library cache during parse: 1
Misses in library cache during execute: 1
Optimizer mode: ALL_ROWS
Parsing user id: 47 (APPS)
Rows Row Source Operation
1 HASH UNIQUE (cr=13 pr=0 pw=0 time=325 us)
14 PARTITION RANGE ALL PARTITION: 1 2 (cr=13 pr=0 pw=0 time=251 us)
14 TABLE ACCESS BY LOCAL INDEX ROWID MSC_ITEM_CATEGORIES PARTITION: 1 2 (cr=13 pr=0 pw=0 time=229 us)
14 INDEX RANGE SCAN MSC_ITEM_CATEGORIES_N4 PARTITION: 1 2 (cr=3 pr=0 pw=0 time=42 us)(object id 382162)
Rows Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT MODE: ALL_ROWS
1 HASH (UNIQUE)
14 PARTITION RANGE (ALL) PARTITION: START=1 STOP=2
14 TABLE ACCESS MODE: ANALYZED (BY LOCAL INDEX ROWID) OF
'MSC_ITEM_CATEGORIES' (TABLE) PARTITION: START=1 STOP=2
14 INDEX MODE: ANALYZED (RANGE SCAN) OF
'MSC_ITEM_CATEGORIES_N4' (INDEX) PARTITION: START=1 STOP=2
Elapsed times include waiting on following events:
Event waited on Times Max. Wait Total Waited
---------------------------------------- Waited ---------- ------------
SQL*Net message to client 9 0.00 0.00
SQL*Net message from client 9 0.02 0.04
latch: library cache 1 0.00 0.00
If you want to find the bind variables, you need to find the SQL statement in the raw trace file. I would search on 'MSC_ITEM_CATEGORIES'
You see PARSING IN CURSOR #99 in the example below. The BIND #99 are listed below as well. The first one is 2 and the second is 'COMPUTER.DESKTOP'
PARSING IN CURSOR #99 len=111 dep=0 uid=47 oct=3 lid=47 tim=1138043781487272 hv=62812132 ad='650d6fec'
SELECT DISTINCT SR_CATEGORY_ID FROM MSC_ITEM_CATEGORIES WHERE CATEGORY_SET_ID = :b1 AND CATEGORY_NAME = :b2
END OF STMT
PARSE #99:c=4001,e=752066,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=1,r=0,dep=0,og=1,tim=1138043781487264
WAIT #99: nam='SQL*Net message to client' ela= 2 driver id=1952673792 #bytes=1 p3=0 obj#=49254 tim=1138043781488132
WAIT #99: nam='SQL*Net message from client' ela= 197 driver id=1952673792 #bytes=1 p3=0 obj#=49254 tim=1138043781488367
WAIT #99: nam='latch: library cache' ela= 1185 address=1866426996 number=214 tries=1 obj#=49254 tim=1138043781741163
BINDS #99:
kkscoacd
Bind#0
oacdty=02 mxl=22(21) mxlc=00 mal=00 scl=00 pre=00
oacflg=01 fl2=1000000 frm=00 csi=00 siz=56 off=0
kxsbbbfp=b6d0d710 bln=22 avl=02 flg=05
value=2
Bind#1
oacdty=01 mxl=32(16) mxlc=00 mal=00 scl=00 pre=00
oacflg=21 fl2=1000010 frm=01 csi=871 siz=0 off=24
kxsbbbfp=b6d0d728 bln=32 avl=16 flg=01
value="COMPUTER.DESKTOP"
Then run the following SQL in sqlplus or sql developer:
SQL> SELECT DISTINCT SR_CATEGORY_ID
2 FROM MSC_ITEM_CATEGORIES
3 WHERE CATEGORY_SET_ID = 2
4 AND CATEGORY_NAME = 'COMPUTER.DESKTOP';
SR_CATEGORY_ID
1373