Chapter 68

ORADEBUG: A Useful (Undocumented?) Utility

Biju Thomas

Warning: This is a powerful internal tool used by Oracle to debug and trace Oracle sessions. If not used properly or if you are not sure what you’re doing, the results could be destructive. The author or the publisher does not take any responsibility for any damages caused to your database by using this utility. This document is for information purposes only.

ORADEBUG is a debugging tool that sends its commands through the server manager. This is a very powerful tool that can manipulate and dump internal structures. You must have administrator privileges to use this tool (CONNECT INTERNAL). Prior to version 7.3.2.3, this utility was called oradbx. This tool is primarily used ...

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