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Procedure populateCountryTrafficDetails(pWeekStartDate IN Date , pCountry IN d_geography.country_code%TYPE) is
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AR_OrgId number(10);
Cursor cTraffic is
Select
l.actual_date, nvl(o.city||o.zipcode,'Undefined') Site,
g.country_code,d.customer_name, d.customer_number,t.contrno bcn,
nvl(r.dest_level3,'Undefined'),
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sum(f.duration),
sum(f.debamount_eur)
from d_calendar_date l,
d_geography g,
d_customer d, d_contract t, d_subscriber s,
d_retail_dest r, d_product p,
CPS_ORDER_DETAILS o,
f_retail_revenue f
where
l.date_key = f.call_date_key and
g.geography_key = f.geography_key and
r.dest_key = f.dest_key and
p.product_key = f.product_key and
--c.customer_key = f.customer_key and
d.customer_key = f.customer_key and
t.contract_key = f.contract_key and
s.SUBSCRIBER_KEY = f.SUBSCRIBER_KEY and
o.org_id(+) = AR_OrgId and
g.country_code = pCountry and
l.actual_date >= startdate and
l.actual_date <= (startdate + 90) and
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p.product_code in ('800','801','802','804','820','821')
group by
l.actual_date,
o.city||o.zipcode, g.country_code,d.customer_name, d.customer_number,t.contrno,r.dest_level3, p.product_code;
Type CountryTabType is Table of country_traffic_details.Country%Type index by BINARY_INTEGER;
Type CallDateTabType is Table of country_traffic_details.CALL_DATE%Type index by BINARY_INTEGER;
Type CustomerNameTabType is Table of Country_traffic_details.Customer_name%Type index by BINARY_INTEGER;
Type CustomerNumberTabType is Table of Country_traffic_details.Customer_number%Type index by BINARY_INTEGER;
Type BcnTabType is Table of Country_traffic_details.Bcn%Type index by BINARY_INTEGER;
Type DestinationTypeTabType is Table of Country_traffic_details.DESTINATION_TYPE%Type index by BINARY_INTEGER;
Type ProductCodeTabType is Table of Country_traffic_details.Product_Code%Type index by BINARY_INTEGER;
Type ProductTabType is Table of Country_traffic_details.Product%Type index by BINARY_INTEGER;
Type DurationTabType is Table of Country_traffic_details.Duration%Type index by BINARY_INTEGER;
Type DebamounteurTabType is Table of Country_traffic_details.DEBAMOUNTEUR%Type index by BINARY_INTEGER;
Type SiteTabType is Table of Country_traffic_details.Site%Type index by BINARY_INTEGER;
CountryArr CountryTabType;
CallDateArr CallDateTabType;
Customer_NameArr CustomerNameTabType;
CustomerNumberArr CustomerNumberTabType;
BCNArr BCNTabType;
DESTINATION_TYPEArr DESTINATIONTYPETabType;
PRODUCT_CODEArr PRODUCTCODETabType;
PRODUCTArr PRODUCTTabType;
DurationArr DurationTabType;
DebamounteurArr DebamounteurTabType;
SiteArr SiteTabType;
Begin
startdate := (trunc(pWeekStartDate) + 6) - 90;
Exe_Pos := 1;
Execute Immediate 'Truncate table country_traffic_details';
dropIndexes('country_traffic_details');
Exe_Pos := 2;
/* Set org ID's as per AR */
case (pCountry)
when 'FR' then AR_OrgId := 81;
when 'AT' then AR_OrgId := 125;
when 'CH' then AR_OrgId := 126;
when 'DE' then AR_OrgId := 127;
when 'ES' then AR_OrgId := 123;
when 'IT' then AR_OrgId := 122;
when 'PT' then AR_OrgId := 124;
when 'BE' then AR_OrgId := 132;
when 'IE' then AR_OrgId := 128;
when 'DK' then AR_OrgId := 133;
when 'NL' then AR_OrgId := 129;
when 'SE' then AR_OrgId := 130;
when 'UK' then AR_OrgId := 131;
else raise_application_error (-20003, 'No such Country Code Exists.');
end case;
Exe_Pos := 3;
dbms_output.put_line('3: '||to_char(sysdate, 'HH24:MI:SS'));
populateOrderDetails(AR_OrgId);
dbms_output.put_line('4: '||to_char(sysdate, 'HH24:MI:SS'));
Exe_Pos := 4;
Open cTraffic;
Loop
Exe_Pos := 5;
CallDateArr.delete;
FETCH cTraffic BULK COLLECT
INTO CallDateArr, SiteArr, CountryArr, Customer_NameArr,CustomerNumberArr,
BCNArr,DESTINATION_TYPEArr,PRODUCT_CODEArr, PRODUCTArr, DurationArr, DebamounteurArr LIMIT arraySize;
EXIT WHEN CallDateArr.first IS NULL;
Exe_pos := 6;
FORALL i IN 1..callDateArr.last
insert into country_traffic_details
values(CallDateArr(i), CountryArr(i), Customer_NameArr(i),CustomerNumberArr(i),
BCNArr(i),DESTINATION_TYPEArr(i),PRODUCT_CODEArr(i), PRODUCTArr(i), DurationArr(i),
DebamounteurArr(i), SiteArr(i));
Exe_pos := 7;
dbms_output.put_line('7: '||to_char(sysdate, 'HH24:MI:SS'));
EXIT WHEN ctraffic%NOTFOUND;
END LOOP;
commit;
Exe_Pos := 8;
commit;
dbms_output.put_line('8: '||to_char(sysdate, 'HH24:MI:SS'));
lSql := 'CREATE INDEX COUNTRY_TRAFFIC_DETAILS_CUSTNO ON country_traffic_details (CUSTOMER_NUMBER)';
execDDl(lSql);
lSql := 'CREATE INDEX COUNTRY_TRAFFIC_DETAILS_BCN ON country_traffic_details (BCN)';
execDDl(lSql);
lSql := 'CREATE INDEX COUNTRY_TRAFFIC_DETAILS_PRODCD ON country_traffic_details (PRODUCT_CODE)';
execDDl(lSql);
lSql := 'CREATE INDEX COUNTRY_TRAFFIC_DETAILS_SITE ON country_traffic_details (SITE)';
execDDl(lSql);
lSql := 'CREATE INDEX COUNTRY_TRAFFIC_DETAILS_DESTYP ON country_traffic_details (DESTINATION_TYPE)';
execDDl(lSql);
Exe_Pos:= 9;
dbms_output.put_line('9: '||to_char(sysdate, 'HH24:MI:SS'));
Exception
When Others then
raise_application_error(-20003, 'Error in populateCountryTrafficDetails at Position: '||Exe_Pos||' The Error is '||SQLERRM);
End populateCountryTrafficDetails;
In the above procedure if i substitute the values with hard coded values i.e. AR_orgid = 123 & pcountry = 'Austria' then it runs faster.
Please let me know why it is so ?
Thanks in advance.
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