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RE: Why the monstrous SORT?

From: Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen_at_OneNeck.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 16:32:12 -0700
Message-ID: <04DDF147ED3A0D42B48A48A18D574C4502361223@NT15.oneneck.corp>


Sorry, I forgot to include the query - here it is in all its ugliness, along with the execution statistics from tkprof:


SELECT c.entity bl_entity, c.sa_ent_ref bl_ent_ref,
       e.bitmap_location_path bl_logo, e.company_name bl_company_name,
       c.salesperson_no bl_salesperson_no, f.salesperson_no || ' - ' || f.des1
       bl_salesperson, c.customer_no bl_customer_no,
       c.cust_addr_code bl_customer_loc, g.des1 bl_customer_name,
       a.ord_no bl_order_no, lpad(a.ord_no, 15) bl_order_by_ord_no,
       c.project_no bl_project_no, c.ord_date bl_ord_date, sum(nvl(a.qty_ord, 0
       ) * nvl(a.mod_unit_price, 0)) bl_order_amount, sum(nvl(a.qty_ord, 0) *
       nvl(decode(a.activity_type_code, 'LAB', decode(a.mod_unit_cost, 0, 0,
       a.unit_cost), a.line_avg_cost), 0)) bl_cost_amount, sum(nvl(b.quantity

* b.price, 0)) bl_invoice_amount, sum(nvl(b.quantity * decode(
a.activity_type_code, 'LAB', decode(a.mod_unit_cost, 0, 0, a.unit_cost), a.line_avg_cost), 0)) bl_invoice_cost_amount, max(b.invoice_date) bl_invoice_date FROM (SELECT inv.ord_no order_no, inv.line_no line_no, max(nvl(inv.price, 0 )) price, sum(nvl(inv.qty, 0)) quantity, max(inv.acctg_date) invoice_date FROM ar_doc_line inv, oe_control oec WHERE oec.entity = inv.entity AND inv.cr_account != oec.oe_deferred_account GROUP BY inv.ord_no, inv.line_no) b, oe_line a, oe_hdr c, oe_sub_entity d, hm_invoice_sub_entity_control e, ar_salesperson_code f, ar_customer_master g, oe_control h WHERE a.ord_no = c.ord_no AND a.line_no != 0 AND a.ord_no = b.order_no (+) AND a.line_no = b.line_no (+) AND NOT upper(a.item_no) LIKE 'AF-%' AND NOT upper(a.item_no) LIKE 'IFF%' AND (nvl(a.stk_loc_hierarchy_flag, 'N') = 'N' OR a.stk_loc_hierarchy_flag = 'Y' AND a.line_no != nvl(a.parent_line_no, 0)) AND (nvl(a.kit_flag, 'N') = 'N' OR a.kit_flag = 'Y' AND a.line_no = nvl(a.parent_line_no, a.line_no)) AND c.sa_ent_ref = d.ent_ref AND c.entity = d.entity AND e.entity (+) = d.entity AND e.sub_entity (+) = d.sub_entity AND f.entity = c.entity AND f.salesperson_no = c.salesperson_no AND g.customer_no = c.customer_no AND g.entity_all IN (c.entity, 'ALL') AND h.entity = c.entity AND a.sales_account != h.oe_deferred_account AND c.customer_no = '1958' AND 500000000 = c.entity GROUP BY c.entity, c.sa_ent_ref, e.bitmap_location_path, e.company_name, c.salesperson_no, f.salesperson_no || ' - ' || f.des1, c.ord_date, a.ord_no, c.project_no, c.customer_no, c.cust_addr_code, g.des1
    HAVING sum(a.qty_ord) != nvl(sum(b.quantity), 0) MINUS
SELECT c.entity bl_entity, c.sa_ent_ref bl_ent_ref,
       e.bitmap_location_path bl_logo, e.company_name bl_company_name,
       c.salesperson_no bl_salesperson_no, f.salesperson_no || ' - ' || f.des1
       bl_salesperson, c.customer_no bl_customer_no,
       c.cust_addr_code bl_customer_loc, g.des1 bl_customer_name,
       a.ord_no bl_order_no, lpad(a.ord_no, 15) bl_order_by_ord_no,
       c.project_no bl_project_no, c.ord_date bl_ord_date, sum(nvl(a.qty_ord, 0
       ) * nvl(a.mod_unit_price, 0)) bl_order_amount, sum(nvl(a.qty_ord, 0) *
       nvl(decode(a.activity_type_code, 'LAB', decode(a.mod_unit_cost, 0, 0,
       a.unit_cost), a.line_avg_cost), 0)) bl_cost_amount, sum(nvl(b.quantity

