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Oracle: DBMS_XPLAN.COMPARE_PLANS

Create a simple test table:

drop   table  tq84_tab;
create table tq84_tab (
    id  number,
    val varchar2(20),
    constraint tq84_tab_pk primary key(id)
);

Create a table to store the result of dbms_xplan.compare_plans to:

create table tq84_compared_plans(result clob);

Create two plans, one of which uses a hint that the primary key index is not used:

explain plan
   set statement_id = 'without hint'
for
   select * from tq84_tab where id = 5;
   

explain plan
   set statement_id = 'with hint'
for
   select /*+ no_index(t) */ * from tq84_tab t where id = 5;

Compare the two plans:

declare
   diff clob;
   
   plan_1 plan_table_object := plan_table_object('SYS', 'PLAN_TABLE$', 'without hint', null);
   plan_2 plan_table_object := plan_table_object('SYS', 'PLAN_TABLE$', 'with hint'   , null);
begin

   diff := dbms_xplan.compare_plans(
      plan_1,
      plan_object_list(plan_2)
   );
   
   delete from tq84_compared_plans;
   insert into tq84_compared_plans values(diff);

 --  dbms_output.put_line(diff);

end;
/

Get the result

select * from tq84_compared_plans;

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Oracle: DBMS_XPLAN.COMPARE_PLANS

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