Re: Inconsistent SQL tuning results

  • From: Michael Moore <michaeljmoore@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 10:07:33 -0800

Thanks guys.
I will run trace, even if it does take an act of congress and a letter from
my doctor to get the dbas to give my the necessary privs.

I'll let you know how it went.
Thanks again,
Mike

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Daniel W. Fink
<daniel.fink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  Without additional information, the only option available is "Guess".
>
> Run extended sql trace (dbms_monitor.session_trace_enable, event 10046,
> etc), run the trace file(s) through tkprof and analyze the differences.
>
>
>
> On 2/7/2011 10:49 AM, Michael Moore wrote:
>
> I've been trying to tune a SQL statement but I get very inconsistent
> results.
>
>  I always start with:
> alter system flush shared_pool;
> alter system flush buffer_cache;
>
>  Then I run the SQL, but the first time I run it, it can take as much as 7
> minutes. On the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th runs, it takes
> 40 sec, 49 sec, 35 sec respectively.
>
>  So my question is: What might account for the huge difference in run time
> between the first run and successive runs?
>
>  Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
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