From mbajaj@quark.co.in Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:54:21 -0700
From: Munish Bajaj <mbajaj@quark.co.in>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:54:21 -0700
Subject: RE: Performance Problems Solaris Vs Windows
Message-ID: <F001.005AFD43.20030611221422@fatcity.com>
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Both the Tables have been analyzed. I'm 
trying to find the difference between init parameters.
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Regards 
Munish Bajaj 

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  face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----From: Ishwar Tewari 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 
  00:30To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: 
  RE: Performance Problems Solaris Vs Windows
  Do u analyze both sets of tables on the 
  different platforms at the same regular intervals?
   
  
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    face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
    [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Munish 
    BajajSent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:35 PMTo: 
    Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Performance Problems 
    Solaris Vs Windows
    Hi Gurus,
    I'm facing a weird problem. I'm running a 
    same query on windows as well as on Solaris both having Oracle 8.0.5 
    database using CBO optimizer. The Query runs fine on Windows (takes 20-30 
    Secs) while the same hangs on Solaris and takes 4-6 hrs to return the 
    results. Both the databases have approx same number of rows and 
    indexes.
    The Query is :
    SELECT COUNT(*)    FROM 
    mam_assets a, mam_asset_attr_domain_values dmv65549    
    WHERE a."ID" = dmv65549.asset_id      AND 
    a."ID" IN (SELECT 
    dmv3.asset_id                         
    FROM mam_asset_attr_domain_values 
    dmv3                         
    WHERE dmv3.domain_value_id = 
    71                           
    AND dmv3.asset_attribute_xid = 
    3                           
    AND dmv3.domain_xid = 7)      AND a."ID" IN 
    (SELECT 
    dmv3.asset_id                         
    FROM mam_asset_attr_domain_values 
    dmv3                         
    WHERE dmv3.domain_value_id = 
    71                           
    AND dmv3.asset_attribute_xid = 
    3                           
    AND dmv3.domain_xid = 7)
    Explain Plan on Solaris
    
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        SELECT 
      STATEMENT
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border=0>
      
      
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          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step15">15
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          align=top>
        SORT 
      (AGGREGATE)
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border=0>
      
      
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          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step14">14
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        NESTED 
    LOOPS
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border=0>
      
      
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          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step12">12
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        NESTED 
    LOOPS
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border=0>
      
      
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          width=16 align=top border=0><IMG height=16 alt=border=0 
          src="" width=16 align=top>
        MERGE JOIN 
      (CARTESIAN)
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
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          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step4">4
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border=0>
      
      
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          width=16 align=top>
        SORT 
      (UNIQUE)
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
        <A 
          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step2">2
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          alt="" src="" width=16 border=0><IMG 
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          border=0><IMG height=16 alt=border=0 src="" 
          width=16 align=top>
        TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID), 
          MAM_ASSET_ATTR_DOMAIN_VALUES (GMASTER) <A 
    name=planStep1>
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
        <A 
          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step1">1
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          src="" width=16 align=top>
        INDEX (RANGE SCAN), 
          ATRVALDOM_DOMVAL_FK_I (GMASTER) <A 
    name=planStep9>
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
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          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step9">9
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        SORT 
    (JOIN)
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
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          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step8">8
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          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step7">7
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        SORT 
      (UNIQUE)
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
        <A 
          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step6">6
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        TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID), 
          MAM_ASSET_ATTR_DOMAIN_VALUES (GMASTER) <A 
    name=planStep5>
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
        <A 
          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step5">5
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          align=top>
        INDEX (RANGE SCAN), 
          ATRVALDOM_DOMVAL_FK_I (GMASTER) <A 
    name=planStep11>
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
        <A 
          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step11">11
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          src="" width=16 align=top>
        INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN), AST_PK 
          (GMASTER) 
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
        <A 
          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Solaris%20Plan.html#step13">13
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        INDEX (RANGE SCAN), 
          ATRVALDOM_AST_FK_I (GMASTER) 
    Explain Plan on Windows
    
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border=0>
      
      
        <A 
          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Windows%20Plan.html#step15">15
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        SELECT 
      STATEMENT
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
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          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Windows%20Plan.html#step14">14
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        SORT 
      (AGGREGATE)
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
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          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Windows%20Plan.html#step13">13
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        NESTED 
    LOOPS
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
        <A 
          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Windows%20Plan.html#step11">11
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        HASH 
    JOIN
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
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          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Windows%20Plan.html#step4">4
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          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Windows%20Plan.html#step3">3
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        SORT 
      (UNIQUE)
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
        <A 
          href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbajaj/My%20Documents/Windows%20Plan.html#step2">2
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        TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID), 
          MAM_ASSET_ATTR_DOMAIN_VALUES (QUARKDMS) <A 
    name=planStep1>
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
border=0>
      
      
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          ATRVALDOM_DOMVAL_FK_I (QUARKDMS) <A 
    name=planStep10>
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    LOOPS
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    name=planStep5>
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
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        INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN), AST_PK 
          (QUARKDMS) 
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=634 bgColor=#f7f7e7 
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        INDEX (RANGE SCAN), 
          ATRVALDOM_AST_FK_I (QUARKDMS) 
    As u can clearly see that on Solaris the 
    Oracle does a Merge Join (Cartesian) which is very expensive and hence takes 
    a lot of time.
    Please help me understand this and provide 
    any solution if possible.
    Thanks to One and all
    Best Regards
    <SPAN 
    class=013280715-11062003>Munish 
Bajaj