Need help with performance & memory tuning in a data warehousing environment

Dear All,
Good Day.
We had successfully migrated from a 4 node half-rack V2 Exadata to a 2 node quarter rack X4-2 Exadata. However, we are facing some issues with performance only for few loads while others have in fact shown good improvement.
1. The total memory on the OS is 250GB for each node (two compute nodes for a quarter rack).
2. Would be grateful if someone could help me with the best equation to calculate the SGA and PGA ( and also in allocation of shared_pool, large_pool etc) or whether Automatic Memory Management is advisable?
3. We had run exachk report which suggested us to configure huge pages.
4. When we tried to increase the SGA to more than 30GB the system doesn't allow us to do so. We had however set the PGA to 85GB.
5. Also, we had observed that some of the queries involving joins and indexes are taking longer time.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
Warm Regards,
Vikram.

Hi Vikram,
There is no formula about SGA and PGA, but the best practices for OLTP environments is for a give ammount of memory (which cannot be up to 80% of total RAM from server) you should make 80% to SGA and 20% to PGA. For Data Warehouse envs, the values are like 60% SGA and 40% PGA or it can be up to 50%-50%. Also, some docs disencourage you to keep the database in Automatic Memory Management when you are using a big SGA (> 10G).
As you are using a RAC environment, you should configure Huge Pages. And if the systems are not allowing you to increase memory, just take a look at the semaphore parameters, probably they are set lower values. And for the poor performance queries, we need to see explain plans, table structure and you would also analyze if smart scan is playing the game.
Regards.

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                 nvl(fr.u_overruled_result, fr.u_calculated_result) as Resultfinal, 
                 count(distinct nvl(fr.u_overruled_result, fr.u_calculated_result)) over (partition by concat(fr.u_sdg_id, fr.u_test_template_id)) as resultdistinct,
               count(nvl(fr.u_overruled_result, fr.u_calculated_result)) over (partition by concat(fr.u_sdg_id, fr.u_test_template_id)) as resultcount
        FROM lims_sys.u_finalresult_user fr
        WHERE fr.u_requested = 'T'
        AND nvl(fr.u_overruled_result,fr.u_calculated_result) != 'X'
         AND fr.u_sdg_id IN (:SDGID)
    ) fr,
        SELECT concat(fr.u_sdg_id, fr.u_test_template_id) as ref,
               nvl( fr.u_overruled_result, fr.u_calculated_result),
               to_char(count(*)) || 'x' || nvl(fr.u_overruled_result, fr.u_calculated_result) as valcount,
               row_number() over (partition by concat(fr.u_sdg_id, fr.u_test_template_id) order by count(*) desc, nvl(fr.u_overruled_result, fr.u_calculated_result)) as rank,
               count(*) over (partition by concat(fr.u_sdg_id, fr.u_test_template_id)) AS MaxLevel  
        FROM lims_sys.u_finalresult_user fr
        WHERE nvl(fr.u_overruled_result,fr.u_calculated_result) != 'X'
        AND fr.u_sdg_id IN (:SDGID)
        GROUP BY concat(fr.u_sdg_id, fr.u_test_template_id), nvl(fr.u_overruled_result,fr.u_calculated_result)
    ) fr_pivot
    WHERE sd.sdg_id = fr.u_sdg_id (+)
    AND sd.test_template_id = fr.u_test_template_id (+)
    AND fr_pivot.ref = concat(fr.u_sdg_id,fr.u_test_template_id)
    AND level = maxlevel
        start with rank = 1 connect by
        prior fr.u_sdg_id = fr.u_sdg_id
        and prior fr.u_test_template_id = fr.u_test_template_id
        and prior rank = rank - 1
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse        1      0.03       0.58          0          0          0           0
    Execute      2      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Fetch        1   8344.424154501457.66      15955     140391     178371         500
    total        4   8344.454154501458.25      15955     140391     178371         500
    Misses in library cache during parse: 1
    Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
    Parsing user id: 44 
    Rows     Row Source Operation
        500  FILTER 
        507   CONNECT BY WITH FILTERING
      24731    FILTER 
    169667     COUNT 
    169667      HASH JOIN 
         34       VIEW 
         34        WINDOW SORT
         34         SORT GROUP BY
        312          TABLE ACCESS FULL U_FINALRESULT_USER
      24731       HASH JOIN OUTER
        546        VIEW 
        546         FILTER 
        546          TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID TEST
       1093           NESTED LOOPS 
        546            NESTED LOOPS 
        123             NESTED LOOPS 
          1              NESTED LOOPS 
          1               TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID SDG
          1                INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_SDG (object id 54343)
          1               TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID SDG_USER
          1                INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_SDG_USER (object id 54368)
        123              TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID SAMPLE
        123               INDEX RANGE SCAN FK_SAMPLE_SDG (object id 54262)
