PRGTRACE

The PRGTRACE option controls whether each line of a program is recorded in the current outfile or in a debugging file during execution of the program. PRGTRACE is primarily used as a debugging tool to uncover problems by tracing the execution of a program.

OLAP DML programs provided as OLAP DML statements are not traced unless EXPTRACE is set to YES.

When you have used a DBGOUTFILE statement to specify a debugging file, Oracle OLAP sends PRGTRACE output to the debugging file instead of the current outfile.

Data type

BOOLEAN

Syntax

PRGTRACE = {YES|NO}

Arguments

YES: Oracle OLAP records each line in a program before it is executed.
NO: (Default) Oracle OLAP does not record each line in a program.

Notes

PRGTRACE Output

PRGTRACE records the name of the current program at the beginning of each program line. It includes an equals sign to indicate a compiled line.

(PRG= SALESREP) . . .

It includes a colon to indicate an uncompiled line.

(PRG: SALESREP) . . .

A compiled line is a line that has been translated into an efficient internal form, whereas an uncompiled line has not. Oracle OLAP ordinarily stores lines in compiled form to make programs work more efficiently, especially programs that contain loops.

Uncompiled Program Lines

Oracle OLAP compiles a program before running it. Therefore, the only lines that will be marked as uncompiled in the PRGTRACE output are lines that cannot be compiled, such as lines that include ampersand substitution.

Examples

Example 21-38 Tracing Program Execution

Suppose you have a program called salesrep that produces a simple budget report.

DEFINE salesrep PROGRAM
PROGRAM
PUSH month division line
TRAP ON cleanup
LIMIT month TO &ARGS
LIMIT division TO ALL
LIMIT line TO FIRST 1
REPORT DOWN division across month: dec 0 budget
 
cleanup:
POP month division line
END

When you want to debug this program, you can trace the execution of each of its lines by turning on PRGTRACE and executing the program.

PRGTRACE = yes
salesrep FIRST 3

PRGTRACE produces the following output in the current outfile or debugging file.

(PRG= SALESREP) push month division line
(PRG= SALESREP) trap on cleanup
(PRG: SALESREP) limit month to &args
(PRG= SALESREP) limit division to all
(PRG= SALESREP) limit line to first 1
(PRG= SALESREP) report down division across month: dec0 budget
LINE: REVENUE
               -------------BUDGET-------------
               -------------MONTH--------------
DIVISION         JAN95      FEB95      MAR95
-------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
CAMPING          679,149    707,945    780,994
SPORTING         482,771    517,387    525,368
CLOTHING         983,888  1,016,528    992,331
(PRG= SALESREP) cleanup:
(PRG= SALESREP) pop month division line