RE: Totally bizarre........

  • From: "Bobak, Mark" <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Dan Tow" <dantow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:44:07 -0400

That's a good point, Dan.  It's very possible that's what's happening.

I was hoping that w/ enough repeated executions of my query, I could =
catch
it in action.

-Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Tow [mailto:dantow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 3:16 PM
To: Bobak, Mark
Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Totally bizarre........


Not bizarre at all, I think - the query is very efficient, with 3 =
logical I/Os
per execution. Since it is not executing *super* frequently, though, at =
any
given *moment*, you are very likely to find yourself *between* (*very* =
brief)
executions of this query, so it's sql_address need not be found in any
v$session entry for most snapshots. You are only guaranteed (to the =
extent v$
queries can be trusted) to see a sql_address in v$session for the =
duration of
the query execution, which is extraordinarily low, in this case.

Thanks,

Dan Tow
650-858-1557
www.singingsql.com


Quoting "Bobak, Mark" <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Ok, database is 9.2.0.5 on Solaris8.
>
> So, I wrote this query:
>   1  select sid,
>   2         serial#,
>   3         username,
>   4         machine,
>   5         logon_time,
>   6         osuser,
>   7         sql_text,
>   8         executions,
>   9         buffer_gets
>  10    from v$session vs,
>  11         v$sql vsq
>  12   where vs.sql_hash_value(+) =3D3D vsq.hash_value
>  13     and vs.sql_address(+) =3D3D vsq.address
>  14     and vsq.executions>70000
>  15*    and vsq.sql_text like '%RETRIEVAL%'
>
> And repeated executions show output like this:
>        SID    SERIAL# USERNAME                       MACHINE
> LOGON_TIM
> ---------- ---------- ------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------
> OSUSER                         SQL_TEXT
> EXECUTIONS BUFFER_GETS
> ------------------------------
> ------------------------------------------------------------ =
----------
> -----------
>
>                                SELECT DOC_ID FROM DOCUMENT_RETRIEVALS
> WHERE DOC_ID =3D3D :B1 AN      79007      237208
>                                D ROWNUM =3D3D 1
>
>
> SQL> /
>
>        SID    SERIAL# USERNAME                       MACHINE
> LOGON_TIM
> ---------- ---------- ------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------
> OSUSER                         SQL_TEXT
> EXECUTIONS BUFFER_GETS
> ------------------------------
> ------------------------------------------------------------ =
----------
> -----------
>
>                                SELECT DOC_ID FROM DOCUMENT_RETRIEVALS
> WHERE DOC_ID =3D3D :B1 AN      79016      237235
>                                D ROWNUM =3D3D 1
>
>
> SQL> /
>
>        SID    SERIAL# USERNAME                       MACHINE
> LOGON_TIM
> ---------- ---------- ------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------
> OSUSER                         SQL_TEXT
> EXECUTIONS BUFFER_GETS
> ------------------------------
> ------------------------------------------------------------ =
----------
> -----------
>
>                                SELECT DOC_ID FROM DOCUMENT_RETRIEVALS
> WHERE DOC_ID =3D3D :B1 AN      79023      237256
>                                D ROWNUM =3D3D 1
>
>
> So, what I'm seeing here is a SQL that's continuously getting executed
> and consuming buffer gets.....but from where?  Join to V$SESSION
> fails.....
>
> If no sessions are executing it, where's it executing from?
>
> The ghost in the machine??
>
> Any ideas are appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Mark
> --
> Mark J. Bobak
> Oracle DBA
> ProQuest Company
> Ann Arbor, MI
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