Yes, be particularly careful when accessing tables across database links. The threshold for when a FTS is more efficient than an index access changes.
Also, i found out this week, that if you use in-line views in your query, Oracle can send the whole in-line view across the database link!. In the following example, oracle will execute the inline view on the cust database! Without the inline view, oracle chose a FTS of tablea hash joined to FTS of tableb. SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM tablea@cust, tableb@cust WHERE tablea.key = tableb.key) t ,tablec WHERE tablec.key = t.key -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 2:43 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Paula I was hoping someone with more specific experience in this area. Here is a quote from Oracle Performance Tuning 101: Be particularly when joining a local table to a remote table. My vote if you only have 60 rows would be to populate a local table with those rows before running your query. Dennis Williams DBA, 40%OCP Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 11:40 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L BTW, Was doing join of views pointing to tables through 2 database links and gateway. Just wondering - faster to move the tables then perform join locally esp. if I can do CTAS each time - hmmmm. -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 12:34 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Trying to bring over 60 rows with database link and write to table using CTAS. It is taking forever - going through Oracle - going through another Oracle that is hooked up with a gateway to Informix - yuck!! The waits are: Event Waits Waits/sec % total Wait Time (ms) Wait Time/sec % total Average Wait SQL*Net more data from dblink 1352 80.8709175738725 99.1202346041056 14250 852.374685967221 0 0 Any ideas how to speed up other than getting another gateway, creating ascii file and using direct load. Is there a way to tune related to Net8, database links? Thanks, Paula -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Toepke, Kevin M INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).