RE: Function in WHERE performance issue

From: Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak_at_proquest.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:30:18 -0400
Message-ID: <6AFC12B9BFCDEA45B7274C534738067F19AB14F0_at_AAPQMAILBX02V.proque.st>

Rich,

I had a similar problem a while back. Dan Tow provided me an excellent solution, and also wrote it up as an articel, here: http://linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/01/06/rangekeyed_1.html

I think it's worth your time to read.

-Mark

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Rich Jesse [rjoralist_at_society.servebeer.com] Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:25
To: Oracle L
Subject: Re: Function in WHERE performance issue

Hey Stephane,

>> select /*+ first_rows(1) */ aa.*
>> from geo_location aa,
>> geo_blocks b
>> where aa.locid = b.locid
>> and ip2number('192.168.1.1') between b.startipnum and b.endipnum;
>>
> Rich,
>
> It's a question of bounds.
>
> Just add the additional condition
>
> and b.startipnum >= to_number(substr('&ip_addr', 1,
> instr('&ip_addr'), '.') - 1)) * 16777216
>
> and you should feel the difference. No need to create a FBI on
> ip2number().

But I haven't created an FBI. And while the addition of the above to the WHERE clause does cause a sub-second return, reworking the statement to:

select /* first_rows(1) */ aa.*
from geo_location aa,

        geo_blocks b
where aa.locid = b.locid
-- and ip2number(:p_ipaddr) between b.startipnum and b.endipnum and to_number(substr(:p_ipaddr, 1,instr(:p_ipaddr, '.') - 1)) * 16777216 between b.startipnum and b.endipnum

...does not. While somewhat faster at ~5s, it's not sub-second.

> And, please, remove the hint, it's ugly.

I'd love to. I only have one hint on one query on this system and it's for an outline. However, without the hint I get an FTS, which I know isn't necessary, based on the sub-second response times I can get by changing the predicate. Removing it would certainly be ideal.

I'll probably be running this statement in PL, where I can parse the IP via the function and then pass the result to the SQL via bind, so my question is more academic. But I'm having a mental issue of generalizing the situation so that I can apply it to other future issues like this.

Thanks for the ideas!

Rich

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