Try 'select /*+ ORDERED */'

hth
connor

 --- "Kirsch, Walter J (Northrop Grumman)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 
> 2-cpu, 220mhz, 32-bit HPUX 11.0.  Oracle 8.1.7.0.0
> 
> Could someone explain what's going on here?
> 
> This SQL takes no time at all :
> 
>       select
>         substr(username , 1, 12)  "User"
>       , substr(lock_type, 1, 18)  "Lock Type"
>       , substr(mode_held, 1, 18)  "Mode Held"
>         from sys.dba_lock a
>            , v$session    b
>        where /*lock_type not in ('Media Recovery','Redo
> Thread')
>          and*/ a.session_id = b.sid;
> 
> with explain plan:
> 
>       SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=70 Card=1
> Bytes=148)
>         NESTED LOOPS (Cost=70 Card=1 Bytes=148)
>           NESTED LOOPS (Cost=60 Card=1 Bytes=141)
>             NESTED LOOPS (Cost=20 Card=1 Bytes=107)
>               FIXED TABLE (FULL) OF X$KSUSE (Cost=10
> Card=1 Bytes=30)
>               FIXED TABLE (FIXED INDEX #1) OF X$KSUSE
> (Cost=10 Card=1
> Bytes=77)
>             VIEW OF GV$_LOCK
>               UNION-ALL
>                 VIEW OF GV$_LOCK1 (Cost=20 Card=2
> Bytes=162)
>                   UNION-ALL
>                     FIXED TABLE (FULL) OF X$KDNSSF
> (Cost=10 Card=1
> Bytes=94)
>                     FIXED TABLE (FULL) OF X$KSQEQ
> (Cost=10 Card=1
> Bytes=94)
>                 FIXED TABLE (FULL) OF X$KTADM (Cost=10
> Card=1 Bytes=94)
>                 FIXED TABLE (FULL) OF X$KTCXB (Cost=10
> Card=1 Bytes=94)
>           FIXED TABLE (FIXED INDEX #1) OF X$KSQRS
> (Cost=10 Card=100
> Bytes=700)
> 
> whereas an uncommented predicate consumes 40 minutes
> of CPU (sez TOP) with
> this explain plan:
> 
>       SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=70 Card=1
> Bytes=148)
>         NESTED LOOPS (Cost=70 Card=1 Bytes=148)
>           NESTED LOOPS (Cost=30 Card=1 Bytes=114)
>             MERGE JOIN (CARTESIAN) (Cost=20 Card=1
> Bytes=37)
>               FIXED TABLE (FULL) OF X$KSUSE (Cost=10
> Card=1 Bytes=30)
>               SORT (JOIN) (Cost=10 Card=1 Bytes=7)
>                 FIXED TABLE (FULL) OF X$KSQRS (Cost=10
> Card=1 Bytes=7)
>             FIXED TABLE (FIXED INDEX #1) OF X$KSUSE
> (Cost=10 Card=1
> Bytes=77)
>           VIEW OF GV$_LOCK
>             UNION-ALL
>               VIEW OF GV$_LOCK1 (Cost=20 Card=2
> Bytes=162)
>                 UNION-ALL
>                   FIXED TABLE (FULL) OF X$KDNSSF (Cost=10
> Card=1 Bytes=94)
>                   FIXED TABLE (FULL) OF X$KSQEQ (Cost=10
> Card=1 Bytes=94)
>               FIXED TABLE (FULL) OF X$KTADM (Cost=10
> Card=1 Bytes=94)
>               FIXED TABLE (FULL) OF X$KTCXB (Cost=10
> Card=1 Bytes=94)
> 
> If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed
> replacing anyway. --John F
> Duval
> 
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