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Re: sql tuning help

From: <Rick_Cale_at_teamhealth.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 07:54:17 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005146E5.20021206075417@fatcity.com>

Thanks for the reply but I only see 1 FTS for the last inline view. Some of the info was truncated from previous post. I am resending output

Plan Table



| Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes| Cost | Pstart|
Pstop |

| SELECT STATEMENT | | 2 |
2K|
| NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 2 |
2K|
| NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 |
1K|
| NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 |
1K|
| NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 |
1K|
| NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 |
924 |
| NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 |
809 |
| NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 |
694 |
| NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 |
579 |
| NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 |
464 |
| NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 |
349 |
| NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 |
234 |
| NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 |
119 |
| INDEX UNIQUE SCAN |PHY_PK | 1 |
4 |
| VIEW | | 8K|
922K|
| SORT UNIQUE | | 8K|
649K|
| NESTED LOOPS | | 8K|
649K|
| INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM | 3 |
207 |
| TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID |PHY_BOARD | 443K|
5M|
| INDEX RANGE SCAN |PBRD_BOAR | 443K|
|
| VIEW | | 8K|
922K|
| SORT UNIQUE | | 8K|
649K|
| NESTED LOOPS | | 8K|
649K|
| INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM | 3 |
207 |
| TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID |PHY_BOARD | 443K|
5M|
| INDEX RANGE SCAN |PBRD_BOAR | 443K|
|
| VIEW | | 8K|
922K|
| SORT UNIQUE | | 8K|
649K|
| NESTED LOOPS | | 8K|
649K|
| INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM | 3 |
207 |
| TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID |PHY_BOARD | 443K|
5M|
| INDEX RANGE SCAN |PBRD_BOAR | 443K|
|
| VIEW | | 8K|
922K|
| SORT UNIQUE | | 8K|
649K|
| NESTED LOOPS | | 8K|
649K|
| INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM | 3 |
207 |
| TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID |PHY_BOARD | 443K|
5M|
| INDEX RANGE SCAN |PBRD_BOAR | 443K|
|
| VIEW | | 8K|
922K|
| SORT UNIQUE | | 8K|
649K|
| NESTED LOOPS | | 8K|
649K|
| INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM | 3 |
207 |
| TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID |PHY_BOARD | 443K|
5M|
| INDEX RANGE SCAN |PBRD_BOAR | 443K|
|
| VIEW | | 8K|
922K|
| SORT UNIQUE | | 8K|
649K|
| NESTED LOOPS | | 8K|
649K|
| INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM | 3 |
207 |
| TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID |PHY_BOARD | 443K|
5M|
| INDEX RANGE SCAN |PBRD_BOAR | 443K|
|
| VIEW | | 8K|
922K|
| SORT UNIQUE | | 8K|
649K|
| NESTED LOOPS | | 8K|
649K|
| INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM | 3 |
207 |
| TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID |PHY_BOARD | 443K|
5M|
| INDEX RANGE SCAN |PBRD_BOAR | 443K|
|
| VIEW | | 8K|
922K|
| SORT UNIQUE | | 8K|
649K|
| NESTED LOOPS | | 8K|
649K|
| INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM | 3 |
207 |
| TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID |PHY_BOARD | 443K|
5M|
| INDEX RANGE SCAN |PBRD_BOAR | 443K|
|
| VIEW | | 8K|
922K|
| SORT UNIQUE | | 8K|
649K|
| NESTED LOOPS | | 8K|
649K|
| INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM | 3 |
207 |
| TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID |PHY_BOARD | 443K|
5M|
| INDEX RANGE SCAN |PBRD_BOAR | 443K|
|
| VIEW | | 8K|
922K|
| SORT UNIQUE | | 8K|
649K|
| NESTED LOOPS | | 8K|
649K|
| INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM | 3 |
207 |
| TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID |PHY_BOARD | 443K|
5M|
| INDEX RANGE SCAN |PBRD_BOAR | 443K|
|
| VIEW | | 8K|
922K|
| SORT UNIQUE | | 8K|
649K|
| NESTED LOOPS | | 8K|
649K|
| INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM | 3 |
207 |
| TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID |PHY_BOARD | 443K|
5M|
| INDEX RANGE SCAN |PBRD_BOAR | 443K|
|
| VIEW | | 443K|
48M|
| SORT UNIQUE | | 443K|
34M|
| HASH JOIN | | 443K|
34M|
| INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM | 190 |
12K|
| TABLE ACCESS FULL |PHY_BOARD | 443K|
5M|
Rick
                                                                                                                
