This presentation was delivered at the Hotsos Symposium 2014 and at the Utah Oracle Users Group (UTOUG) Training Days 2014.

It describes a PL/SQL package that I put together called “ash_xplan.sql” which can be used to display real-time information about a SQL statement currently executing.  This package combines information from the Active Session History (V$ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY) or “ASH” view with information from the DBMS_XPLAN package.

As of Oracle12c v12.1, nothing in Oracle displays elapsed time while the SQL statement is still executing, not even SQL Monitor.

The source code for the “ash_xplan.sql” script is on the Scripts page of this website, along with sample spooled output.