        546             TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID ALIQUOT
        546              INDEX RANGE SCAN FK_ALIQUOT_SAMPLE (object id 53620)
        546            INDEX RANGE SCAN FK_TEST_ALIQUOT (object id 54493)
          0          INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
          0          INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
          0          INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
          0          INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
        291        VIEW 
        291         SORT UNIQUE
        291          WINDOW SORT
        291           TABLE ACCESS FULL U_FINALRESULT_USER
    1312330604    HASH JOIN 
    169667     CONNECT BY PUMP 
    2036004     COUNT 
    2036004      HASH JOIN 
        408       VIEW 
        408        WINDOW SORT
        408         SORT GROUP BY
       3744          TABLE ACCESS FULL U_FINALRESULT_USER
    296772       HASH JOIN OUTER
       6552        VIEW 
       6552         FILTER 
       6552          TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID TEST
      13116           NESTED LOOPS 
       6552            NESTED LOOPS 
       1476             NESTED LOOPS 
         12              NESTED LOOPS 
         12               TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID SDG
         12                INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_SDG (object id 54343)
         12               TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID SDG_USER
         12                INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_SDG_USER (object id 54368)
       1476              TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID SAMPLE
       1476               INDEX RANGE SCAN FK_SAMPLE_SDG (object id 54262)
       6552             TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID ALIQUOT
       6552              INDEX RANGE SCAN FK_ALIQUOT_SAMPLE (object id 53620)
       6552            INDEX RANGE SCAN FK_TEST_ALIQUOT (object id 54493)
          0          INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
          0          INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
          0          INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
          0          INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
       3492        VIEW 
       3492         SORT UNIQUE
       3492          WINDOW SORT
       3492           TABLE ACCESS FULL U_FINALRESULT_USER
    select 'x'
    from
    dual
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse        2      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Execute      2      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Fetch        2      0.00       0.00          0          6          0           2
    total        6      0.00       0.00          0          6          0           2
    Misses in library cache during parse: 0
    Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
    Parsing user id: 44 
    Rows     Row Source Operation
          1  TABLE ACCESS FULL DUAL
    begin :id := sys.dbms_transaction.local_transaction_id; end;
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse        2      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Execute      2      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           2
    Fetch        0      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    total        4      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           2
    Misses in library cache during parse: 0
    Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
    Parsing user id: 44 
    OVERALL TOTALS FOR ALL NON-RECURSIVE STATEMENTS
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse        9      0.03       0.59          0          0          0           0
    Execute     11      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           2
    Fetch        7   8344.424154501457.66      15955     140400     178371         506
    total       27   8344.454154501458.25      15955     140400     178371         508
    Misses in library cache during parse: 1
    OVERALL TOTALS FOR ALL RECURSIVE STATEMENTS
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse       40      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Execute     40      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Fetch       40      0.00       0.00          0         81          0          40
    total      120      0.00       0.00          0         81          0          40
    Misses in library cache during parse: 0
       10  user  SQL statements in session.
       40  internal SQL statements in session.
       50  SQL statements in session.
    Trace file: d:\oracle\admin\nautdev\udump\nautdev_ora_13020.trc
    Trace file compatibility: 9.00.01
    Sort options: default
           1  session in tracefile.
          10  user  SQL statements in trace file.
          40  internal SQL statements in trace file.
          50  SQL statements in trace file.
          10  unique SQL statements in trace file.
         544  lines in trace file.

    I altered the query as you suggested and added also a ordered hint. It seems that this solved my problem. Thank you.