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My first thought would be that the plan shows a full table scan for phy_boards for each in-line view. This is almost certainly due to the 'pb.expiration_Date is null' condition in the where clause of each in-line view. Since Oracle does not store NULLs in an index (except for bitmaps), that condition requires a full table scan.

-Mark

On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 07:53, Rick_Cale_at_teamhealth.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Oracle 8.1.6 NT 4.0
>
> I have a rather complex query a developer gave to me to try to improve
> performance.
> There are 3 tables used. All relevant columns used are indexed. The
tables
> have been analyzed
>
> SQLWKS> select count(*) from physicians;
> COUNT(*)
> ----------
>     340043
> 1 row selected.
> SQLWKS> select count(*) from boards;
> COUNT(*)
> ----------
>        220
> 1 row selected.
> SQLWKS> select count(*) from phy_boards;
> COUNT(*)
> ----------
>     450674
>
> Below is the sql statement and explain plan.
> I see one FTS on 440,000+ records but cannot tell exactly what statement
it
> is and how to resolve
>
> Any suggestions on how to optimize is appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Rick
>
> select board_other.description strBrdNameOtherTHQuest
>        ,decode(board_aaps.description, null,' ','X') ysnAAPSBoard
>        ,decode(board_aba.description, null,' ','X') ysnABABoard
>        ,decode(board_abem.description, null,' ','X') ysnABEMBoard
>        ,decode(board_abfp.description, null,' ','X') ysnABFPoard
>        ,decode(board_abim.description, null,' ','X') ysnABIMBoard
>        ,decode(board_abp.description, null,' ','X') ysnABPBoard
>        ,decode(board_abr.description, null,' ','X') ysnABRBoard
>        ,decode(board_aobem.description, null,' ','X') ysnAOBEMBoard
>        ,decode(board_aobfp.description, null,' ','X') ysnAOBFPBoard
>        ,decode(board_aobim.description, null,' ','X') ysnAOBIMBAoard
>        ,decode(board_aobr.description, null,' ','X') ysnAOBRBoard
>        ,decode(board_other.description, null,' ','X') ysnOtherBoard
>    from physicians p
>        ,(select distinct pb.phy_id, b.name, b.description
>            from phy_boards pb, boards b
>           where pb.board_id = b.board_id
>             and (pb.expiration_date >= sysdate or
>                  pb.expiration_date is null)
>             and b.description like 'AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIAN
> SPECIALIST%') board_aaps
>        ,(select distinct pb.phy_id, b.name, b.description
>            from phy_boards pb, boards b
>           where pb.board_id = b.board_id
>             and (pb.expiration_date >= sysdate or
>                  pb.expiration_date is null)
>             and b.description like 'AMERICAN BOARD OF ANESTHESIOLOGY%')
> board_aba
>        ,(select distinct pb.phy_id, b.name, b.description
>            from phy_boards pb, boards b
>           where pb.board_id = b.board_id
>             and (pb.expiration_date >= sysdate or
>                  pb.expiration_date is null)
>             and b.description like 'AMERICAN BOARD OF EMERGENCY
MEDICINE%')
> board_abem
>        ,(select distinct pb.phy_id, b.name, b.description
>            from phy_boards pb, boards b
>           where pb.board_id = b.board_id
>             and (pb.expiration_date >= sysdate or
>                  pb.expiration_date is null)
>             and b.description like 'AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY PRACTICE%')
> board_abfp
>        ,(select distinct pb.phy_id, b.name, b.description
>            from phy_boards pb, boards b
>           where pb.board_id = b.board_id
>             and (pb.expiration_date >= sysdate or
>                  pb.expiration_date is null)
>             and b.description like 'AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL
MEDICINE%')
> board_abim
>        ,(select distinct pb.phy_id, b.name, b.description
>            from phy_boards pb, boards b
>           where pb.board_id = b.board_id
