Execution process of order by clause

What is the execution process of order by clause in sql statement and how it will effect query's performance.

Siddharth Singh wrote:
What is the execution process of order by clause in sql statement Depends. First, do you mean "alrogithmically, how does Oracle produce ordered data"? There are a number of different approaches. The data may be ordered because you are fetching sequentially from an index. Or it may be explicitly materialized and sorted.
and how it will effect query's performance.Depends. It could have no impact because it relies on the index to order the data and the index is the most efficient access path regardless of the presence of an ORDER BY. Or it could require a tremendous amount of time to materialize and sort multiple GB of data.
Justin

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Slow SQL output when table alias is NOT used in order by clause

Hi guys,
My query is based on Oracle 9208
I have a table TAB1 with 68000 records with transaction_id as the primary key in this table (unique index).
I have another TAB2 with the same number of records again with transaction_id in this table (foreign key to above).
I have the below query that gets executed via an application:-
SELECT TO_CHAR(V1.TRANSACTION_ID), V1.POLICY_ID, V1.REQUEST_TYPE
FROM <VIEW> V1 WHERE V1.CERT_SERIAL_NUM=56192 AND
(V1.AUTH_GROUP_ID=0 OR V1.AUTH_GROUP_ID=1) AND ROWNUM <= 3 ORDER
BY TRANSACTION_ID ASC
The above view V1 is created as below:-
CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE VIEW "V1"
("TRANSACTION_ID",
"PARENT_TRANSACTION_ID",
"CA_DN_ID",
"AUTH_GROUP_ID",
"POLICY_ID",
"REQUEST_TYPE",
"REQUEST_STATUS",
"EE_DN_HASH",
"EE_DN",
"EE_EMAIL_HASH",
"EE_EMAIL",
"KEY_USAGE",
"SMART_CARD_SERIAL",
"CERT_TYPE",
"CERT_SERIAL_NUM",
"CERT_INDEX",
"RENEWAL_FLAG",
"ARCHIVE_FLAG",
"TIME_RECEIVED",
"DOWNLOADED",
"REQUEST_DATA",
"ACTION",
"STEP_NUM")
AS
SELECT
T1.transaction_id,
T1.parent_transaction_id,
T1.ca_dn_id,
V2.auth_group_id,
V2.policy_id,
T1.request_type,
T1.request_status,
T2.ee_dn_hash,
T2.ee_dn,
T2.ee_email_hash,
T2.ee_email,
T2.key_usage,
T2.smart_card_serial,
T2.cert_type,
T2.cert_serial_num,
T2.cert_index,
T2.renewal_flag,
T2.archive_flag,
T1.time_received,
T1.downloaded,
T1.request_data,
V2.action,
V2.step_num
FROM TAB1
<ANOTHER VIEW> V2,
TAB2 T1,
TAB2 T2
WHERE
T1.transaction_id = T2.transaction_id
AND
V2.policy_id = T1.policy_id
order by transaction_id;
The query at the top runs within milliseconds if the VIEW is created as :-
order by t2.transaction_id
But without the alias "t2" in the order by, the query takes about 1 1/2 minutes
Can you tell me why? I thought if you ordering by primary key (lesser number of values compared to foreign key values), the query should be faster..no?
Thanks in advance