    Explain
    SQL Statement which produced this data:
      select * from table(dbms_xplan.display)
    PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
    | Id  | Operation                              |  Name               | Rows  | Bytes |TempSpc| Cost  |
    |   0 | SELECT STATEMENT                       |                     |   366 |   759K|       |  4050 |
    |   1 |  SORT UNIQUE                           |                     |   366 |   759K|  1960K|  4050 |
    |*  2 |   FILTER                               |                     |       |       |       |       |
    |*  3 |    CONNECT BY WITH FILTERING           |                     |       |       |       |       |
    |*  4 |     FILTER                             |                     |       |       |       |       |
    |   5 |      COUNT                             |                     |       |       |       |       |
    |   6 |       FILTER                           |                     |       |       |       |       |
    |*  7 |        HASH JOIN                       |                     |   366 |   759K|       |  3918 |
    |   8 |         NESTED LOOPS                   |                     |   766 | 32938 |       |  3461 |
    |   9 |          NESTED LOOPS                  |                     |   766 | 22214 |       |  1163 |
    |  10 |           NESTED LOOPS                 |                     |   383 |  6894 |       |    14 |
    |  11 |            NESTED LOOPS                |                     |     1 |    10 |       |     3 |
    |  12 |             TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| SDG                 |     1 |     4 |       |     2 |
    |* 13 |              INDEX UNIQUE SCAN         | PK_SDG              |   865 |       |       |     1 |
    |  14 |             TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| SDG_USER            |     1 |     6 |       |     1 |
    |* 15 |              INDEX UNIQUE SCAN         | PK_SDG_USER         |     1 |       |       |       |
    |  16 |            TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | SAMPLE              |   383 |  3064 |       |    11 |
    |* 17 |             INDEX RANGE SCAN           | FK_SAMPLE_SDG       |   383 |       |       |     2 |
    |* 18 |           TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID  | ALIQUOT             |     2 |    22 |       |     3 |
    |* 19 |            INDEX RANGE SCAN            | FK_ALIQUOT_SAMPLE   |     2 |       |       |     2 |
    |* 20 |          TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID   | TEST                |     1 |    14 |       |     3 |
    |* 21 |           INDEX RANGE SCAN             | FK_TEST_ALIQUOT     |     1 |       |       |     2 |
    |  22 |         VIEW                           |                     |    74 |   150K|       |   455 |
    |  23 |          WINDOW SORT                   |                     |    74 |   150K|   408K|   455 |
    |  24 |           VIEW                         |                     |    74 |   150K|       |   428 |
    |  25 |            SORT UNIQUE                 |                     |    74 |   740 |       |   428 |
    |  26 |             WINDOW SORT                |                     |    74 |   740 |       |   428 |
    |* 27 |              TABLE ACCESS FULL         | U_FINALRESULT_USER  |    74 |   740 |       |   425 |
    |  28 |        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN               | PK_OPERATOR_GROUP   |     1 |     4 |       |       |
    |  29 |        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN               | PK_OPERATOR_GROUP   |     1 |     4 |       |       |
    |  30 |        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN               | PK_OPERATOR_GROUP   |     1 |     4 |       |       |
    |  31 |        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN               | PK_OPERATOR_GROUP   |     1 |     4 |       |       |
    |  32 |     HASH JOIN                          |                     |       |       |       |       |
    |  33 |      CONNECT BY PUMP                   |                     |       |       |       |       |
    |  34 |      COUNT                             |                     |       |       |       |       |
    |  35 |       FILTER                           |                     |       |       |       |       |
    |* 36 |        HASH JOIN                       |                     |   366 |   759K|       |  3918 |
    |  37 |         NESTED LOOPS                   |                     |   766 | 32938 |       |  3461 |
    |  38 |          NESTED LOOPS                  |                     |   766 | 22214 |       |  1163 |
    |  39 |           NESTED LOOPS                 |                     |   383 |  6894 |       |    14 |