>             and (pb.expiration_date >= sysdate or
>                  pb.expiration_date is null)
>             and b.description like 'AMERICAN BOARD OF PEDIATRICS%')
> board_abp
>        ,(select distinct pb.phy_id, b.name, b.description
>            from phy_boards pb, boards b
>           where pb.board_id = b.board_id
>             and (pb.expiration_date >= sysdate or
>                  pb.expiration_date is null)
>             and b.description like 'AMERICAN BOARD OF RADIOLOGY%')
> board_abr
>        ,(select distinct pb.phy_id, b.name, b.description
>            from phy_boards pb, boards b
>           where pb.board_id = b.board_id
>             and (pb.expiration_date >= sysdate or
>                  pb.expiration_date is null)
>             and b.description like 'AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF
EMERGENCY
> MEDICINE%') board_aobem
>        ,(select distinct pb.phy_id, b.name, b.description
>            from phy_boards pb, boards b
>           where pb.board_id = b.board_id
>             and (pb.expiration_date >= sysdate or
>                  pb.expiration_date is null)
>             and b.description like 'AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF FAMILY
> PHYSICIANS%') board_aobfp
>        ,(select distinct pb.phy_id, b.name, b.description
>            from phy_boards pb, boards b
>           where pb.board_id = b.board_id
>             and (pb.expiration_date >= sysdate or
>                  pb.expiration_date is null)
>             and b.description like 'AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF
INTERNAL
> MEDICINE%') board_aobim
>        ,(select distinct pb.phy_id, b.name, b.description
>            from phy_boards pb, boards b
>           where pb.board_id = b.board_id
>             and (pb.expiration_date >= sysdate or
>                  pb.expiration_date is null)
>             and b.description like 'AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF
> RADIOLOGY%') board_aobr
>        ,(select distinct pb.phy_id, b.name, b.description
>            from phy_boards pb, boards b
>           where pb.board_id = b.board_id
>             and (pb.expiration_date >= sysdate or
>                  pb.expiration_date is null)
>             and (b.description not like 'AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
PHYSICIAN
> SPECIALIST%' and
>                  b.description not like 'AMERICAN BOARD OF
ANESTHESIOLOGY%'
> and
>                  b.description not like 'AMERICAN BOARD OF EMERGENCY
> MEDICINE%' and
>                  b.description not like 'AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY
> PRACTICE%' and
>                  b.description not like 'AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL
> MEDICINE%' and
>                  b.description not like 'AMERICAN BOARD OF PEDIATRICS%'
and
>                  b.description not like 'AMERICAN BOARD OF RADIOLOGY%'
and
>                  b.description not like 'AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF
> EMERGENCY MEDICINE%' and
>                  b.description not like 'AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF
> FAMILY PHYSICIANS%' and
>                  b.description not like 'AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF
> INTERNAL MEDICINE%' and
>                  b.description not like 'AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF
> RADIOLOGY%' and
>                  b.description not like 'NO BOARDS%'
>                  )) board_other
>   where p.phy_id = board_aaps.phy_id (+)
>     and p.phy_id = board_aba.phy_id (+)
>     and p.phy_id = board_abem.phy_id (+)
>     and p.phy_id = board_abfp.phy_id (+)
>     and p.phy_id = board_abim.phy_id (+)
>     and p.phy_id = board_abp.phy_id (+)
>     and p.phy_id = board_abr.phy_id (+)
>     and p.phy_id = board_aobem.phy_id (+)
>     and p.phy_id = board_aobfp.phy_id (+)
>     and p.phy_id = board_aobim.phy_id (+)
>     and p.phy_id = board_aobr.phy_id (+)
>     and p.phy_id = board_other.phy_id (+)
>     and p.phy_id = 1870;
>

