dbms_utility.get_cpu_time
returns the current CPU time as 100th's of a second from some arbitrary epoch. connect by
clause requires approximately 9 to 10 centiseconds of CPU time: with s as ( select /*+ materialize */ dbms_utility.get_cpu_time tart from dual ) select count(*) from ( select null from s connect by s.tart + 10 > dbms_utility.get_cpu_time );