what does the explain plan look like? On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Blanchard William < William.Blanchard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The query is technically on one table. It uses a join as a filter only. > The table is 5.1 million rows (~3.4G) and stays relatively constant. > > SELECT t_00.uname, t_00.erdat, t_00.aezeit, t_00.kpackey, t_00.trantype, > t_00.lmnga > FROM sapr3.zkpacdata t_00, sapr3.zkpacreasoncodes t_01 > WHERE (t_00.reasoncode = t_01.reasoncode(+) > AND t_00.werks = t_01.werks(+)) > AND t_00.mandt = '010' > AND t_00.loekz <> 'X' > AND t_00.vornr = '6100' > AND t_00.aufnr = '000012284021' > AND t_00.werks = 'MS' > > This query took 4.5 hours. When I run an explain plan the cost is 1. > That's why I'm confused. My initial thought was that there was something > locking the table but even that wouldn't necessarily explain the 4.5 hours. > The program was run again during a maintenance window and it still took 6 > hours. > > > William > > ------------------------------ > *From:* jack.van.zanen@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:jack.van.zanen@xxxxxxxxx] *On > Behalf Of *Jack van Zanen > *Sent:* Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:17 PM > *To:* Blanchard William > *Cc:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* Re: 10g slowdown > > are you saying that a query on a single table takes 6 hours? > > How big is the table in GB/TB? > > Jack > > 2008/12/12 Blanchard William <William.Blanchard@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> We have a query that began taking a long time about a week ago. The >> program, in SAP, ran for 10 - 15 minutes but is now taking about 6 hours. >> The table has 5.1 million rows. The explain plan shows a simple index range >> scan. We just reran statistics on the table and all indexes but no luck We >> are concentrating on the one query that took about 4.75 hours. >> >> Does anyone see something glaring or know of a simple test to locate the >> problem? >> >> Let me know if you need any other info. >> >> Thank you, >> >> William B. >> > > > > -- > J.A. van Zanen > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info