> Plan Table
>
> | Operation                 |  Name    |  Rows | Bytes|  Cost  | Pstart|
> Pstop |
>
> | SELECT STATEMENT          |          |     2 |    2K|  88289 |       |
> |
> |  NESTED LOOPS OUTER       |          |     2 |    2K|  88289 |       |
> |
> |   NESTED LOOPS OUTER      |          |     1 |    1K|  28954 |       |
> |
> |    NESTED LOOPS OUTER     |          |     1 |    1K|  26322 |       |
> |
> |     NESTED LOOPS OUTER    |          |     1 |    1K|  23690 |       |
> |
> |      NESTED LOOPS OUTER   |          |     1 |  924 |  21058 |       |
> |
> |       NESTED LOOPS OUTER  |          |     1 |  809 |  18426 |       |
> |
> |        NESTED LOOPS OUTER |          |     1 |  694 |  15794 |       |
> |
> |         NESTED LOOPS OUTER|          |     1 |  579 |  13162 |       |
> |
> |          NESTED LOOPS OUTE|          |     1 |  464 |  10530 |       |
> |
> |           NESTED LOOPS OUT|          |     1 |  349 |   7898 |       |
> |
> |            NESTED LOOPS OU|          |     1 |  234 |   5266 |       |
> |
> |             NESTED LOOPS O|          |     1 |  119 |   2634 |       |
> |
> |              INDEX UNIQUE |PHY_PK    |     1 |    4 |      2 |       |
> |
> |              VIEW         |          |     8K|  922K|        |       |
> |
> |               SORT UNIQUE |          |     8K|  649K|   2632 |       |
> |
> |                NESTED LOOP|          |     8K|  649K|   2126 |       |
> |
> |                 INDEX FAST|BOARD_NAM |     3 |  207 |      2 |       |
> |
> |                 TABLE ACCE|PHY_BOARD |   443K|    5M|    708 |       |
> |
> |                  INDEX RAN|PBRD_BOAR |   443K|      |     22 |       |
> |
> |             VIEW          |          |     8K|  922K|        |       |
> |
> |              SORT UNIQUE  |          |     8K|  649K|   2632 |       |
> |
> |               NESTED LOOPS|          |     8K|  649K|   2126 |       |
> |
> |                INDEX FAST |BOARD_NAM |     3 |  207 |      2 |       |
> |
> |                TABLE ACCES|PHY_BOARD |   443K|    5M|    708 |       |
> |
> |                 INDEX RANG|PBRD_BOAR |   443K|      |     22 |       |
> |
> |            VIEW           |          |     8K|  922K|        |       |
> |
> |             SORT UNIQUE   |          |     8K|  649K|   2632 |       |
> |
> |              NESTED LOOPS |          |     8K|  649K|   2126 |       |
> |
> |               INDEX FAST F|BOARD_NAM |     3 |  207 |      2 |       |
> |
> |               TABLE ACCESS|PHY_BOARD |   443K|    5M|    708 |       |
> |
> |                INDEX RANGE|PBRD_BOAR |   443K|      |     22 |       |
> |
> |           VIEW            |          |     8K|  922K|        |       |
> |
> |            SORT UNIQUE    |          |     8K|  649K|   2632 |       |
> |
> |             NESTED LOOPS  |          |     8K|  649K|   2126 |       |
> |
> |              INDEX FAST FU|BOARD_NAM |     3 |  207 |      2 |       |
> |
> |              TABLE ACCESS |PHY_BOARD |   443K|    5M|    708 |       |
> |
> |               INDEX RANGE |PBRD_BOAR |   443K|      |     22 |       |
> |
> |          VIEW             |          |     8K|  922K|        |       |
> |
> |           SORT UNIQUE     |          |     8K|  649K|   2632 |       |
> |
> |            NESTED LOOPS   |          |     8K|  649K|   2126 |       |
> |
> |             INDEX FAST FUL|BOARD_NAM |     3 |  207 |      2 |       |
> |
> |             TABLE ACCESS B|PHY_BOARD |   443K|    5M|    708 |       |