    |  40 |            NESTED LOOPS                |                     |     1 |    10 |       |     3 |
    |  41 |             TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| SDG                 |     1 |     4 |       |     2 |
    |* 42 |              INDEX UNIQUE SCAN         | PK_SDG              |   865 |       |       |     1 |
    |  43 |             TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| SDG_USER            |     1 |     6 |       |     1 |
    |* 44 |              INDEX UNIQUE SCAN         | PK_SDG_USER         |     1 |       |       |       |
    |  45 |            TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | SAMPLE              |   383 |  3064 |       |    11 |
    |* 46 |             INDEX RANGE SCAN           | FK_SAMPLE_SDG       |   383 |       |       |     2 |
    |* 47 |           TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID  | ALIQUOT             |     2 |    22 |       |     3 |
    |* 48 |            INDEX RANGE SCAN            | FK_ALIQUOT_SAMPLE   |     2 |       |       |     2 |
    |* 49 |          TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID   | TEST                |     1 |    14 |       |     3 |
    |* 50 |           INDEX RANGE SCAN             | FK_TEST_ALIQUOT     |     1 |       |       |     2 |
    |  51 |         VIEW                           |                     |    74 |   150K|       |   455 |
    |  52 |          WINDOW SORT                   |                     |    74 |   150K|   408K|   455 |
    |  53 |           VIEW                         |                     |    74 |   150K|       |   428 |
    |  54 |            SORT UNIQUE                 |                     |    74 |   740 |       |   428 |
    |  55 |             WINDOW SORT                |                     |    74 |   740 |       |   428 |
    |* 56 |              TABLE ACCESS FULL         | U_FINALRESULT_USER  |    74 |   740 |       |   425 |
    |  57 |        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN               | PK_OPERATOR_GROUP   |     1 |     4 |       |       |
    |  58 |        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN               | PK_OPERATOR_GROUP   |     1 |     4 |       |       |
    |  59 |        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN               | PK_OPERATOR_GROUP   |     1 |     4 |       |       |
    |  60 |        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN               | PK_OPERATOR_GROUP   |     1 |     4 |       |       |
    Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
       2 - filter("FR"."MAXLEVEL"=LEVEL)
       3 - filter("FR"."RANK"=1)
       4 - filter("FR"."RANK"=1)
       7 - access("SYS_ALIAS_4"."SDG_ID"="FR"."U_SDG_ID" AND "SYS_ALIAS_1"."TEST_TEMPLATE_ID"="FR"."U_T
                  EST_TEMPLATE_ID")
      13 - access("SYS_ALIAS_4"."SDG_ID"=TO_NUMBER(:Z))
      15 - access("SYS_ALIAS_4"."SDG_ID"="SDG_USER"."SDG_ID")
      17 - access("SYS_ALIAS_4"."SDG_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_3"."SDG_ID")
      18 - filter("SYS_ALIAS_2"."STATUS"='V' OR "SYS_ALIAS_2"."STATUS"='P' OR "SYS_ALIAS_2"."STATUS"='C
      19 - access("SYS_ALIAS_2"."SAMPLE_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_3"."SAMPLE_ID")
      20 - filter("SYS_ALIAS_1"."DESCRIPTION" IS NOT NULL)
      21 - access("SYS_ALIAS_1"."ALIQUOT_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_2"."ALIQUOT_ID")
      27 - filter(NVL("U_FINALRESULT_USER"."U_OVERRULED_RESULT","U_FINALRESULT_USER"."U_CALCULATED_RESU
                  LT")<>'X' AND "U_FINALRESULT_USER"."U_SDG_ID"=TO_NUMBER(:Z))
      36 - access("SYS_ALIAS_4"."SDG_ID"="FR"."U_SDG_ID" AND "SYS_ALIAS_1"."TEST_TEMPLATE_ID"="FR"."U_T
                  EST_TEMPLATE_ID")
      42 - access("SYS_ALIAS_4"."SDG_ID"=TO_NUMBER(:Z))
      44 - access("SYS_ALIAS_4"."SDG_ID"="SDG_USER"."SDG_ID")
      46 - access("SYS_ALIAS_4"."SDG_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_3"."SDG_ID")
      47 - filter("SYS_ALIAS_2"."STATUS"='V' OR "SYS_ALIAS_2"."STATUS"='P' OR "SYS_ALIAS_2"."STATUS"='C
      48 - access("SYS_ALIAS_2"."SAMPLE_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_3"."SAMPLE_ID")
      49 - filter("SYS_ALIAS_1"."DESCRIPTION" IS NOT NULL)
      50 - access("SYS_ALIAS_1"."ALIQUOT_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_2"."ALIQUOT_ID")
      56 - filter(NVL("U_FINALRESULT_USER"."U_OVERRULED_RESULT","U_FINALRESULT_USER"."U_CALCULATED_RESU
                  LT")<>'X' AND "U_FINALRESULT_USER"."U_SDG_ID"=TO_NUMBER(:Z))
    Note: cpu costing is off
    [.pre]
    Tkprof
    [pre]
    TKPROF: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Jul 16 11:28:18 2007
    Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.