Thanks for keeping up with this issue Hemant.
Here are the plans for each case.
I would be very interested in how you'd recognize which plan is the best and what are the derivatives.
I don't much (or rather anything!) what is 'card' values, 'cost' values etc which I believe are used to decide the best plan of the lot.
Thanks again
Note TAB1 and TAB2 are from view definition posted initially
1) Execution Plan for VIEW1 <<-- With ORDER BY" clause but no table ailas (order by transaction_id)
SQL> EXPLAIN PLAN FOR SELECT TO_CHAR(QT.TRANSACTION_ID), QT.POLICY_ID, QT.REQUEST_TYPE
2 FROM <VIEW1> QT WHERE QT.CERT_SERIAL_NUM=24293 AND
3 (QT.AUTH_GROUP_ID=0 OR QT.AUTH_GROUP_ID=1) AND ROWNUM <= 3 ORDER
4 BY TRANSACTION_ID ASC
5 /
Explained.
Elapsed: 00:00:01.00
SQL> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display);
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 3 | 195 | 17 |
|* 1 | COUNT STOPKEY | | | | |
| 2 | VIEW | VIEW1 | 17 | 1105 | 17 |
|* 3 | SORT ORDER BY STOPKEY | | 17 | 38573 | 17 |
| 4 | NESTED LOOPS | | 17 | 38573 | 10 |
| 5 | MERGE JOIN CARTESIAN | | 1 | 167 | 9 |
| 6 | VIEW | VIEW2 | 1 | 52 | 8 |
| 7 | SORT UNIQUE | | 1 | 156 | 8 |
| 8 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 156 | 6 |
| 9 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 143 | 6 |
| 10 | NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 | 117 | 5 |
|* 11 | HASH JOIN | | 1 | 104 | 5 |
| 12 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 52 | 2 |
|* 13 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | TAB3 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
|* 14 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | (PK_TAB4) | 1 | 13 | |
| 15 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | TAB5 | 82 | 4264 | 2 |
| 16 | VIEW PUSHED PREDICATE | View3 | 1 | 13 | |
| 17 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 52 | 2 |
| 18 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 39 | 2 |
|* 19 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | (PK_TAB6) | 1 | 13 | 1 |
|* 20 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | (PK_TAB7) | 1 | 26 | 1 |
|* 21 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | (PK_TAB8) | 1 | 13 | |
| 22 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TAB9 | 3 | 78 | 1 |
|* 23 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | (PK_TAB9) | 1 | | |
|* 24 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | (PK_TAB10)| 1 | 13 | |
| 25 | BUFFER SORT | | 1 | 115 | 9 |
| 26 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | TAB2 | 1 | 115 | 1 |
|* 27 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | (TAB2_IDX2)| 1 | | |
|* 28 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | TAB1 | 12 | 25224 | 1 |
|* 29 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | (PK_TAB1) | 1 | | |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
1 - filter(ROWNUM<=3)
3 - filter(ROWNUM<=3)
11 - access("TAB5"."PATH_ID"="TAB4"."PATH_ID")
13 - filter("TAB3"."AUTH_GROUP_ID"<>(-1) AND ("TAB3"."AUTH_GROUP_ID"=0 OR "TAB3"."AUTH_GROUP_ID"=1))
14 - access("TAB3"."PATH_ID"="TAB4"."PATH_ID")
19 - access("TAB5"."DOMAIN_ID"="TAB6"."DOMAIN_ID")
20 - access("TAB6"."DOMAIN_ID"="TAB7"."DOMAIN_ID")
21 - access("TAB7"."RULE_ID"="TAB8"."RULE_ID")
23 - access("TAB9"."POLICY_ID"="TAB5"."POLICY_ID")
24 - access("TAB9"."ASSOCIATED_FORM_ID"="TAB10"."FORM_ID")
27 - access("TAB2"."CERT_SERIAL_NUM"=24293)
28 - filter("View2"."POLICY_ID"="TAB1"."POLICY_ID")
29 - access("TAB1"."TRANSACTION_ID"="TAB2"."TRANSACTION_ID")
Note: cpu costing is off
54 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:01.81
Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE
1 0 COLLECTION ITERATOR (PICKLER FETCH) OF 'DISPLAY'
Statistics
39 recursive calls
0 db block gets
629 consistent gets
0 physical reads
104 redo size
5169 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
405 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
5 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
31 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
54 rows processed
2) Execution Plan for VIEW1 <<-- With ORDER BY" clause and table alias (order by TAB2.transaction_id)
SQL> explain plan for SELECT TO_CHAR(QT.TRANSACTION_ID), QT.POLICY_ID, QT.REQUEST_TYPE
2 FROM <VIEW1> QT WHERE QT.CERT_SERIAL_NUM=30003 AND
3 (QT.AUTH_GROUP_ID=0 OR QT.AUTH_GROUP_ID=1) AND ROWNUM <= 3 ORDER
4 BY TRANSACTION_ID ASC
5 /
Explained.
Elapsed: 00:00:10.20
SQL> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display);
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 3 | 195 | 14 |
| 1 | SORT ORDER BY | | 3 | 195 | 14 |
|* 2 | COUNT STOPKEY | | | | |
| 3 | VIEW | VIEW1 | 17 | 1105 | 13 |
| 4 | NESTED LOOPS | | 17 | 38573 | 13 |
| 5 | MERGE JOIN CARTESIAN | | 1 | 167 | 12 |
|* 6 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | TAB2 | 1 | 115 | 4 |
| 7 | INDEX FULL SCAN | (TAB2_IDX) | 94 | | 1 |
| 8 | BUFFER SORT | | 1 | 52 | 8 |
| 9 | VIEW | VIEW2 | 1 | 52 | 8 |
| 10 | SORT UNIQUE | | 1 | 156 | 8 |
| 11 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 156 | 6 |
| 12 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 143 | 6 |
| 13 | NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 | 117 | 5 |
|* 14 | HASH JOIN | | 1 | 104 | 5 |
| 15 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 52 | 2 |
|* 16 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | TAB3 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
|* 17 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | (PK_TAB4) | 1 | 13 | |
| 18 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | TAB5 | 82 | 4264 | 2 |
| 19 | VIEW PUSHED PREDICATE | View3 | 1 | 13 | |
| 20 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 52 | 2 |
| 21 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 39 | 2 |
|* 22 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | (PK_TAB6) | 1 | 13 | 1 |
|* 23 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | (PK_TAB7) | 1 | 26 | 1 |
|* 24 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | (PK_TAB8) | 1 | 13 | |
| 25 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TAB9 | 3 | 78 | 1 |
|* 26 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | (PK_TAB9) | 1 | | |
|* 27 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | (PK_TAB10) | 1 | 13 | |
|* 28 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | TAB1 | 12 | 25224 | 1 |
|* 29 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | (PK_TAB1) | 1 | | |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
2 - filter(ROWNUM<=3)
6 - filter("TAB2"."CERT_SERIAL_NUM"=30003)
14 - access("TAB5"."PATH_ID"="TAB4"."PATH_ID")
16 - filter("TAB3"."AUTH_GROUP_ID"<>(-1) AND ("TAB3"."AUTH_GROUP_ID"=0 OR "TAB3"."AUTH_GROUP_ID"=1))
17 - access("TAB3"."PATH_ID"="TAB4"."PATH_ID")
22 - access("TAB5"."DOMAIN_ID"="TAB6"."DOMAIN_ID")
23 - access("TAB6"."DOMAIN_ID"="TAB7"."DOMAIN_ID")
24 - access("TAB7"."RULE_ID"="TAB8"."RULE_ID")
26 - access("TAB9"."POLICY_ID"="TAB5"."POLICY_ID")
27 - access("TAB9"."ASSOCIATED_FORM_ID"="TAB10"."FORM_ID")
28 - filter("VIEW2"."POLICY_ID"="TAB1"."POLICY_ID")
29 - access("TAB1"."TRANSACTION_ID"="TAB2"."TRANSACTION_ID")
Note: cpu costing is off
53 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:08.29
Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE
1 0 COLLECTION ITERATOR (PICKLER FETCH) OF 'DISPLAY'
Statistics
1079 recursive calls
0 db block gets
597 consistent gets
21 physical reads
0 redo size
5177 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
405 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
5 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
63 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
53 rows processed
3) Execution Plan for VIEW1 <<-- Without any "ORDER BY" clause
SQL> explain plan for SELECT TO_CHAR(QT.TRANSACTION_ID), QT.POLICY_ID, QT.REQUEST_TYPE
2 FROM <VIEW1> QT WHERE QT.CERT_SERIAL_NUM=30003 AND
3 (QT.AUTH_GROUP_ID=0 OR QT.AUTH_GROUP_ID=1) AND ROWNUM <= 3 ORDER
4 BY TRANSACTION_ID ASC
5 /
Explained.
Elapsed: 00:00:10.20
SQL> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display);
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 3 | 213 | 11 |
| 1 | SORT ORDER BY | | 3 | 213 | 11 |
|* 2 | COUNT STOPKEY | | | | |
| 3 | NESTED LOOPS | | 17 | 1207 | 10 |
| 4 | MERGE JOIN CARTESIAN | | 1 | 32 | 9 |
| 5 | VIEW | VIEW2 | 1 | 26 | 8 |
| 6 | SORT UNIQUE | | 1 | 156 | 8 |
| 7 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 156 | 6 |
| 8 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 143 | 6 |
| 9 | NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 1 | 117 | 5 |
|* 10 | HASH JOIN | | 1 | 104 | 5 |
| 11 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 52 | 2 |
|* 12 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | TAB3 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
|* 13 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | PK_TAB4 | 1 | 13 | |
| 14 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | TAB5 | 82 | 4264 | 2 |
| 15 | VIEW PUSHED PREDICATE | VIEW3 | 1 | 13 | |
| 16 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 52 | 2 |
| 17 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | 39 | 2 |
|* 18 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | PK_TAB6 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
|* 19 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | PK_TAB7 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
|* 20 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | PK_TAB8 | 1 | 13 | |
| 21 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TAB9 | 3 | 78 | 1 |
|* 22 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | PK_TAB9 | 1 | | |
|* 23 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | PK_TAB10 | 1 | 13 | |
| 24 | BUFFER SORT | | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 25 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | TAB2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
|* 26 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | TAB2_IDX2 | 1 | | |
|* 27 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | TAB1 | 12 | 468 | 1 |
|* 28 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | PK_TAB1 | 1 | | |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
2 - filter(ROWNUM<=3)
10 - access("TAB5"."PATH_ID"="TAB4"."PATH_ID")
12 - filter("TAB3"."AUTH_GROUP_ID"<>(-1) AND ("TAB3"."AUTH_GROUP_ID"=0 OR "TAB3"."AUTH_GROUP_ID"=1))
13 - access("TAB3"."PATH_ID"="TAB4"."PATH_ID")
18 - access("TAB5"."DOMAIN_ID"="TAB6"."DOMAIN_ID")
19 - access("TAB6"."DOMAIN_ID"="TAB7"."DOMAIN_ID")
20 - access("TAB7"."RULE_ID"="TAB8"."RULE_ID")
22 - access("TAB9"."POLICY_ID"="TAB5"."POLICY_ID")
23 - access("TAB9"."ASSOCIATED_FORM_ID"="TAB10"."FORM_ID")
26 - access("TAB2"."CERT_SERIAL_NUM"=1022)
27 - filter("VIEW2"."POLICY_ID"="TAB1"."POLICY_ID")
28 - access("TAB1"."TRANSACTION_ID"="TAB2"."TRANSACTION_ID")
Note: cpu costing is off
52 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:03.37
Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE
1 0 COLLECTION ITERATOR (PICKLER FETCH) OF 'DISPLAY'
Statistics
38 recursive calls
0 db block gets
287 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
5006 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
405 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
5 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
29 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
52 rows processed