> |
> |              INDEX RANGE S|PBRD_BOAR |   443K|      |     22 |       |
> |
> |         VIEW              |          |     8K|  922K|        |       |
> |
> |          SORT UNIQUE      |          |     8K|  649K|   2632 |       |
> |
> |           NESTED LOOPS    |          |     8K|  649K|   2126 |       |
> |
> |            INDEX FAST FULL|BOARD_NAM |     3 |  207 |      2 |       |
> |
> |            TABLE ACCESS BY|PHY_BOARD |   443K|    5M|    708 |       |
> |
> |             INDEX RANGE SC|PBRD_BOAR |   443K|      |     22 |       |
> |
> |        VIEW               |          |     8K|  922K|        |       |
> |
> |         SORT UNIQUE       |          |     8K|  649K|   2632 |       |
> |
> |          NESTED LOOPS     |          |     8K|  649K|   2126 |       |
> |
> |           INDEX FAST FULL |BOARD_NAM |     3 |  207 |      2 |       |
> |
> |           TABLE ACCESS BY |PHY_BOARD |   443K|    5M|    708 |       |
> |
> |            INDEX RANGE SCA|PBRD_BOAR |   443K|      |     22 |       |
> |
> |       VIEW                |          |     8K|  922K|        |       |
> |
> |        SORT UNIQUE        |          |     8K|  649K|   2632 |       |
> |
> |         NESTED LOOPS      |          |     8K|  649K|   2126 |       |
> |
> |          INDEX FAST FULL S|BOARD_NAM |     3 |  207 |      2 |       |
> |
> |          TABLE ACCESS BY I|PHY_BOARD |   443K|    5M|    708 |       |
> |
> |           INDEX RANGE SCAN|PBRD_BOAR |   443K|      |     22 |       |
> |
> |      VIEW                 |          |     8K|  922K|        |       |
> |
> |       SORT UNIQUE         |          |     8K|  649K|   2632 |       |
> |
> |        NESTED LOOPS       |          |     8K|  649K|   2126 |       |
> |
> |         INDEX FAST FULL SC|BOARD_NAM |     3 |  207 |      2 |       |
> |
> |         TABLE ACCESS BY IN|PHY_BOARD |   443K|    5M|    708 |       |
> |
> |          INDEX RANGE SCAN |PBRD_BOAR |   443K|      |     22 |       |
> |
> |     VIEW                  |          |     8K|  922K|        |       |
> |
> |      SORT UNIQUE          |          |     8K|  649K|   2632 |       |
> |
> |       NESTED LOOPS        |          |     8K|  649K|   2126 |       |
> |
> |        INDEX FAST FULL SCA|BOARD_NAM |     3 |  207 |      2 |       |
> |
> |        TABLE ACCESS BY IND|PHY_BOARD |   443K|    5M|    708 |       |
> |
> |         INDEX RANGE SCAN  |PBRD_BOAR |   443K|      |     22 |       |
> |
> |    VIEW                   |          |     8K|  922K|        |       |
> |
> |     SORT UNIQUE           |          |     8K|  649K|   2632 |       |
> |
> |      NESTED LOOPS         |          |     8K|  649K|   2126 |       |
> |
> |       INDEX FAST FULL SCAN|BOARD_NAM |     3 |  207 |      2 |       |
> |
> |       TABLE ACCESS BY INDE|PHY_BOARD |   443K|    5M|    708 |       |
> |
> |        INDEX RANGE SCAN   |PBRD_BOAR |   443K|      |     22 |       |
> |
> |   VIEW                    |          |   443K|   48M|        |       |
> |
> |    SORT UNIQUE            |          |   443K|   34M|  59335 |       |
> |
> |     HASH JOIN             |          |   443K|   34M|   3058 |       |
> |
> |      INDEX FAST FULL SCAN |BOARD_NAM |   190 |   12K|      2 |       |
> |
> |      TABLE ACCESS FULL    |PHY_BOARD |   443K|    5M|   3008 |       |
> |
>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>
>

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