Re: Query Tuning Help

2003-10-27 Thread ryan_oracle
because its not always faster to use an index. try using a hint for the index and see which runs better. From: David Wagoner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/10/27 Mon AM 10:34:26 EST To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Query Tuning Help I'm trying to tune

RE: Query Tuning Help

2003-10-27 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Title: Query Tuning Help David, The calculation "( SYSDATE - 35)" is not causing the problem. The To_Date(a2.file_dts, 'mmddyyhh24miss') is. You said you created a function based index. I think you also need to set: Query_ReWrite_Integrity = TRUSTEDQuery_ReWrite_Enabled = TRUE for

RE: Query Tuning Help

2003-10-27 Thread David Wagoner
Title: Query Tuning Help Tom, Thanks for the init.ora parameter tips, I consulted the docs and did that first :-). It just seems that the CBO would rather use an index, even though I know that's not always the case. Best regards, David B. Wagoner Database Administrator Arsenal Digital

Re: Query Tuning Help

2003-10-27 Thread Mladen Gogala
Do you have query rewrite privilege? What is the query_reqrite_inegrity set to? How about optimizer parameters (optimizer_index_caching,optimizer_index_cost_adj)? Is everything analyzed? On 10/27/2003 10:34:26 AM, David Wagoner wrote: I'm trying to tune the following query to use an index on

RE: Query Tuning Help

2003-10-27 Thread David Wagoner
Title: Query Tuning Help The FILE_DTS column is VARCHAR2(12) NOT NULL and has data in the following format: 07220301. Best regards, David B. Wagoner Database Administrator Arsenal Digital Solutions Phone: 919-466-6723 Cell: 919-412-8462 Pager: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 919-466-6783

RE: Query Tuning Help

2003-10-27 Thread Stephane Faroult
David, I would probably not try to tune a query to make it use an index but tune a query to make it run faster - I have had recently a nice example, a join between a 500K row table and two 2K row tables (returning about 2K rows too) was running faster with FTS (followed by hash joins) on

RE: Query Tuning Help

2003-10-27 Thread David Wagoner
Title: RE: Query Tuning Help Mladen, Thanks for your response. Comments are in-line. Do you have query rewrite privilege? Yes. What is the query_reqrite_inegrity set to? TRUSTED. How about optimizer parameters (optimizer_index_caching,optimizer_index_cost_adj

RE: Query Tuning Help

2003-10-27 Thread Niall Litchfield
PMFJI How about optimizer parameters (optimizer_index_caching,optimizer_index_cost_adj)? optimizer_index_caching=0 Are these reasonable values? optimizer_index_cost_adj=100 sorry for the space everyone ms outlook 101 is a class I *badly* need like how do I reply in plain text with