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RE: Function-Based Index not working

From: <Jared.Still_at_radisys.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:18:22 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004C900E.20020905121822@fatcity.com> 





Cary,



Two buffer gets for an Index Range scan vs. 5 buffer gets for a Full Table 
Scan.



Why is that?



Jared



FTS



Buffer gets:  5


Time: < 1/100 second




PARSING IN CURSOR #3 len=21 dep=0 uid=19 oct=3 lid=19 tim=45692398 
hv=2775880792 ad='5304bbac'


select * from onerow


END OF STMT



PARSE #3:c=0,e=0,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=0,og=4,tim=45692398
EXEC #3:c=0,e=0,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=0,og=4,tim=45692398
WAIT #3: nam='SQL*Net message to client' ela= 0 p1=1413697536 p2=1 p3=0
FETCH #3:c=0,e=0,p=0,cr=1,cu=4,mis=0,r=1,dep=0,og=4,tim=45692398
WAIT #3: nam='SQL*Net message from client' ela= 0 p1=1413697536 p2=1 p3=0
FETCH #3:c=0,e=0,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=0,og=4,tim=45692398

WAIT #3: nam='SQL*Net message to client' ela= 0 p1=1413697536 p2=1 p3=0
WAIT #3: nam='SQL*Net message from client' ela= 0 p1=1413697536 p2=1 p3=0
STAT #3 id=1 cnt=1 pid=0 pos=0 obj=4651 op='TABLE ACCESS FULL ONEROW '
=====================





IRS



Buffer gets: 2


Time < 1/100 second




PARSING IN CURSOR #3 len=33 dep=0 uid=19 oct=3 lid=19 tim=45692399 
hv=2516078141 ad='531a22b8'


select * from onerow where key=1


END OF STMT



PARSE #3:c=0,e=0,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=0,og=4,tim=45692399
EXEC #3:c=0,e=0,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=0,og=4,tim=45692399
WAIT #3: nam='SQL*Net message to client' ela= 0 p1=1413697536 p2=1 p3=0
FETCH #3:c=0,e=0,p=0,cr=2,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=0,og=4,tim=45692399
WAIT #3: nam='SQL*Net message from client' ela= 0 p1=1413697536 p2=1 p3=0
FETCH #3:c=0,e=0,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=0,og=4,tim=45692399

WAIT #3: nam='SQL*Net message to client' ela= 0 p1=1413697536 p2=1 p3=0
WAIT #3: nam='SQL*Net message from client' ela= 0 p1=1413697536 p2=1 p3=0
STAT #3 id=1 cnt=1 pid=0 pos=0 obj=4651 op='TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID 


ONEROW '


STAT #3 id=2 cnt=2 pid=1 pos=1 obj=4652 op='INDEX RANGE SCAN '
WAIT #3: nam='SQL*Net message to client' ela= 0 p1=1413697536 p2=1 p3=0
WAIT #3: nam='SQL*Net message from client' ela= 0 p1=1413697536 p2=1 p3=0
=====================









"Cary Millsap" <cary.millsap_at_hotsos.com>
Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com


 09/05/2002 11:13 AM


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        To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
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        Subject:        RE: Function-Based Index not working






Even when the high-water mark thing isn't a problem, it's sometimes more 
efficient to read every row in a table through an index than via a 
full-table scan.
 


If you're curious, try this. Create a table with two columns, "key" and 
"value", and insert one row with key=1, value='x'. Create an index on 
"key". Then?
 


alter session set events '10046 trace name context forever, level 8';

select * from onerow;  /* just to make sure it's cached */
select * from onerow;
select * from onerow where key=1;  /* just to make sure it's cached */
select * from onerow where key=1;




exit;
 


Now look at your trace data. You'll find that the full-table scan of this 
table is both cheaper and faster through the index.
 


The age-old advice from many SQL tuning "experts" is badly wrong when they 
tell you never to index small tables. For applications that execute a lot 
of small-table queries, the performance impact really adds up.
 


Cary Millsap


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-----Original Message-----




Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 12:19 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
 


Not necessarily... Cary's IOUG-A presentation covers this very well. One 
scenario is where the high water mark is set artificially high, and there 
are far more blocks allocated than actually contain data. In this case, a 
FTS will be reading far too many empty blocks.
-----Original Message-----


Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:19 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Hello
 


I think that the amount of records you read is also taken into account.
If you run a query that selects ALL the records in the tables
it is ALWAYS more efficient to do full table scan then to access
by index.
 


Yechiel Adar


Mehish


----- Original Message ----- 


To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L 
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 4:23 PM
 


Hi All,
 


Thanks a lot to you all. At last I got the function-based index working 
properly.


This is what I noticed :-


Have to alter session/system for :-


+ alter session set QUERY_REWRITE_ENABLED=TRUE;

+ alter session set QUERY_REWRITE_INTEGRITY=TRUSTED;

+ alter session set optimizer_mode=FIRST_ROWS;

 


And 


+ can't use IS NULL & IS NOT NULL clause.