* b.price, 0)) bl_invoice_amount, sum(nvl(b.quantity * decode(
a.activity_type_code, 'LAB', decode(a.mod_unit_cost, 0, 0, a.unit_cost), a.line_avg_cost), 0)) bl_invoice_cost_amount, max(b.invoice_date) bl_invoice_date FROM (SELECT inv.ord_no order_no, inv.line_no line_no, max(nvl(inv.price, 0 )) price, sum(nvl(inv.qty, 0)) quantity, max(inv.acctg_date) invoice_date FROM ar_doc_line inv, oe_control oec WHERE oec.entity = inv.entity AND inv.cr_account != oec.oe_deferred_account GROUP BY inv.ord_no, inv.line_no) b, oe_line a, oe_hdr c, oe_sub_entity d, hm_invoice_sub_entity_control e, ar_salesperson_code f, ar_customer_master g, oe_control h WHERE a.ord_no = c.ord_no AND a.line_no != 0 AND a.ord_no = b.order_no (+) AND a.line_no = b.line_no (+) AND NOT upper(a.item_no) LIKE 'AF-%' AND NOT upper(a.item_no) LIKE 'IFF%' AND (nvl(a.stk_loc_hierarchy_flag, 'N') = 'N' OR a.stk_loc_hierarchy_flag = 'Y' AND a.line_no != nvl(a.parent_line_no, 0)) AND (nvl(a.kit_flag, 'N') = 'N' OR a.kit_flag = 'Y' AND a.line_no = nvl(a.parent_line_no, a.line_no)) AND c.sa_ent_ref = d.ent_ref AND c.entity = d.entity AND e.entity (+) = d.entity AND e.sub_entity (+) = d.sub_entity AND f.entity = c.entity AND f.salesperson_no = c.salesperson_no AND g.customer_no = c.customer_no AND g.entity_all IN (c.entity, 'ALL') AND c.ord_type = 'Q' AND h.entity = c.entity AND a.sales_account != h.oe_deferred_account AND c.customer_no = '1958' AND 500000000 = c.entity GROUP BY c.entity, c.sa_ent_ref, e.bitmap_location_path, e.company_name, c.salesperson_no, f.salesperson_no || ' - ' || f.des1, c.ord_date, a.ord_no, c.project_no, c.customer_no, c.cust_addr_code, g.des1
    HAVING sum(a.qty_ord) != nvl(sum(b.quantity), 0) ORDER BY 1 ASC, 2 ASC, 5 ASC, bl_entity, bl_ent_ref, bl_salesperson_no,

         bl_ord_date, bl_order_by_ord_no

call count cpu elapsed disk query current rows ------- ------ -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

Parse        1      8.50       8.55          0          0          0           0
Execute      1      0.01       0.00          0          0          0           0
Fetch        2   4475.38    4565.19   10411769      34204       1723          11
------- ------  -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------  ----------
total        4   4483.89    4573.74   10411769      34204       1723          11


-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Allen, Brandon Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 4:30 PM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Why the monstrous SORT?

Hi,

I've got an application query that is taking hours to run. After tracing and running tkprof, I see the execution plan below. Yes, it's a monster of a query, but Oracle seems to handle it pretty well except for the huge amount of rows being returned by the SORT (GROUP BY) step. How can it possibly have to sort so many rows (1.1 Billion!), when it is only getting 237,018 rows from the previous NESTED LOOP step? Any idea how to prevent or minimize this sort?

