query from sql server linked server slow

From: Stauffer, Bob <RStauffer_at_fult.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 18:46:43 +0000
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Hi all,

Oracle 12.2, Red Hat 7, SQL Server 2012

I know, this isn't a SQL Server forum, but I'm running out of ideas on how to troubleshoot the following. When running a specific query from SQL Developer or SQLPlus on my Windows 7 PC in and Oracle database, that query is relatively fast. It returns 16 records in less than 20 seconds. But when run in a SQL Server instance using SSMS and using OPENQUERYlinked server, it never completes - it will actually run for days if we don't kill it. I've tracked it down to a difference in execution plans on the Oracle database side. Of course, when run in the Oracle database using SQL Developer, it generates an efficient execution plan. But when run via OPENQUERY/linked server in SQL Server, the execution plan in Oracle is horrendous. I've tried loading a better plan for the query using dbms_spm.alter_sql_plan_baseline, etc., but it ignores the new plan. And I've tried creating a view for the query, but that makes no difference either.

First, can anyone explain why 2 different execution plans are used in the Oracle db for the same query? Supposedly OPENQUERY/linked server are just submitting the query to Oracle for optimization without doing any "pre-optimization". And any thoughts on how I can troubleshoot/figure out how to fix or get around the problem?

Thanks much.

Bob Stauffer
rstauffer_at_fult.com

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