Thanks list for your interest in solving the issue. However, I have resolved the issues. I took trace event 10053 with level 1 on AIX as well HP-SUPERDOM and quick to spot that the parameter 'query_rewirte_enabled' was set to FALS on HPSUPERDOM. I changed it to TRUE and the sql runs like as its was. Thanks once again to all. On 3/25/06, John Clarke <jclarke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > More specific to LiShan's reply, do you have system statistics in place, and > by chance do they reflect values captured while on the old server? I've seen > issues like these. > > Othet things that would come to mind are any direct or asynch IO parameters > that may no longer be appropriate. But I doubt it's this or any other > massive host or SAN issue in light of the fact that execution plans have > changed. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "The Human Fly" <sjaffarhussain@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "oracle-l" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: 3/25/06 2:55 AM > Subject: Query with buffer (sorts) taking age to complete. > > Hello list, > > We have recently moved our datawarehouse oracle database 9i Rel.2 from > AIX to HP-SUPERDOM, using export and import utility. > > Well, I have used the same init file for both database, i.e. they are > identical. > > Today, while running a batch we are facing very wired problem. The job > which runs in 25 mins. now it is finished for 1.5 days. The execution > plan is diffeent, the problem execution plan shows buffer (sorts) and > MERGE JOIN (CARTESIAN) taking too much time. > > Following is the query and its execution plan, can anyone shed some > lime light on the issue : > > SELECT max(as_of_date), max(cust_code), nvl(abs(sum(run_offs_sar)), 0), > nvl(abs(sum(inst_amt_sar)), 0), nvl(abs(sum(bal_sar)), 0) > FROM ofdm_ods.a_account a > WHERE acct_no = '00100100120' > AND as_of_date = (SELECT max(as_of_date) > FROM ofdm_ods.a_account b > WHERE b.acct_no = a.acct_no > AND b.run_offs_sar <> 0) > > AIX > Execution Plan > > -- Best Regards, Syed Jaffar Hussain 8i,9i & 10g, OCP DBA Banque Saudi Fransi, Saudi Arabia http://jaffardba.blogspot.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Winners don't do different things. They do things differently." -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l