I think this should be possible, but only if the join between core_fact and param_fact is a nested loop
You'll have to cut the example below and paste it into a fixed font editor to read it, but in my test case:
T1 and T2 are partitioned on ID.
The join from DRIVER to T1 has to do partition range (ALL) because there is no partitioning column visible in the join.
Running with event 10128 set showed that only the correct two partitions had been visited the correct number of times from the second fact table. (I am a little surprised that the plan says ITERATOR rather than SINGLE).
SQL> l 1 select 2 /*+ ordered use_nl(t1) use_nl(t2) */ 3 t1.small_vc, 4 t2.small_vc 5 from 6 driver d1, 7 t1, 8 t2 9 where 10 d1.id between 1 and 100 11 and t1.n1 = d1.n1 12 and t2.id = t1.id 13*
Predicate Information (identified by operation id): ---------------------------------------------------
4 - filter("D1"."ID">=1 AND "D1"."ID"<=100) 7 - access("T1"."N1"="D1"."N1") 9 - access("T2"."ID"="T1"."ID")
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Jonathan Lewis
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We have 3 tables in our DW -- DATE_DIM D1, CORE_FACT F1 and PARAM_FACT F2
The tables F1 and F2 are both partitioned on a column TEST_KEY. Also, as an example, we are sure that a row with TEST_KEY value 100, if exists in Partition P10 of table F1, then it will definitely be in Partition P10 of table F2.
To give an example of what we expect to see :
SELECT f2.column1, f2.column2, f2.column3 FROM CORE_FACT f1, PARAM_FACT f2, DATE_DIM d1 WHERE f1.TEST_KEY = f2.TEST_KEY AND f1.DATE_KEY = d1.DATE_KEY AND d1.ACTUAL_DATE between (sysdate-2) and (sysdate);
Based on a condition placed on DATE_DIM, rows from CORE_FACT are retrieved. Let's say the number of rows returned by that join is 100. Those 100 rows, say, lie in 3 partitions P2, P13 and P25, of table CORE_FACT.
What we expect to see is that when CORE_FACT joins to PARAM_FACT (as above), only specific partitions P2, P13 and P25 of PARAM_FACT should be accessed.
I have a TAR open with Oracle Support on this issue, and they say it is not possible/supported. Any comments?
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