IN clause with ORDER BY clause in sub-queries

Hello,
We generate dynamic queries with the following statement pattern (could be many union/intersect sub-queries):
select my_col
from my_table
where my_col IN
select table_2.my_col , x_col from table_2 where x_col > 10
UNION
select table_3.my_col , y_col from table_3 where y_col > 20
INTERSECT
select table_4.my_col , z_col from table_4 where z_col is between 30 and 50
I know that I can do just the sub-queries w/ an ORDER BY clause as follows (as long as the 2nd parameter in the select stmts are of the same type):
select table_2.my_col , x_col from table_2 where x_col > 10
UNION
select table_3.my_col , y_col from table_3 where y_col > 20
INTERSECT
select table_4.my_col , z_col from table_4 where z_col is between 30 and 50
order by 2 desc
But my questions are:
1. What is (if there is) the syntax that will ensure that the result set order will be that of the ordering of the sub-queries?
Or does my SQL stmt have to have syntactically (but not semantically) change to achieve this?
Thanks,
Jim

Randolf Geist wrote:
just a minor doubt - I think it is not officially supported to have separate ORDER BYs in a compound query with set operators (e.g. UNION / UNION ALL subsets). Of course one could use inline views with NO_MERGE + NO_ELIMINATE_OBY hints, but I think the only officially supported approach is to use a single, final ORDER BY (that needs to use positional notation as far as I remember).
Randolf,
You're right, of course, about the separate "order by" clauses.
Interestingly the following type of thing does work though (in 10.2.0.3, at least):
with v1 as (
    select * from t1 where col1 = 'ABC' order by col2
v2 as (
    select * from t1 where col1 = 'DEF' order by col2
select * from v1
union all
select * from v2
;A quick check the execution plan suggsts that Oracle appears to be convering this to the following - even though its technically not acceptable in normal circumstances:
select * from t1 where col1 = 'ABC' order by col2
union all
select * from t1 where col1 = 'DEF' order by col2
;Regards
Jonathan Lewis
http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com
http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk
To post code, statspack/AWR report, execution plans or trace files, start and end the section with the tag {noformat}{noformat} (lowercase, curly brackets, no spaces) so that the text appears in fixed format.
"Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking"
Carl Sagan

TestStand Open SQL Statement does not support SQL's ORDER BY clause???

TestStand 1.0.3
Windows 2000 SP1
SQL Server 2000 Personal
You've got to be kidding me...
It appears that the built-in TestStand Open SQL Step does NOT support the
"ORDER BY" clause in the SELECT statement, even though the documentation
says it does. Is this true?
I have an Open SQL Statement query:
"SELECT * FROM [MyTable] WHERE ([Batch ID]=1234)"
it works fine, returning a correct record count 120 records. If I change
the Open SQL Statement query simply by adding an ORDER BY clause, such as:
"SELECT * FROM [MyTable] WHERE ([Batch ID]=1234) ORDER BY [MyField] ASC"
it returns a record count of zero. I know that "MyField" exists in the
MyTable table and contains valid data. The
second query works fine in SQL
Server Enterprise Manager.
Am I missing something? Is it true that the TestStand Open SQL Step does
NOT support the "ORDER BY" clause? If not, what &#$!ing good is it and why
does the manual state it is supported? Is there any other way using just
the TestStand steps to order a database recordset on one or more fields?
Any help would be appreciated.
Grrrrr....
Bob Rafuse
Etec Inc.

> Bob -
> The database step types do not do anything special to the SQL command
> that you give it. The step just passes the command to the ADO
> provider. I tried a simple query using the step types with the
> following command,
>
> "SELECT UUT_RESULT.* FROM UUT_RESULT WHERE ([UUT_SERIAL_NUMBER] =
> 12345) ORDER BY [EXECUTION_TIME] ASC"
>
> and this return the expected results and the record count parameter
> was as expected. I tried this on TS 1.0.2 and TS 2.0 with MS Access
> 2000 and MS SQL Server 7.0. I do not have MS SQL Server 2000 at this
> time.
>
> It would be surprised if the step types are messing something up.
I've been doing some experimenting over the past couple of days. Simple,
one-table queries seem to handle the ORDER BY clause fine. Th
ings seem to
get messed up when I try multi-table queries with ORDER BY clause with the
TestStand database steps. I get no errors but the returned record counts
are always 0 with the ORDER BY and positive without the ORDER BY. The exact
same queries work fine in Visual Basic/ADO and the SQL Server Query
Analyzer.
> Questions:
> 1. Have you verified whether the data is actually returned even though
> the record count is zero?
Hmmm... yes data IS getting returned (at least on the two instances I just
checked), but the record count is always zero. I was not proceeding with
processing if the record count was 0.
Still... I don't know how to loop through the recordset without knowing how
many records there are an not eventually generate an error by passing EOF.
Is there another way using the TestStand database steps to determine a) the
number of records in the recordset or b) when I'm at EOF?
> 2. Are you using any advanced options on the Opend SQL Statement step
> type, specifically
the cursor type set to forward only? Forward only
> cursors do not allow for record counts.
Everything on the Advanced tab of the Open SQL Statement step is set to "Use
Default".
Bob.

Need to copy the current order-by clause of a report.

Situation:
- I have a report with a default sort setting, and sortable column headers.
- User navigates to page with this report.
- Report page renders in default sort setting.
- User changes sort (clicks on one of the column headers).
I now want to create a button (and process) to copy the current report data including the sort it is in right now. For this I need to somehow find out what the current order-by clause is of the rendered report.
I'm looking into always saving the REQUEST in an application item in case the request is LIKE 'fsp_sort%'. And then parse this value in the process.
Any better way of doing this?
Toon

Toon,
eventually this example may help you:
http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=31517:69
Denes Kubicek
http://deneskubicek.blogspot.com/
http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=31517:1
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How to use left outer joins ,right outer joins and order by clause for belo

Hi,
How to use left outer joins ,right outer joins and order by clause for below XML query.
The query which is red colour returns null then its not displaying any values for columns in that tables. Tried decode, nvl function hasn't worked.
SELECT XMLAGG ( XMLELEMENT( "P", XMLFOREST( P.process_id AS Ppid,
          (SELECT XMLAGG( XMLELEMENT( "PI", XMLFOREST( PI.question_id AS PIqid,
                                   PI.process_id AS PIpid,
PI.innertext AS
                                   PItext, PI.itemtype AS PItype,
                                   PI.linkfrom AS PIfrom,
                                   PI.linkto AS PIto,
PI.associated AS PIas,
                                   PI.content_id AS PIc,
                                   PI.exitpoint1_id AS PIe1,
                                   PI.exitpoint2_id AS PIe2,
                                   PI.exitpoint3_id AS PIe3,
                                   PI.followoncall AS PIfoc,
PI.userinput AS PIui,
                                   PI.resolveidentifier AS PIri,
PI.libquestion_idfk AS PIlqid,
                                   PI.isLocked AS PIstls,
                                   PI.PreviousAnswer AS PIPAns,
                                   PI.VisibleToAgent AS PIVAgent,
                                   PI.RetryAttempt AS PIRetry,
                                   PI.Tags AS PITag,
                              SELECT XMLAGG( XMLELEMENT( "PO", XMLFOREST( PO.option_id AS POoid,
                                   PO.question_id AS POqid,
                                                       PO.process_id AS popid,
                                                       PO.opt_innertext AS POtext,
                                                       PO.opt_linkfrom AS POfrom,
                                                       PO.opt_linkto AS POto,
                                                       PO.libquestion_idfk AS POlqid,
                                                       PO.liboption_idfk AS POloid ) ) )
                              FROM vw_liveProcessOption_Sim_v6 PO
                                   WHERE PI.question_id = PO.question_id (+)
                              AND PI.process_id = PO.process_id (+)
                              ) "A" ) ) ) AS "PO"
     FROM vw_liveProcessItem_Sim_v6 PI
          WHERE P.process_id = PI.process_id
          ) "A" ) ) ) AS "PI"
FROM liveProcess_ec P
WHERE (P.process_id = 450)
Any help really appreciated.
Thanks