    Trace file: d:\oracle\admin\nautdev\udump\nautdev_ora_13144.trc
    Sort options: default
    count    = number of times OCI procedure was executed
    cpu      = cpu time in seconds executing
    elapsed  = elapsed time in seconds executing
    disk     = number of physical reads of buffers from disk
    query    = number of buffers gotten for consistent read
    current  = number of buffers gotten in current mode (usually for update)
    rows     = number of rows processed by the fetch or execute call
    alter session set sql_trace true
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse        0      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Execute      1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Fetch        0      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    total        1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Misses in library cache during parse: 0
    Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
    Parsing user id: 44 
    select VALUE
    from
    nls_session_parameters where PARAMETER='NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS'
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse        1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Execute      1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Fetch        1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           1
    total        3      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           1
    Misses in library cache during parse: 0
    Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
    Parsing user id: 44 
    Rows     Row Source Operation
          1  FIXED TABLE FULL X$NLS_PARAMETERS
    select VALUE
    from
    nls_session_parameters where PARAMETER='NLS_DATE_FORMAT'
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse        1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Execute      1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Fetch        1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           1
    total        3      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           1
    Misses in library cache during parse: 0
    Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
    Parsing user id: 44 
    Rows     Row Source Operation
          1  FIXED TABLE FULL X$NLS_PARAMETERS
    select VALUE
    from
    nls_session_parameters where PARAMETER='NLS_CURRENCY'
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse        1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Execute      1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Fetch        1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           1
    total        3      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           1
    Misses in library cache during parse: 0
    Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
    Parsing user id: 44 
    Rows     Row Source Operation
          1  FIXED TABLE FULL X$NLS_PARAMETERS
    select to_char(9,'9C')
    from
    dual
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse        1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Execute      1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Fetch        1      0.00       0.00          0          3          0           1
    total        3      0.00       0.00          0          3          0           1
    Misses in library cache during parse: 0
    Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
    Parsing user id: 44 
    Rows     Row Source Operation
          1  TABLE ACCESS FULL DUAL
    SELECT distinct sd.u_bas_stockseed_code,
           sd.u_bas_storage_code,
           sd.description as test,
           case when fr.resultcount < 8
                then null
                else case when fr.resultdistinct > 1
                          then 'spl'
                          else fr.resultfinal
                     end
           end as result,
            case when level >=2 and  fr.resultcount > 7
                then substr(sys_connect_by_path(valcount,','),2)
           end as spl
    FROM
        SELECT /*+ ORDERED */ sd.sdg_id,
               sa.sample_id,
               t.test_template_id,
               sdu.u_bas_stockseed_code,
                 sdu.u_bas_storage_code,
               t.description
        FROM lims_sys.sdg sd, lims_sys.sdg_user sdu, lims_sys.sample sa, lims_sys.aliquot a,lims_sys.test t
        WHERE sd.sdg_id = sdu.sdg_id
        AND sd.sdg_id = sa.sdg_id
        AND a.sample_id = sa.sample_id
        AND t.aliquot_id = a.aliquot_id
         AND a.status IN ('V','P','C')
         AND t.description is not null
        AND sd.sdg_id IN (:SDGID)
    ) sd,
        SELECT u_sdg_id,
               u_test_template_id,
                resultfinal,
                valcount,
                resultcount,
                resultdistinct,
               row_number() over (partition by u_sdg_id, u_test_template_id order by resultfinal) as rank,
                count(*) over (partition by u_sdg_id, u_test_template_id) AS MaxLevel  
         FROM
             SELECT distinct u_sdg_id, u_test_template_id,
                    nvl( u_overruled_result, u_calculated_result) as resultfinal,
                    to_char(count(*) over (partition by u_sdg_id, u_test_template_id,nvl(u_overruled_result, u_calculated_result))) || 'x' || nvl(u_overruled_result, u_calculated_result) as valcount,
                      count(nvl(u_overruled_result, u_calculated_result)) over (partition by u_sdg_id, u_test_template_id) as resultcount,
                      count(distinct nvl(u_overruled_result, u_calculated_result)) over (partition by u_sdg_id, u_test_template_id) as resultdistinct
              FROM lims_sys.u_finalresult_user
             WHERE nvl(u_overruled_result,u_calculated_result) != 'X'
             AND u_sdg_id IN (:SDGID)
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    Parse        1      0.06       0.64          0          0          0           0
    Execute      1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Fetch        1      2.26       2.79       2180      29539          0          38
    total        3      2.32       3.44       2180      29539          0          38
    Misses in library cache during parse: 1
    Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
    Parsing user id: 44 
    Rows     Row Source Operation
         38  SORT UNIQUE
      25381   FILTER 
      27648    CONNECT BY WITH FILTERING
        455     FILTER 
        610      COUNT 
        610       FILTER 
        610        HASH JOIN 
        455         NESTED LOOPS 
        459          NESTED LOOPS 
         12           NESTED LOOPS 
          1            NESTED LOOPS 
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          1              INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_SDG (object id 54343)
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        459           TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID ALIQUOT
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          0        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
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       2440       FILTER 
       2440        HASH JOIN 
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       1836          NESTED LOOPS 
         48           NESTED LOOPS 
          4            NESTED LOOPS 
          4             TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID SDG
          4              INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_SDG (object id 54343)
          4             TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID SDG_USER
          4              INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_SDG_USER (object id 54368)
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         48             INDEX RANGE SCAN FK_SAMPLE_SDG (object id 54262)