+ can't use Like operator.

 


Regards,


Marul.
 
 
 





Hi Naveen,


Thanks a lot for the efforts you are putting in for me for such a simple 
problem, but unfortunately, for me all the tips and tricks are not solving 
the problem.


Now these are my current statistics :-
 


+ alter session set QUERY_REWRITE_ENABLED=TRUE;

+ alter session set QUERY_REWRITE_INTEGRITY=TRUSTED;

+ alter session set optimizer_mode=FIRST_ROWS;

+ alter session set DB_FILE_MULTIBLOCK_READ_COUNT=1;

 


This procedure writes 180,000 records in employeees table


+ execute bulk_insert 

 


Analyzing table and rebuilding index (though its not necessary)


+ analyze table employees compute statistics;

+ alter index upper_ix rebuild;



Making autotrace on


+ set autotrace traceonly explain

 


Fired the query:


SELECT last_name FROM employees WHERE UPPER(last_name) IS NOT NULL  ORDER 
BY UPPER(last_name);


Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
 


Execution Plan



   0      SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=57 Card=4001 Bytes=2
          0005)
 
   1    0   SORT (ORDER BY) (Cost=57 Card=4001 Bytes=20005)
   2    1     TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'EMPLOYEES' (Cost=38 Card=4001 By
          tes=20005)
 




Any clues what is happening? Should I insert more records in the table.
 


TIA,



Marul.
 
 
 
 
 
 





See the table's size is very small. Till it atleast 2 times the value of 
DB_BLOCK_SIZE * DB_FILE_MULTIBLOCK_READ_COUNT it will not use index.
 


Set the value of DB_FILE_MULTIBLOCK_READ_COUNT to one.
 


Insert lots of values in the table. You can make a procedure to insert 
random characters into the table, and then put it in a big loop. Analyze 
table and thn run the same query.
 


It should work 
 


naveen



 -----Original Message-----


Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 4:03 PM


To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Thanks a lot Naveen,
 


Even after executing the following the execution plan shows full table 
scan :-
 


+ alter session set QUERY_REWRITE_ENABLED=TRUE;

+ alter session set QUERY_REWRITE_INTEGRITY=TRUSTED;

+ alter session set optimizer_mode=FIRST_ROWS;

+ Insert into employees values('A');

+ Insert into employees values('B');

+ analyze table employees compute statistics;

+ 



    select last_name


   FROM employees WHERE UPPER(last_name) IS NOT NULL
   ORDER BY UPPER(last_name);  2    3


Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
 


Execution Plan



   0      SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=FIRST_ROWS (Cost=3 Card=2 Bytes=2
          )
 
   1    0   SORT (ORDER BY) (Cost=3 Card=2 Bytes=2)
   2    1     TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'EMPLOYEES' (Cost=1 Card=2 Bytes=
          2)
 




Even after using the hint no change in the plan :-


+ select /* INDEX employees(upper_ix) */ last_name FROM employees WHERE 

UPPER(last_name) IS NOT NULL;
 


Please tell me what else should I do to make this query use the index 
which is created. 
 
 


TIA,



Marul.
 





Marul,
 


    
  
  1.   you don't have table analyzed in which case Rule based optimizer will 
be used. CBO is used if atleast one of the tables in the query is ANALYZED
  
  2.   There is no data in your table. Optimizer goes for a full tablescan if 
it thinks that it will be moer advisable to do a full table scan. e.g. You 
will not use the INDEX if your book has only one page.
 





The decision of going for a full tablescan is based on DB_BLOCK_SIZE * 
DB_FILE_MULTI_BLOCK_READCOUNT, which tells how much data Oracle fetches at 
one time. If your entire table can be fetched in atleast 2 fetches, full 
table scan will be done instead of INDEX scan, to avoid doubling of work.
 
 


Naveen


-----Original Message-----


Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 2:18 PM


To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Hi,
 


Can you please help me out in solving this weird problem of 
funcation-based index not being used when I query the table.
This is the comand I fired and the result it returned me.
 


    
  
  1.   SQL> create table employees  (last_name varchar2(20));
    Table created.
 
  
  2.   SQL> CREATE INDEX upper_ix ON employees (UPPER(last_name));
    Index created.
 





Made the autotrace on and than:-
 


3. SELECT last_name FROM employees WHERE UPPER(last_name) IS NOT NULL 
ORDER BY UPPER(last_name);


    no rows selected.
 


Execution Plan




   0      SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE
   1    0   SORT (ORDER BY)



   2    1     TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'EMPLOYEES'

 
 
I fired without order by clause also but no use.
 


Now can any body please let tell me why this Oracle is having a full scan 
of the employee table.
 


TIA,



Marul.
 

 
 
 



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