Hello Start first by settting the optimizer back to its old version and re-requery to see if you get back to your original 9i execution times. Something like this: 11gR2> alter session set optimizer_features_enable='9.0.1'; -- put your exact release Session altered. 11gR2> run your query If you get acceptable response times then compare the new execution plan with the sub-optimal one for a clue about what went wrong after the upgrade. Best regards Mohamed Houri www.hourim.wordpress.com 2014-05-08 8:39 GMT+02:00 Bheemsen Aitha <baitha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hello DBA gurus, > > > > We recently upgraded our database from 9i to 11gR2 on Solaris 11 64-bit, > Veritas File system (single instance). We tested thoroughly in our QA > environment before the upgrade. But after the upgrade we are seeing > terrible performance in production with many of the queries. Even though > the query plan looks good with very low cost, the queries are just sitting > there and not finishing. Some of the queries have differences in plan (FTS > to index scans on small tables) when compared to QA environment. We > gathered stats with default auto sample size and default method_opt > options. I opened a ticket with oracle on the performance issue, but I > doubt if I can get a solution on this. The QA and prod environments are > exactly same, but the queries are running are faster in QA. Did anyone come > across similar problem in the past? Any inputs are greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks > > *BA* > > > -- Bien Respectueusement Mohamed Houri