A Tale of Two SQLs

  • From: Daniel Fink <Daniel.Fink@xxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 14:05:30 -0600

It was the best of sql executions; it was the worst of sql
executions.

We have a process that periodically slows down. So far, we have
not been able to pinpoint a root cause, but we continue to
pester the development/application support folks for more info.
I apologize for the limited information, but I'm hoping that we
are aiming in the right direction.

We are smart enough that we captured a 10046 trace during a good
execution as a baseline. I have tagged the lines from this trace
file as (good). This morning, the query began slowing down
(eventually it will get a 1555 error). We turned on tracing and
those lines are tagged as (bad).

To make sure I am comparing apples to apples, the statements are
identical, even the bind variables are identical. I'm not going
to post the 2 trace files (almost 500m), so I'm including the
relevant parts. There are no waits in these execution/fetches
(you read it correctly, no db file waits, no sql*net waits).
I've also changed the statments to remove any table/column
names.

What I have found is that the first FETCH of the bad execution
is significantly (300 - 700x) slower than the good execution. It
also performs significantly more (500x) consistent reads.
Subsequent FETCHes are nearly identical to each other (in terms
of good = bad). These FETCHes are performed tens of thousands of
times as this query is re-executed with different bind variables
(also note the time difference in the EXECs, but it pales in
comparison).

My theory is that the high number of crs in the first FETCH of
each execution are the result of building a read-consistent
version of the data. Again, we are working with the dev/app
folks to confirm that one of these tables is being modified, but
have not had a response yet. 

Comments on my theory?

'Tis a far, far better thing I do...

Daniel



Bad SQL
=====================
PARSING IN CURSOR #10(bad) len=295 dep=1 uid=86 oct=3 lid=86
tim=746385804887 hv=3414111617 ad='93b1bcf0'
SELECT t1.col1
from table1 t1, table2 t2
where t2.col2 = :b1 and t2.col2 = t1.col2
union
select max(t3.col3)
from table3 t3
where t3.col4 = substr(:b1, 1, 6) and t3.col3 < :b1
END OF STMT

Good SQL
=====================
PARSING IN CURSOR #7(good) len=295 dep=1 uid=63 oct=3 lid=63
tim=26349629222266 hv=3414111617 ad='8c9aee70'
SELECT t1.col1
from table1 t1, table2 t2
where t2.col2 = :b1 and t2.col2 = t1.col2
union
select max(t3.col3)
from table3 t3
where t3.col4 = substr(:b1, 1, 6) and t3.col3 < :b1
END OF STMT

EXEC
#10(bad):c=0,e=701,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=746385804872
EXEC
#7(good):c=0,e=536,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629222259

FETCH
#10(bad):c=110000,e=107303,p=0,cr=7699,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=746385912781
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=406,p=0,cr=16,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629222976

FETCH
#10(bad):c=0,e=30,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=746385913106
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=31,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629223153

BINDS #10(bad):
 bind 0: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=96 offset=0
   bfp=ffffffff7c4b7c38 bln=32 avl=09 flg=05
   value="104539-08"
 bind 1: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=32
   bfp=ffffffff7c4b7c58 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="104539-08"
 bind 2: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=64
   bfp=ffffffff7c4b7c78 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="104539-08"
BINDS #7(good):
 bind 0: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=96 offset=0
   bfp=ffffffff7c4aeac0 bln=32 avl=09 flg=05
   value="104539-08"
 bind 1: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=32
   bfp=ffffffff7c4aeae0 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="104539-08"
 bind 2: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=64
   bfp=ffffffff7c4aeb00 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="104539-08"

EXEC
#10(bad):c=0,e=619,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=746385914651
EXEC
#7(good):c=0,e=496,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629224220

FETCH
#10(bad):c=110000,e=102469,p=0,cr=7698,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386017309
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=206,p=0,cr=16,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629224499

FETCH
#10(bad):c=0,e=12,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386017582
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=6,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629224619

FETCH
#10(bad):c=0,e=8,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386017774
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=5,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629224734

FETCH
#10(bad):c=0,e=9,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386017967
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=5,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629224849

FETCH
#10(bad):c=0,e=8,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386018157
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=5,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629224961

FETCH
#10(bad):c=0,e=26,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386018363
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=14,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629225081

BINDS #10(bad):
 bind 0: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=96 offset=0
   bfp=ffffffff7c4b7c38 bln=32 avl=09 flg=05
   value="104539-07"
 bind 1: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=32
   bfp=ffffffff7c4b7c58 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="104539-07"
 bind 2: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=64
   bfp=ffffffff7c4b7c78 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="104539-07"
BINDS #7(good):
 bind 0: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=96 offset=0
   bfp=ffffffff7c4aeac0 bln=32 avl=09 flg=05
   value="104539-07"
 bind 1: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=32
   bfp=ffffffff7c4aeae0 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="104539-07"
 bind 2: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=64
   bfp=ffffffff7c4aeb00 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="104539-07"

EXEC
#10(bad):c=0,e=684,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386019967
EXEC
#7(good):c=0,e=463,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629226116

FETCH
#10(bad):c=100000,e=101693,p=0,cr=7697,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386121784
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=186,p=0,cr=16,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629226374

FETCH
#10(bad):c=0,e=12,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386122056
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=6,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629226492

FETCH
#10(bad):c=0,e=26,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386122263
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=14,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629226615

BINDS #10(bad):
 bind 0: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=96 offset=0
   bfp=ffffffff7c4b7c38 bln=32 avl=09 flg=05
   value="107278-01"
 bind 1: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=32
   bfp=ffffffff7c4b7c58 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="107278-01"
 bind 2: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=64
   bfp=ffffffff7c4b7c78 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="107278-01"
BINDS #7(good):
 bind 0: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=96 offset=0
   bfp=ffffffff7c4aeac0 bln=32 avl=09 flg=05
   value="107278-01"
 bind 1: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=32
   bfp=ffffffff7c4aeae0 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="107278-01"
 bind 2: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=64
   bfp=ffffffff7c4aeb00 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="107278-01"

EXEC
#10(bad):c=0,e=686,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386123823
EXEC
#7(good):c=0,e=466,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629227628

FETCH
#10(bad):c=200000,e=204295,p=0,cr=15358,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386328243
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=143,p=0,cr=7,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629227843

FETCH
#10(bad):c=0,e=37,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386328513
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=13,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629227941

BINDS #10(bad):
 bind 0: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=96 offset=0
   bfp=ffffffff7c4b7c38 bln=32 avl=09 flg=05
   value="107366-01"
 bind 1: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=32
   bfp=ffffffff7c4b7c58 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="107366-01"
 bind 2: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=64
   bfp=ffffffff7c4b7c78 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="107366-01"
BINDS #7(good):
 bind 0: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=96 offset=0
   bfp=ffffffff7c4aeac0 bln=32 avl=09 flg=05
   value="107366-01"
 bind 1: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=32
   bfp=ffffffff7c4aeae0 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="107366-01"
 bind 2: dty=1 mxl=32(09) mal=00 scl=00 pre=00 oacflg=13
oacfl2=1 size=0 offset=64
   bfp=ffffffff7c4aeb00 bln=32 avl=09 flg=01
   value="107366-01"

EXEC
#10(bad):c=0,e=706,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386330128
EXEC
#7(good):c=10000,e=493,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629228936

FETCH
#10(bad):c=210000,e=208902,p=0,cr=15673,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386539152
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=121,p=0,cr=7,cu=0,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629229130

FETCH
#10(bad):c=0,e=35,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=746386539431
FETCH
#7(good):c=0,e=12,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=26349629229225
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