Thanks!
Brandon

Rows Execution Plan

-------  ---------------------------------------------------
      0  SELECT STATEMENT   GOAL: CHOOSE
     11   MINUS
     14    SORT (UNIQUE)
     14     FILTER
    285      SORT (GROUP BY)
   4768       NESTED LOOPS (OUTER)
   4769        NESTED LOOPS (OUTER)
   4769         NESTED LOOPS
   4769          NESTED LOOPS
    285           HASH JOIN
    197            VIEW OF 'AR_SALESPERSON_CODE'
    197             SORT (UNIQUE)
    197              SORT (GROUP BY)
    197               HASH JOIN
    212                TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (FULL) OF 'CT_TEAM_MEMBER'
   5637                TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (FULL) OF 'CT_ADD_NAMES'
    284            NESTED LOOPS
      2             MERGE JOIN (CARTESIAN)
      2              TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'AR_CUSTOMER_MASTER'
      2               INDEX   GOAL: ANALYZED (RANGE SCAN) OF 'AR_CUSTOMER_MASTER_PK' (UNIQUE)
      2              SORT (JOIN)
      1               TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (FULL) OF 'OE_CONTROL'
    284             TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'OE_HDR'
    285              INDEX   GOAL: ANALYZED (RANGE SCAN) OF 'OE_HDR_2' (NON-UNIQUE)
   5052           TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'OE_LINE'
   5052            INDEX   GOAL: ANALYZED (RANGE SCAN) OF 'OE_LINE_PK' (UNIQUE)
   9536          TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'OE_SUB_ENTITY'
   9536           INDEX   GOAL: ANALYZED (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'HM_OE_SUB_ENTITY_UK1' (UNIQUE)
   4768         TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'HM_INVOICE_SUB_ENTITY_CONTROL'
   9536          INDEX   GOAL: ANALYZED (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'HM_INVOICE_SE_CONTROL_PK' (UNIQUE)
   4334        VIEW
1127322080      SORT (GROUP BY)
 237018          NESTED LOOPS
      2           TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (FULL) OF 'OE_CONTROL'
 237018           TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (FULL) OF 'AR_DOC_LINE'
      3    SORT (UNIQUE)
      3     FILTER
      4      SORT (GROUP BY)
      8       NESTED LOOPS (OUTER)
      9        NESTED LOOPS (OUTER)
      9         NESTED LOOPS
      9          NESTED LOOPS
      4           HASH JOIN
      3            NESTED LOOPS
      2             MERGE JOIN (CARTESIAN)
      2              TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'AR_CUSTOMER_MASTER'
      2               INDEX   GOAL: ANALYZED (RANGE SCAN) OF 'AR_CUSTOMER_MASTER_PK' (UNIQUE)
      2              SORT (JOIN)
      1               TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (FULL) OF 'OE_CONTROL'
      3             TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'OE_HDR'
    285              INDEX   GOAL: ANALYZED (RANGE SCAN) OF 'OE_HDR_2' (NON-UNIQUE)
    197            VIEW OF 'AR_SALESPERSON_CODE'
    197             SORT (UNIQUE)
    197              SORT (GROUP BY)
    197               HASH JOIN
    212                TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (FULL) OF 'CT_TEAM_MEMBER'
   5637                TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (FULL) OF 'CT_ADD_NAMES'
     11           TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID)
                      OF 'OE_LINE'
     11            INDEX   GOAL: ANALYZED (RANGE SCAN) OF 'OE_LINE_PK' (UNIQUE)
     16          TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'OE_SUB_ENTITY'
     16           INDEX   GOAL: ANALYZED (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'HM_OE_SUB_ENTITY_UK1' (UNIQUE)
      8         TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'HM_INVOICE_SUB_ENTITY_CONTROL'
     16          INDEX   GOAL: ANALYZED (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'HM_INVOICE_SE_CONTROL_PK' (UNIQUE)
      0        VIEW
1891480         SORT (GROUP BY)
 237018          NESTED LOOPS
      2           TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (FULL) OF 'OE_CONTROL'
 237018           TABLE ACCESS   GOAL: ANALYZED (FULL) OF 'AR_DOC_LINE'

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