Re: Why isn't Oracle Using My Index

  • From: "Jared Still" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx" <Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:08:42 -0800

On 12/21/06, Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx <Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 Runstats is great, and is especially geared towards latches, (is query
scalable).    However, you need a database without anyone else on it to get
accurate results.


I'll play Devil's advocate and say "Why?"

It seems to me that running a problem query on a production system
with runstats would be a very good idea.
eg. it will allow you to see how the SQL statements will compare
when competing for resources with a real workload.

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Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist

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