user512743 wrote:
Hi,
Here below is the scripts of tables, insert statements and Required output.
CREATE TABLE VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6
(     "OPTION_ID" NUMBER,
     "QUESTION_ID" NUMBER(10,0),
     "PROCESS_ID" NUMBER(10,0),
     "OPT_INNERTEXT" VARCHAR2(200 CHAR),
     "OPT_LINKFROM" VARCHAR2(20 CHAR),
     "OPT_LINKTO" VARCHAR2(20 CHAR),
     "LIBQUESTION_IDFK" NUMBER,
     "LIBOPTION_IDFK" NUMBER
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (1,2,450,'Yes',null,'5',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (1,3,450,'Yes',null,'5',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (1,5,450,'Yes',null,'6',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (1,6,450,'Yes',null,'7',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (1,8,450,'Block All',null,'9',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (1,9,450,'Yes',null,'10',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (1,11,450,'Yes',null,'12',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (1,12,450,'Yes',null,'13',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (1,14,450,'Yes',null,'16',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (2,2,450,'No',null,'3',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (2,3,450,'No',null,'4',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (2,5,450,'No',null,'8',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (2,6,450,'No',null,'8',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (2,8,450,'Standard',null,'11',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (2,9,450,'No',null,'11',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (2,11,450,'No',null,'14',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (2,12,450,'No',null,'14',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (2,14,450,'No',null,'15',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (3,8,450,'Disabled',null,'12',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (4,8,450,'User Defined',null,'12',null,null);
REATE TABLE "VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6"
(     "QUESTION_ID" NUMBER(10,0),
     "PROCESS_ID" NUMBER(10,0),
     "INNERTEXT" VARCHAR2(200 CHAR),
     "ITEMTYPE" VARCHAR2(50 CHAR),
     "LINKFROM" VARCHAR2(500 CHAR),
     "LINKTO" VARCHAR2(500 CHAR),
     "ASSOCIATED" VARCHAR2(200 CHAR),
     "CONTENT_ID" NUMBER,
     "EXITPOINT1_ID" NUMBER(10,0),
     "EXITPOINT2_ID" NUMBER(10,0),
     "EXITPOINT3_ID" NUMBER(10,0),
     "RESOLVEIDENTIFIER" VARCHAR2(40 CHAR),
     "LIBQUESTION_IDFK" NUMBER(10,0),
     "FOLLOWONCALL" NUMBER(1,0),
     "USERINPUT" VARCHAR2(200 CHAR),
     "ISLOCKED" NUMBER(1,0),
     "PREVIOUSANSWER" NUMBER(1,0),
     "VISIBLETOAGENT" NUMBER(1,0),
     "RETRYATTEMPT" NUMBER(10,0),
     "TAGS" VARCHAR2(50 BYTE)
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (1,450,'CBB1015 - Router Firewall Settinngs Process','Title',null,'2',null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (2,450,'Is the customers PC Firewall turned off?','Question','1','2.2,2.1',null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (3,450,'Advise the customer to turn off the PC Firewall in order to continue. Has this been done?','Question','2.2','3.2,3.1',null,278,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (4,450,'Advise the customer the PC Firewall must be switched off before this process????','ExitPoint','3.2',null,null,null,14,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (5,450,'Is the customer able to access the internet now?','Question','3.1,2.1','5.2,5.1',null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (6,450,'Is the customer having a problem with a specific website?','Question','5.1','6.2,6.1',null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (7,450,'1536: CBB1008 - Browser Setup and Daignostics','SubProcess','6.1',null,'1536-1-0',null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (8,450,'What is the security level on the CPE Management page?','Question','6.2,5.2','8.4,8.3,8.2,8.1',null,279,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (9,450,'Change the security level to Standard. Does this resolve the customers issue?','Question','8.1','9.2,9.1',null,280,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (10,450,'Issue Resolved','ExitPoint','9.1',null,null,null,1,6,122,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (11,450,'Change the security level to Disabled. Is the customer able to browse the internet?','Question','9.2,8.2','11.2,11.1',null,281,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (12,450,'Change the security level to Standard. Is the customer able to browse the internet now?','Question','11.1,8.3,8.4','12.2,12.1',null,283,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (13,450,'Issue Resolved','ExitPoint','12.1',null,null,null,1,6,123,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (14,450,'Ask the customer to perform a master reset. Does this resolve their issue?','Question','12.2,11.2','14.2,14.1',null,282,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (15,450,'Faulty CPE','ExitPoint','14.2',null,null,null,1,6,124,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSITEM_SIM_v6 (QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,INNERTEXT,ITEMTYPE,LINKFROM,LINKTO,ASSOCIATED,CONTENT_ID,EXITPOINT1_ID,EXITPOINT2_ID,EXITPOINT3_ID,RESOLVEIDENTIFIER,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,FOLLOWONCALL,USERINPUT,ISLOCKED,PREVIOUSANSWER,VISIBLETOAGENT,RETRYATTEMPT,TAGS) values (16,450,'Issue Resolved','ExitPoint','14.1',null,null,null,1,6,123,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
CREATE TABLE "LIVEPROCESS_EC_V"
(     "PROCESS_ID" NUMBER(10,0),
     "USER_ID" NUMBER(10,0),
     "CREATED" TIMESTAMP (6)
Insert into LIVEPROCESS_EC (PROCESS_ID,USER_ID,CREATED) values (450,7460,to_timestamp('21-APR-08 09.34.41.000000000 AM','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SS.FF AM'));
Required O/P in XML format
<P>
<Ppid>450</Ppid>
<PI>
<PIqid>1</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>CBB1015 - Router Firewall Settinngs Process</PItext>
<PItype>Title</PItype>
<PIto>2</PIto>
<PO />
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>2</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Is the customers PC Firewall turned off?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>1</PIfrom>
<PIto>2.2,2.1</PIto>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>2</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>5</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>2</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>3</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>3</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Advise the customer to turn off the PC Firewall in order to continue. Has this been done?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>2.2</PIfrom>
<PIto>3.2,3.1</PIto>
<PIc>278</PIc>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>3</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>5</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>3</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>4</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>4</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Advise the customer the PC Firewall must be switched off before this process????</PItext>
<PItype>ExitPoint</PItype>
<PIfrom>3.2</PIfrom>
<PIe1>14</PIe1>
<PO />
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>5</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Is the customer able to access the internet now?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>3.1,2.1</PIfrom>
<PIto>5.2,5.1</PIto>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>5</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>6</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>5</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>8</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>6</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Is the customer having a problem with a specific website?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>5.1</PIfrom>
<PIto>6.2,6.1</PIto>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>6</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>7</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>6</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>8</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>7</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>1536: CBB1008 - Browser Setup and Daignostics</PItext>
<PItype>SubProcess</PItype>
<PIfrom>6.1</PIfrom>
<PIas>1536-1-0</PIas>
<PO />
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>8</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>What is the security level on the CPE Management page?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>6.2,5.2</PIfrom>
<PIto>8.4,8.3,8.2,8.1</PIto>
<PIc>279</PIc>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>8</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Block All</POtext>
<POto>9</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>8</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Standard</POtext>
<POto>11</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>3</POoid>
<POqid>8</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Disabled</POtext>
<POto>12</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>4</POoid>
<POqid>8</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>User Defined</POtext>
<POto>12</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>9</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Change the security level to Standard. Does this resolve the customers issue?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>8.1</PIfrom>
<PIto>9.2,9.1</PIto>
<PIc>280</PIc>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>9</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>10</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>9</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>11</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>10</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Issue Resolved</PItext>
<PItype>ExitPoint</PItype>
<PIfrom>9.1</PIfrom>
<PIe1>1</PIe1>
<PIe2>6</PIe2>
<PIe3>122</PIe3>
<PO />
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>11</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Change the security level to Disabled. Is the customer able to browse the internet?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>9.2,8.2</PIfrom>
<PIto>11.2,11.1</PIto>
<PIc>281</PIc>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>11</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>12</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>11</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>14</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>12</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Change the security level to Standard. Is the customer able to browse the internet now?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>11.1,8.3,8.4</PIfrom>
<PIto>12.2,12.1</PIto>
<PIc>283</PIc>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>12</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>13</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>12</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>14</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>13</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Issue Resolved</PItext>
<PItype>ExitPoint</PItype>
<PIfrom>12.1</PIfrom>
<PIe1>1</PIe1>
<PIe2>6</PIe2>
<PIe3>123</PIe3>
<PO />
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>14</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Ask the customer to perform a master reset. Does this resolve their issue?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>12.2,11.2</PIfrom>
<PIto>14.2,14.1</PIto>
<PIc>282</PIc>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>14</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>16</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>14</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>15</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>15</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Faulty CPE</PItext>
<PItype>ExitPoint</PItype>
<PIfrom>14.2</PIfrom>
<PIe1>1</PIe1>
<PIe2>6</PIe2>
<PIe3>124</PIe3>
<PO />
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>16</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Issue Resolved</PItext>
<PItype>ExitPoint</PItype>
<PIfrom>14.1</PIfrom>
<PIe1>1</PIe1>
<PIe2>6</PIe2>
<PIe3>123</PIe3>
<PO />
</PI>
</P>
Thanks in advance
Edited by: user512743 on Nov 18, 2008 4:46 AM

