Declare dbms_utility.get_time as a variable default value : dbms_utility « PL SQL Programming « Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial

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2. PL SQL Programming
3. dbms_utility

SQL> set echo on
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SQL> create table t ( x int );

Table created.

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SQL> set serveroutput on
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SQL> declare
  2          l_start number default dbms_utility.get_time;
  3  begin
  4          for i in 1 .. 1000
  5          loop
  6                  insert into t values ( 1 );
  7          end loop;
  8          commit;
  9          dbms_output.put_line ( dbms_utility.get_time-l_start || ' hsecs' );
 10  end;
 11  /
19 hsecs

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

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SQL> drop table t;

Table dropped.

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