The SET TIMING statement enables a single line report of used CPU and Elapsed time for each successful SQL statement or command. SQL> start transaction; SQL> set timing on; SQL> select count(*) cont> from employees cont> inner join job_history using (employee_id) cont> inner join salary_history using (employee_id) cont> inner join departments using (department_code) cont> inner join jobs using (job_code) cont> left outer join resumes using (employee_id) cont> left outer join degrees using (employee_id) cont> left outer join colleges using (college_code) cont> cont> ; 3871 1 row selected Timing: Elapsed: 0 00:00:00.82 Cpu: 0 00:00:00.16 SQL> set timing off; SQL> commit;