SQL Load ORDER BY clause

Does anyone know how or where to enter the ORDER BY clause when using a SQL data source in a load rule? I would prefer to do the ordering in the load rule rather than creating a view on the DB side to do this if at all possible.
According to the documentation "The SQL Statement box in the Open SQL Data Sources dialog box provides Select, From, and Where text boxes that help you write SQL queries. You can specify multiple data sources, filter the display of records, and specify how records displayed in Data Prep Editor are ordered and grouped." but I haven't found anywhere where you can order or group data. I don't need to be able group data I just want to be able to order my data to make the load process as efficient as possible.
I do sort the data when inserting it into the load table but Oracle doesn't necessarily insert the records into the table based on their order when going in.
We are currently on Essbase 11.1.1.3 and Oracle 11g.
Any help is greatly apprecied.

Well DUH! Everyone knows that! :-)
Not sure why I never tried that, but it works. They need to update the documentation to say this, but we all know that will never happen.
Thanks again!

Performance with order by clause

Dear all,
please find the below query .if i executed without order by it is going to execute with in 2 sec.if i add order by clause
it is taking more than 2 min.as per the business we need order by clause .plaese suggest me.it's very urgent.
SELECT "FACILITY_ID","VESSEL_NAME","CLASS_NUM","SURVEY_REPORT_NO","IMO_NUMBER","VESSEL_TYPE","VESSEL_TYPE_ID","PRIMARY_BUILDER","BUILDER_ID","REGISTER_OWNER","ABS_SURVEY_STATUS_ID","ABS_SURVEY_STATUS_DATE","NOT_ASSIGNED_SINCE","NO_OF_FINDINGS","CASE","SPM_ITM_CAT_NAME","LEAST_CONFIDENCE" FROM (SELECT
V. FACILITY_ID,
v.vessel_name,
v.class_num,
ASR.SURVEY_REPORT_NO,
V.IMO_NUMBER,
V.VESSEL_TYPE,
v.vessel_type_id,
V.PRIMARY_BUILDER,
V.BUILDER_ID,
V.REGISTER_OWNER,
ASR.ABS_SURVEY_STATUS_ID,
ASR.abs_survey_status_date,
ROUND(SYSDATE - ASR.abs_survey_status_date) AS NOT_ASSIGNED_SINCE,
(SELECT COUNT(1) FROM ABS_FINDINGS WHERE survey_report_no = asr.survey_report_no AND FIN_TAG_STAT_ID IN( 'TG')) AS no_of_findings,
CASE WHEN ( SELECT rnum FROM (SELECT survey_report_no,COUNT(rnum) rnum FROM (SELECT a.survey_report_no,COUNT(*) rnum FROM ABS_FINDINGS A,ABS_SURVEY_REPORTS b
     WHERE a.survey_report_no=b.survey_report_no
     GROUP BY a.survey_report_no,spm_item_category) GROUP BY survey_report_no ) WHERE survey_report_no=asr.survey_report_no )=1 THEN
( SELECT spm_item_cat_id FROM ABS_FINDINGS WHERE survey_report_no = asr.survey_report_no AND ROWNUM<2)
ELSE
5
END CASE,
(SELECT SPM_ITM_CAT_NAME FROM SPM_ITEM_CATEGORIES WHERE SPM_ITEM_CAT_ID =
(CASE WHEN ( SELECT rnum FROM (SELECT survey_report_no,COUNT(rnum) rnum FROM (SELECT a.survey_report_no,COUNT(*) rnum FROM ABS_FINDINGS A,ABS_SURVEY_REPORTS b
     WHERE a.survey_report_no=b.survey_report_no
     GROUP BY a.survey_report_no,spm_item_category) GROUP BY survey_report_no ) WHERE survey_report_no=asr.survey_report_no )=1 THEN
( SELECT spm_item_cat_id FROM ABS_FINDINGS WHERE survey_report_no = asr.survey_report_no AND ROWNUM<2)
ELSE
5
END )) AS SPM_ITM_CAT_NAME,
(SELECT MIN(tag_weight) FROM TAGGED_FINDINGS
          WHERE finding_id IN (SELECT finding_id FROM ABS_FINDINGS WHERE survey_report_no IN (ASR.SURVEY_REPORT_NO))) AS least_confidence
FROM
ABS_SURVEY_REPORTS ASR,
ABS_VESSELS V
WHERE
ASR.FACILITY_ID = V.FACILITY_ID
AND abs_survey_Status_id = 1 ) WHERE no_of_findings>0
ORDER BY ABS_SURVEY_STATUS_DATE
Thanks
venkat

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Sorting technique used by oracle for "order by" clause.

Hi All,
it could be very help to me if you provide some information about sorting technique used by oracle engine for order by clause.
Issue i am facing :
Table : xx
Line Date
1 05-06-2013 00:00:00
2 05-06-2013 00:00:00
when we query above table using order by date, it is returning line 2 prior to line 1. we would like to know why it is returning line 2 first?
Regards,
Ram

>
it could be very help to me if you provide some information about sorting technique used by oracle engine for order by clause.
>
Well ok - but be warned that many people wind up being sorry they ask that question. Hopefully Hemant's answer is what you really wanted.
See 'Linguistic Sorting and String Searching' in the Oracle® Database Globalization Support Guide
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28298/ch5lingsort.htm
Sorting will be controlled by the settings of NLS_LANGUAGE, NLS_SORT and NLS_COMP.
Here is the doc page for NLS_SORT
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28298/ch3globenv.htm#i1008393
>
NLS_SORT specifies the type of sort for character data. It overrides the default value that is derived from NLS_LANGUAGE.
NLS_SORT contains either of the following values:
NLS_SORT = BINARY | sort_name
BINARY specifies a binary sort. sort_name specifies a linguistic sort sequence.
>
And the one for NLS_COMP
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28298/ch3globenv.htm#i1008458
>
The value of NLS_COMP affects the comparison behavior of SQL operations.
You can use NLS_COMP to avoid the cumbersome process of using the NLSSORT function in SQL statements when you want to perform a linguistic comparison instead of a binary comparison. When NLS_COMP is set to LINGUISTIC, SQL operations perform a linguistic comparison based on the value of NLS_SORT. A setting of ANSI is for backward compatibility; in general, you should set NLS_COMP to LINGUISTIC when you want to perform a linguistic comparison.

Cursor ORDER BY Clause Changing Row Count In BULK COLLECT ... FOR LOOP?

Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 running on Windows Server 2003
Oracle Client 10.2.0.2.0 running on Windows 2000
I have some PL/SQL code that's intended to update a column in a table based on a lookup from another table. I started out by testing it with the UPDATE statement commented out, just visually inspecting the DBMS_OUTPUT results to see if it was sane. During this testing I added/changed the cursor ORDER BY clause to make it easier to read the output, and saw some strange results. I've run the code 3 times with:
1. no ORDER BY clause
2. ORDER BY with two columns (neither indexed)
3. ORDER BY with one column (not indexed)
and get three different "rows updated" counts - in fact, when using the ORDER BY clauses it appears that the code is processing more rows than without either ORDER BY clause. I'm wondering why adding / changing an ORDER BY <non-indexed column> clause in a cursor would affect the row count?
The code structure is:
TYPE my_Table_t IS TABLE OF table1%ROWTYPE ;
my_Table my_Table_t ;
CURSOR my_Cursor IS SELECT * FROM table1 ; -- initial case - no ORDER BY clause
-- ORDER BY table1.column1, table1.column2 ; -- neither column indexed
-- ORDER BY table1.column2 ; -- column not indexed
my_Loop_Count NUMBER := 0 ;
OPEN my_Cursor ;
LOOP
FETCH my_Cursor BULK COLLECT INTO my_Table LIMIT 100 ;
EXIT WHEN my_Table.COUNT = 0 ;
FOR i IN 1..my_Table.COUNT LOOP
my_New_Value := <call a pkg.funct to retrieve expected value from another table> ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value IS NULL ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value = <an undesirable value> ;
IF my_New_Value <> my_Table(i).column3 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE( 'Changing ' || my_Table(i).column3 || ' to ' || my_New_Value ) ;
UPDATE table1 SET column3 = my_New_Value WHERE column_pk = my_Table(i).column_pk ;
my_Loop_Count := my_Loop_Count + 1 ;
END IF ;
END LOOP ;
COMMIT ;
END LOOP ;
CLOSE my_Cursor ;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE( 'Processed ' || my_Loop_Count || ' Rows ' ) ;

Hello (and welcome),
Your handling the inner cursor exit control is suspect, which will result in (seemingly) erratic record counts.
Instead of:
LOOP
FETCH my_Cursor BULK COLLECT INTO my_Table LIMIT 100 ;
EXIT WHEN my_Table.COUNT = 0 ;
FOR i IN 1..my_Table.COUNT LOOP
my_New_Value := <call a pkg.funct to retrieve expected value from another table> ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value IS NULL ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value = <an undesirable value> ;
IF my_New_Value my_Table(i).column3 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE( 'Changing ' || my_Table(i).column3 || ' to ' || my_New_Value ) ;
UPDATE table1 SET column3 = my_New_Value WHERE column_pk = my_Table(i).column_pk ;
my_Loop_Count := my_Loop_Count + 1 ;
END IF ;
END LOOP ;
COMMIT ;
END LOOP ;Try this:
LOOP
FETCH my_Cursor BULK COLLECT INTO my_Table LIMIT 100 ;
FOR i IN 1..my_Table.COUNT LOOP
my_New_Value := <call a pkg.funct to retrieve expected value from another table> ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value IS NULL ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value = <an undesirable value> ;
IF my_New_Value my_Table(i).column3 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE( 'Changing ' || my_Table(i).column3 || ' to ' || my_New_Value ) ;
UPDATE table1 SET column3 = my_New_Value WHERE column_pk = my_Table(i).column_pk ;
my_Loop_Count := my_Loop_Count + 1 ;
END IF ;
EXIT WHEN my_Cursor%NOTFOUND;
END LOOP ;
END LOOP ;
COMMIT ;Which also takes the COMMIT outside of the LOOP -- try to never have a COMMIT inside of any LOOP.
Additionally, not too sure about these:
my_New_Value := <call a pkg.funct to retrieve expected value from another table> ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value IS NULL ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value = <an undesirable value> ;Any one of those EXITs will bypass your my_Loop_Count increment.
Edited by: SeánMacGC on Jul 9, 2009 8:37 AM
Had the cursor not found in the wrong place, now corrected.

Long run time with ORDER by clause

Hi,
I am having a query which is executing fine(in 2 mins) but when i am using order by clause in it, its taking around 13 mins.
Can anyone suggest what could be th reason and how to execute the same query are get the ordered record?
thanks.