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       1840            INDEX RANGE SCAN FK_ALIQUOT_SAMPLE (object id 53620)
       1820          TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID TEST
       1836           INDEX RANGE SCAN FK_TEST_ALIQUOT (object id 54493)
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        204           VIEW 
        204            SORT UNIQUE
       1004             WINDOW SORT
       1004              TABLE ACCESS FULL U_FINALRESULT_USER
          0        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
          0        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
          0        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
          0        INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_OPERATOR_GROUP (object id 54041)
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    Parse        2      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Execute      2      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Fetch        2      0.00       0.00          0          6          0           2
    total        6      0.00       0.00          0          6          0           2
    Misses in library cache during parse: 0
    Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
    Parsing user id: 44 
    Rows     Row Source Operation
          1  TABLE ACCESS FULL DUAL
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    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse        2      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Execute      2      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           2
    Fetch        0      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    total        4      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           2
    Misses in library cache during parse: 0
    Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
    Parsing user id: 44 
    OVERALL TOTALS FOR ALL NON-RECURSIVE STATEMENTS
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse        9      0.06       0.65          0          0          0           0
    Execute     10      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           2
    Fetch        7      2.26       2.79       2180      29548          0          44
    total       26      2.32       3.45       2180      29548          0          46
    Misses in library cache during parse: 1
    OVERALL TOTALS FOR ALL RECURSIVE STATEMENTS
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse       61      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Execute     61      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Fetch       61      0.00       0.00          0        124          0          61
    total      183      0.00       0.00          0        124          0          61
    Misses in library cache during parse: 0
       10  user  SQL statements in session.
       61  internal SQL statements in session.
       71  SQL statements in session.
    Trace file: d:\oracle\admin\nautdev\udump\nautdev_ora_13144.trc
    Trace file compatibility: 9.00.01
    Sort options: default
           1  session in tracefile.
          10  user  SQL statements in trace file.
          61  internal SQL statements in trace file.
          71  SQL statements in trace file.
          10  unique SQL statements in trace file.
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    VinylCouture.com
    (706) 326-7911

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    Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ambrosiasw.ambrosiaaudiosupporthelper.daemon.plist
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        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
        <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
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        <key>KeepAlive</key>
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        <dict>
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        - checksum: 681742547
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    Contents of /private/etc/hosts
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    Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/[email protected]
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    Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist
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    Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.jdibackup.ZipCloud.autostart.plist
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        - checksum: 2356528749
        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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    Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.jdibackup.ZipCloud.notify.plist
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                             break;
                        case 4 :
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                             System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " / " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                             Modulus();
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                        case 5 :
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                             minimumValue();
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                        case 6 :
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                             Squareroot2();
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                             hexadecimalEquivalent1();
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                             hexadecimalEquivalent2();
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                        case 9 :
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                             Round2();
                             System.out.println("The rounded number of " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
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                        case 0 :
                             if (choice2 == 0) {
                                  System.exit(1);
                             break;
                   return choice2;
              public String anotherCalculation() throws IOException {
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                                  more = br3.readLine();
                                  String s1 = "y";
                                  String s2 = "Y";
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                                       while (inputCorrect = true){
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                                            System.out.println("");
                                            inputNumber2();
                                            System.out.println("");
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                                            System.out.println("");
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                                            System.out.println("");
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    *Can you please run my code for yourself and have a look at how this program is constructed*
    *and give me ANY feedback on how I can better this code(program) or if I've done anything wrong from your point of view.*
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    Smirre wrote:
    Now my question is this: How can I restrict the user to only enter 'letters' (and spaces of course) but allow NO numbers for his/her surname??You cannot restrict the user. It is a sad fact in programming that the worst bug always sits in front of the Computer.
    What you could do is checking the input string for numbers. If it contains numbers, just reprompt for the Name.
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