Re: Currval and buffer gets

Problem solved but the mystery continue. I tried the describe in TOAD and got 'object x$dual not found'. The describe works in sqlplus.

Yechiel Adar
Mehish

• Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:23 PM

> Hi Yechiel,
>
> Below is a spool file from my 8.1.7 database. I am
> logged in as SYS and I am able to do a "DESC" on
> X$DUAL. Wonder why it did not work on yours.
>
> SQL> desc x$dual
> Name Null?
> Type
> ----------------------------------------- --------
> ----------------------------
> ADDR
> RAW(4)
> INDX
> NUMBER
> INST_ID
> NUMBER
> DUMMY
> VARCHAR2(1)
>
> SQL> spool off
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gaja
>
> --- Yechiel Adar <adaryechiel_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Gaja
> >
> > Thanks for the detailed info.
> > I created a view and did grant to public.
> > I did 10 selects and they did only 2 buffers get.
> > BTW - describe on x$dual does not work but select *
> > works.
> >
> > Yechiel Adar
> > Mehish
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 8:15 PM
> >
> >
> > > Hello Yechiel,
> > >
> > > X$DUAL is an Oracle-internal table "in the SGA"
> > and
> > > will not be shown in an ALL_OBJECTS listing.
> > > Obviously, you need to be SYS to see this. You can
> > do
> > > a describe as SYS and you will see it. Which is
> > the
> > > reason why I recommended creating a view and a
> > public
> > > synonym on the view, so that the application may
> > > reference it without any issues.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Gaja
> > >
> > > --- Yechiel Adar <adaryechiel_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hello Gaja
> > > >
> > > > I could not find x$dual. Did select on
> > all_objects
> > > > got zip.
> > > > Oracle 8.1.6.3.4 on NT.
> > > >
> > > > Yechiel Adar
> > > > Mehish
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > > <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 8:28 PM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Yechiel,
> > > > >
> > > > > Any full-table-scan in Oracle 8i (or below)
> > > > consumes 4
> > > > > LIOs to the segment header. This number has
> > > > reduced to
> > > > > 2 in 9i. Given that the 1 row that you are
> > going
> > > > after
> > > > > is in 1 data block, there is 1 LIO for the
> > data
> > > > block
> > > > > itself, given you a total of 5 LIOs. You can
> > > > verify
> > > > > this by setting 10046 for the session and
> > looking
> > > > at
> > > > > the trace output.
> > > > >
> > > > > The workaround is to reference x$dual in your
> > > > > application. Alternatively, you can create a
> > view
> > > > on
> > > > > x$dual, create a synonym for it and then go
> > from
> > > > > there. You will incur some I/O for the first
> > > > access of
> > > > > the query (with the synonym), but subsequent
> > > > accesses
> > > > > will incur 0 LIOs against x$dual.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Gaja
> > > > > --- Yechiel Adar <adaryechiel_at_hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > > > I did two statspack snapshots, one hour and
> > > > forty
> > > > > > minutes apart.
> > > > > > Then I generated a report and loaded it into
> > > > > > oraperf.com.
> > > > > > In the report I saw that the two SQL
> > statements
> > > > that
> > > > > > where executed the most
> > > > > > times where:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Select xxxx.currval from dual;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Select xxxx.nextval from dual;.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Each one was executed about 90,000 times
> > with 5
> > > > > > buffer gets per execution.
> > > > > > The net result was about 950,000 buffer get
> > for
> > > > > > nextval and currval.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My question is:
> > > > > > Why should there be about 5 buffer gets per
> > > > > > execution?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yechiel Adar
> > > > > > Mehish
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