Sorry for not providing complet details.
Database version id 10g.
Below is the execution plan when using with order by clause.
Execution Plan
| Id | Operation                              | Name              | Rows | Bytes | Cost |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT                       |                   |     1 |   118 | 1538 |
|   1 | FILTER                                |                   |       |       |       |
|   2 |   HASH JOIN                            |                   | 16657 | 1089K|    56 |
|   3 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL                   | FILETYP           |     6 |    60 |     3 |
|   4 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL                   | FILETYPSOURCEID   | 16657 |   927K|    52 |
|   5 |   NESTED LOOPS                         |                   |     1 |    35 |     3 |
|   6 |    TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID         | FILEWAREHOUSE     |     1 |    25 |     2 |
|   7 |     INDEX RANGE SCAN                   | FILEWAREHOUSE_DX2 |     1 |       |     2 |
|   8 |    TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID         | EXTFILE           |     1 |    10 |     1 |
|   9 |     INDEX UNIQUE SCAN                  | PK_EXTFILE        |     1 |       |     1 |
| 10 | SORT ORDER BY                         |                   |     1 |   118 | 1538 |
| 11 |   NESTED LOOPS                         |                   |     1 |   118 | 1534 |
| 12 |    NESTED LOOPS OUTER                  |                   |     1 |   100 | 1533 |
| 13 |     NESTED LOOPS OUTER                 |                   |     1 |    96 | 1532 |
| 14 |      NESTED LOOPS                      |                   |     1 |    88 | 1531 |
| 15 |       HASH JOIN                        |                   |     5 |   360 | 1524 |
| 16 |        TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID     | RTXN              |     1 |    22 |     1 |
| 17 |         NESTED LOOPS                   |                   |   117 | 5148 | 1518 |
| 18 |          VIEW                          | VW_SQ_1           | 20869 |   448K| 1441 |
| 19 |           HASH GROUP BY                |                   | 20869 |   427K| 1441 |
| 20 |            FILTER                      |                   |       |       |       |
| 21 |             TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| RTXNSTATHIST      | 20869 |   427K| 1304 |
| 22 |              INDEX RANGE SCAN          | RTXNSTATHIST_DX2 | 20869 |       |    29 |
| 23 |          INDEX RANGE SCAN              | PK_RTXN           |     1 |       |     1 |
| 24 |           NESTED LOOPS                 |                   |     1 |    24 |     3 |
| 25 |            TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | FILEWAREHOUSE     |     1 |    14 |     2 |
| 26 |             INDEX RANGE SCAN           | FILEWAREHOUSE_DX2 |     1 |       |     2 |
| 27 |            TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | EXTFILE           |     1 |    10 |     1 |
| 28 |             INDEX UNIQUE SCAN          | PK_EXTFILE        |     1 |       |     1 |
| 29 |        TABLE ACCESS FULL               | RTXNTYP           |     1 |    28 |     5 |
| 30 |       TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID      | RTXNSTATHIST      |     1 |    16 |     2 |
| 31 |        INDEX RANGE SCAN                | PK_RTXNSTATHIST   |     1 |       |     1 |
| 32 |      TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID       | NTWKNODE          |     1 |     8 |     1 |
| 33 |       INDEX UNIQUE SCAN                | PK_NTWKNODE       |     1 |       |     1 |
| 34 |     INDEX UNIQUE SCAN                  | PK_ORG            |     1 |     4 |     1 |
| 35 |    TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID         | ACCT              |     1 |    18 |     1 |
| 36 |     INDEX UNIQUE SCAN                  | PK_ACCT           |     1 |       |     1 |
Below is the execution plan when running without ORDER BY clause...
Execution Plan
| Id | Operation                             | Name              | Rows | Bytes | Cost |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT                      |                   |     1 |   135 | 1537 |
|   1 | FILTER                               |                   |       |       |       |
|   2 |   HASH JOIN                           |                   | 16657 | 1089K|    56 |
|   3 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL                  | FILETYP           |     6 |    60 |     3 |
|   4 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL                  | FILETYPSOURCEID   | 16657 |   927K|    52 |
|   5 |   NESTED LOOPS                        |                   |     1 |    35 |     3 |
|   6 |    TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID        | FILEWAREHOUSE     |     1 |    25 |     2 |
|   7 |     INDEX RANGE SCAN                  | FILEWAREHOUSE_DX2 |     1 |       |     2 |
|   8 |    TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID        | EXTFILE           |     1 |    10 |     1 |
|   9 |     INDEX UNIQUE SCAN                 | PK_EXTFILE        |     1 |       |     1 |
| 10 | NESTED LOOPS                         |                   |     1 |   135 | 1534 |
| 11 |   NESTED LOOPS OUTER                  |                   |     1 |   117 | 1533 |
| 12 |    NESTED LOOPS OUTER                 |                   |     1 |   113 | 1532 |
| 13 |     NESTED LOOPS                      |                   |     1 |   105 | 1531 |
| 14 |      HASH JOIN                        |                   |     5 |   445 | 1524 |
| 15 |       TABLE ACCESS FULL               | RTXNTYP           |     1 |    28 |     5 |
| 16 |       TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID     | RTXN              |     1 |    22 |     1 |
| 17 |        NESTED LOOPS                   |                   |   117 | 7137 | 1518 |
| 18 |         VIEW                          | VW_SQ_1           | 20869 |   794K| 1441 |
| 19 |          HASH GROUP BY                |                   | 20869 |   427K| 1441 |
| 20 |           FILTER                      |                   |       |       |       |
| 21 |            TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| RTXNSTATHIST      | 20869 |   427K| 1304 |
| 22 |             INDEX RANGE SCAN          | RTXNSTATHIST_DX2 | 20869 |       |    29 |
| 23 |         INDEX RANGE SCAN              | PK_RTXN           |     1 |       |     1 |
| 24 |          NESTED LOOPS                 |                   |     1 |    24 |     3 |
| 25 |           TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | FILEWAREHOUSE     |     1 |    14 |     2 |
| 26 |            INDEX RANGE SCAN           | FILEWAREHOUSE_DX2 |     1 |       |     2 |
| 27 |           TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | EXTFILE           |     1 |    10 |     1 |
| 28 |            INDEX UNIQUE SCAN          | PK_EXTFILE        |     1 |       |     1 |
| 29 |      TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID      | RTXNSTATHIST      |     1 |    16 |     2 |
| 30 |       INDEX RANGE SCAN                | PK_RTXNSTATHIST   |     1 |       |     1 |
| 31 |     TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID       | NTWKNODE          |     1 |     8 |     1 |
| 32 |      INDEX UNIQUE SCAN                | PK_NTWKNODE       |     1 |       |     1 |
| 33 |    INDEX UNIQUE SCAN                  | PK_ORG            |     1 |     4 |     1 |
| 34 |   TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID         | ACCT              |     1 |    18 |     1 |
| 35 |    INDEX UNIQUE SCAN                  | PK_ACCT           |     1 |       |     1 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Edited by: user10754555 on Feb 5, 2010 6:02 PM

Derived tables and Order by clause

Hi,
I have a query that looks as below.
The execution time of the query (10 sec) is fine when order by clause is removed from the query. But with order by clause, the execution time is 40 times more(400 sec). How to optimize this query so that it will execute within a minute, with ORDER BY clause included?
select X.a1, X.a2, X.a3, X.a4, Y.b1, Y.b2, Y.b3
from (select A.a1 a1, A.a2 a2, A.a3 a3, A.a4 a4
from A_table A
where A.a1 = 'something') X,
(select B.b1 b1, B.b2 b2, B.b3 b3
from B_table B
where B.b1 = 'some') Y
where
X.a1 = Y.a1 (+) AND (some other conditions)
order by X.a1, X.a2, Y.b1, Y.b2, X.a3, X.a4
thanks in advance,
Venkat

You do need the inline view Y if you are outer joining it because you must apply the
where B.b1 = 'some'
condition first.
However, the inline view X is not needed. Still, I'm not sure that getting rid of it is going to improve performance. Try it and see.
Incidentally, the outer join condition
where X.a1 = Y.a1 (+)
refers to Y.a1, but the inline view Y has no column named a1. Did you mean Y.b1?
What are the "some other conditions"? Do any of them involve the inline view Y alone (that is, are not join conditions)? If so, it may be that either: a) you don't need an outer join, or, b) those conditions should be moved into the inline view Y. In either case, this may improve performance.
Are you sure the execution time without the order by clause is really 10 seconds? Or, is that just the elapsed time to return the first row? With the order by clause, Oracle must identify all the rows before it can return the first row.

Order By Clause - Slows performance

On 10.2 when adding an order by clause to a query affects performance that returns 6 rows of data.
Before:
select distinct col1
from table1
Cost: 3,000
Execution Time: less than a second
Chooses: Bitmap Index Fast Full Scan Index (BitMap)
After:
select distinct col1
from table1
order by col1
Cost: 14,000
Execution time: 90 seconds
Chooses: Full TableScan
Any ideas as to why the order by causes the slow down ?
Thanks,

Venzi wrote:
Now you add the order by clause to it and Oracle has now to do a sort on it. It can't sort on the BITMAP index in that case so it has to go to the table. It is possible for Oracle to do the order by through the bitmap index - the reason it doesn't is probably down to arithmetic. (The situation is made a little messier by the fact that the table and index have been parallel enabled). Here's a plan from 10.2.0.3 showing the "order by" query running through the bitmap index:
| Id | Operation                          | Name     | Rows | Bytes | Cost |    TQ |IN-OUT| PQ Distrib |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT                   |          |     6 |    18 |   356 |        |      |            |
|   1 | PX COORDINATOR                    |          |       |       |       |        |      |            |
|   2 |   PX SEND QC (ORDER)               | :TQ10001 |     6 |    18 |   356 | Q1,01 | P->S | QC (ORDER) |
|   3 |    SORT GROUP BY                   |          |     6 |    18 |   356 | Q1,01 | PCWP |            |
|   4 |     PX RECEIVE                     |          | 2000K| 5859K|    63 | Q1,01 | PCWP |            |
|   5 |      PX SEND RANGE                 | :TQ10000 | 2000K| 5859K|    63 | Q1,00 | P->P | RANGE      |
|   6 |       PX BLOCK ITERATOR            |          | 2000K| 5859K|    63 | Q1,00 | PCWC |            |
|   7 |        BITMAP CONVERSION TO ROWIDS |          | 2000K| 5859K|    63 | Q1,00 | PCWP |            |
|   8 |         BITMAP INDEX FAST FULL SCAN| T1_B1    |       |       |       | Q1,00 | PCWP |            |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Note how the optimizer can recognise that the "group by" operation will allow it to avoid an explicit "order by" operation, and uses the "(ORDER)" distribution to pass the data to the Query Coordinator to enforce correct ordering.
Running up a test case with a couple of million rows, it looks like the underlying problem the OP has is that the CBO bypasses a few of the execution options in this particular case when parallel execution is possible. (I had to hint this plan - the default plan was a serial full scan of the index that allowed the optimizer to bypass the "sort order" because of a "sort unique", but the cost was much higher than this parallel plan - see below).
| Id | Operation               | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT        |       |     6 |    18 | 2269 |
|   1 | SORT UNIQUE NOSORT     |       |     6 |    18 | 2269 |
|   2 |   BITMAP INDEX FULL SCAN| T1_B1 | 2000K| 5859K|   278 |
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Jonathan Lewis
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http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk
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Query taking 6mins to execute wityh order by clause, 3secs without orderby

Dear All,
The below query is taking nearly 6minutes time to execute (as i have order by clause in the query)
/* Formatted on 2007/09/26 10:03 (Formatter Plus v4.8.0) */
SELECT (SELECT DISTINCT grndate
FROM fs_lg_grnhdr
WHERE grnid = pl.grnid AND custwhid = pl.custwhid)
grndate,
pl.grnid,
(SELECT DISTINCT vi.orderno
FROM fs_lg_vendorinvoicehdr vi, fs_lg_grndtl gd
WHERE gd.vendorinvoiceid = vi.vendorinvoiceid
AND gd.custwhid = vi.custwhid
AND gd.custwhid = pl.custwhid
AND gd.grnid = pl.grnid
AND gd.partid = pl.partid) orderno,
pl.expirydate, pl.batchno, pl.packuom,
NVL (pl.receiptqty, 0) receiptqty, pl.putawayid, pl.lineno,
(SELECT customscontrolno
FROM fs_lg_putawaydtl
WHERE custwhid = pl.custwhid
AND putawayid = pl.putawayid
AND partid = pl.partid
AND locationto = pl.locationid) cctrlno,
(SELECT customspermitno
FROM fs_lg_putawayhdr
WHERE custwhid = pl.custwhid
AND putawayid = pl.putawayid) cpermitno,
(SELECT SUM (pdtl.pickqty)
FROM fs_lg_pickticketdtl pdtl,
fs_lg_picktickethdr phdr
WHERE pdtl.custwhid = pl.custwhid
AND pdtl.putawayid = pl.putawayid
AND pdtl.putawaylineno = pl.lineno
AND phdr.custwhid = pdtl.custwhid
AND phdr.pickticketid = pdtl.pickticketid
AND phdr.pickdate < '01-SEP-2007'
AND pdtl.status = 'CM') previousoutqty,
(SELECT SUM (pdtl.pickqty)
FROM fs_lg_pickticketdtl pdtl,
fs_lg_picktickethdr phdr
WHERE pdtl.custwhid = pl.custwhid
AND pdtl.putawayid = pl.putawayid
AND pdtl.putawaylineno = pl.lineno
AND phdr.custwhid = pdtl.custwhid
AND phdr.pickticketid = pdtl.pickticketid
AND phdr.pickdate BETWEEN '01-SEP-2007'
AND '25-SEP-2007'
AND pdtl.status = 'CM') presentoutqty,
NVL ((SELECT SUM (qty)
FROM fs_lg_internaltransdtl
WHERE putawayid = pl.putawayid
AND fromputawaylineno = pl.lineno
AND custwhid = pl.custwhid),
0
) toistqty,
NVL ((SELECT SUM (qty)
FROM fs_lg_internaltransdtl
WHERE custwhid = pl.custwhid
AND putawayid = pl.putawayid
AND slno = pl.lineno),
0
) fromistqty
FROM fs_lg_partloads pl
WHERE pl.partid = '2ERCH-2022'
AND pl.custwhid = 'RNH-CSM'
AND inventoryflag IN ('AVAIL','')
AND pl.status = 'CM'
AND pl.grndate <= '25-SEP-2007'
ORDER BY grndate, pl.grnid, pl.putawayid, pl.lineno;
But when i don't use the order by clause it is executing within 3 seconds. But i need to get the output in the sorted order as shown in the order by clause.
Is there any way to avoid order by clause and to get the same output as with order by clasue, and i need to execute the query with less time.
Please help me in this.
Thanks in advance
Mahi

Dear Alok Kumar,
When i execute sql>set autotrace traceonly statistics ;
I am getting the below errors...
SP2-0618: Cannot find the Session Identifier. Check PLUSTRACE role is enabled
SP2-0611: Error enabling STATISTICS report
What could be the problem, how to resolve this to get the statistics?
But when i use sql>set autotrace traceonly explain; i got the below output for the above query..
Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE
1 0 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'FS_LG_GRNHDR'
2 1 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'SYS_C00293078' (UNIQUE)
3 0 SORT (UNIQUE)
4 3 NESTED LOOPS
5 4 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'FS_LG_GRNDTL'
6 5 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'SYS_C00293075' (UNIQUE)
7 4 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'FS_LG_VENDORINVOICEH
DR'
8 7 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_VENDORINVOICE' (UNIQUE)
9 0 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'FS_LG_PUTAWAYDTL'
10 9 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'SYS_C00293260' (UNIQUE)
11 0 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'FS_LG_PUTAWAYHDR'
12 11 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'SYS_C00293263' (UNIQUE)
13 0 SORT (AGGREGATE)
14 13 NESTED LOOPS
15 14 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'FS_LG_PICKTICKETDTL'
16 15 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'F_L_P_CWI_IND1' (NON-UNIQUE)
17 14 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'FS_LG_PICKTICKETHDR'
18 17 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'SYS_C00293202' (UNIQUE)
19 0 SORT (AGGREGATE)
20 19 NESTED LOOPS
21 20 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'FS_LG_PICKTICKETDTL'
22 21 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'F_L_P_CWI_IND1' (NON-UNIQUE)
23 20 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'FS_LG_PICKTICKETHDR'
24 23 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'SYS_C00293202' (UNIQUE)
25 0 SORT (AGGREGATE)
26 25 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'FS_LG_INTERNALTRANSDTL
27 26 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PK_INTERNALTRANSDTL' (UNIQUE)
28 0 SORT (AGGREGATE)
29 28 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'FS_LG_INTERNALTRANSDTL
30 29 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PK_INTERNALTRANSDTL' (UNIQUE)
31 0 SORT (ORDER BY)
32 31 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'FS_LG_PARTLOADS'
33 32 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PK_PARTLOADS' (UNIQUE)
Please advice me regarding this...
Thanks in advance
Mahi

Order by clause not working

Hi, everyone,
I am trying to use the following insert statement to insert records in asc order. if i use the select statement alone the order by clause works fine, but when i use the same sql and add a insert into table statment the order by clause does not work. I am not getting the records in ascending order. could anybody help me in this regard?
INSERT INTO cat_sales_stg
select      b.SSC,
     ltrim(rtrim(a.CAT_DESC)) cat_desc,
     SUM(a.AMOUNT) AMOUNT
FROM Trans a, SSC b
WHERE a.ACCOUNT_NUMBER = TO_CHAR(b.ACCOUNT_NUMBER)
     AND a.TMONTH >= 200905 AND a.TMONTH <= 200910
     AND a.FORMAT_NAME = 'ABC'
     AND b.BMONTH = 200910
     AND b.SAMPLE = 3
     AND b.BANNER_NAME = 'ABC'
     AND b.MODEL_NAME = 'XYZ'
group by b.SSC, ltrim(rtrim(a.CAT_DESC))
order by ssc,cat_desc
Thanks in advance

user10636796 wrote:
Hi, everyone,
I am trying to use the following insert statement to insert records in asc orderWhat Toon, William, and others have said is that you DON'T insert rows in a specific order. That is completely outside the way relational databases are designed. You insert rows as unordered and use an ORDER BY clause in a SELECT when reading them. ORDER BY is for SELECT statements, not INSERT.
In particular Toon poined out that we can't control where individual rows get stored.
There is a databas object called a varray that can store data in sorted order. I have never seen them used because selecting the data back out again is more work; using an ordinary table and an ORDER BY clause is much easier.

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