Performance tuning of an SQL

Hi All,
I have a cursor which is giving performance issues. The query executed by the cursor is as below. There is no Full table scan on the first part of the UNION. But on the second part, there is a Full table scan on AP_INVOICES_ALL. Could you please help me to avoid this FTS as well ? Or is there a better way to reframe the query or a better approach ? (The original query was modified by me to avoid the FTS in the first part, and the attached one is a modified query).
SELECT ICH.CC_NUM , AIN.INVOICE_NUM , AIN.INVOICE_TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE ,
AAL.ENTERED_DR , AAL.ENTERED_CR , AAL.ACCOUNTED_DR , AAL.ACCOUNTED_CR ,
AAL.AE_LINE_ID , AAL.AE_LINE_NUMBER , AAL.AE_HEADER_ID ,
AAL.AE_LINE_TYPE_CODE , AAL.CODE_COMBINATION_ID AE_LINE_CCID ,
PDI.CODE_COMBINATION_ID PDI_CCID , PDI.BUDGET_ACCOUNT_ID ,
AEH.ACCOUNTING_DATE , AEH.PERIOD_NAME , AEH.CREATED_BY , 'STANDARD'
INVOICE_TYPE
FROM
IGC_CC_HEADERS ICH
, PO_HEADERS_ALL PHE
, PO_DISTRIBUTIONS_ALL PDI
, PO_VENDOR_SITES_ALL PVE
, AP_INVOICES_ALL AIN
, AP_INVOICE_DISTRIBUTIONS PRE
, AP_INVOICE_DISTRIBUTIONS STND
, AP_SYSTEM_PARAMETERS ASP
, AP_AE_LINES AAL
, AP_AE_HEADERS_ALL AEH
WHERE AIN.INVOICE_ID = STND.INVOICE_ID AND ICH.CC_NUM =
PHE.SEGMENT1 AND AAL.SOURCE_TABLE = 'AP_INVOICE_DISTRIBUTIONS' AND
AAL.SOURCE_ID = STND.INVOICE_DISTRIBUTION_ID AND
STND.PREPAY_DISTRIBUTION_ID=PRE.INVOICE_DISTRIBUTION_ID AND
AEH.GL_TRANSFER_FLAG='N' AND AEH.AE_HEADER_ID = AAL.AE_HEADER_ID AND
PVE.VENDOR_SITE_ID = PHE.VENDOR_SITE_ID AND PHE.PO_HEADER_ID =
PDI.PO_HEADER_ID AND PDI.PO_DISTRIBUTION_ID=PRE.PO_DISTRIBUTION_ID AND
AIN.INVOICE_TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE <> 'PREPAYMENT' AND (
(STND.DIST_CODE_COMBINATION_ID=ASP.PREPAY_CODE_COMBINATION_ID AND
NVL(PVE.PREPAY_CODE_COMBINATION_ID,-1)=-1 ) OR
STND.DIST_CODE_COMBINATION_ID = PVE.PREPAY_CODE_COMBINATION_ID )
UNION
SELECT ICH.CC_NUM , AIN.INVOICE_NUM , AIN.INVOICE_TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE ,
AAL.ENTERED_DR , AAL.ENTERED_CR , AAL.ACCOUNTED_DR , AAL.ACCOUNTED_CR ,
AAL.AE_LINE_ID , AAL.AE_LINE_NUMBER , AAL.AE_HEADER_ID ,
AAL.AE_LINE_TYPE_CODE , AAL.CODE_COMBINATION_ID AE_LINE_CCID ,
PDI.CODE_COMBINATION_ID PDI_CCID , PDI.BUDGET_ACCOUNT_ID ,
AEH.ACCOUNTING_DATE , AEH.PERIOD_NAME , AEH.CREATED_BY , 'PREPAY'
INVOICE_TYPE
FROM
IGC_CC_HEADERS ICH
, PO_HEADERS_ALL PHE
, PO_DISTRIBUTIONS_ALL PDI
, PO_VENDOR_SITES_ALL PVE
, AP_INVOICES_ALL AIN
, AP_INVOICE_DISTRIBUTIONS AID
, AP_SYSTEM_PARAMETERS ASP
, AP_AE_LINES AAL
, AP_AE_HEADERS_ALL AEH
WHERE
AIN.INVOICE_ID = AID.INVOICE_ID AND ICH.CC_NUM = PHE.SEGMENT1 AND
AAL.SOURCE_TABLE = 'AP_INVOICE_DISTRIBUTIONS' AND AAL.SOURCE_ID =
AID.INVOICE_DISTRIBUTION_ID AND AEH.GL_TRANSFER_FLAG='N' AND
AEH.AE_HEADER_ID = AAL.AE_HEADER_ID AND PVE.VENDOR_SITE_ID =
PHE.VENDOR_SITE_ID AND PHE.PO_HEADER_ID = PDI.PO_HEADER_ID AND
PDI.PO_DISTRIBUTION_ID = AID.PO_DISTRIBUTION_ID AND
AIN.INVOICE_TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE = 'PREPAYMENT' AND ( (
AID.DIST_CODE_COMBINATION_ID = ASP.PREPAY_CODE_COMBINATION_ID AND NVL(
PVE.PREPAY_CODE_COMBINATION_ID,-1) = -1 ) OR AID.DIST_CODE_COMBINATION_ID =
PVE.PREPAY_CODE_COMBINATION_ID ) ORDER BY INVOICE_NUM,INVOICE_TYPE
Thanks a lot,
Arun

When your query takes too long ...
Also you say it is a cursor, what kind, if it is a loop then these are just slow anyway and tuning the query is more or less pointless if you want it to go much faster.

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Increase Performance and ROI for SQL Server Environments

May 2015
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The Buzz from Microsoft Ignite 2015
NetApp was in full force at the recent Microsoft Ignite show in Chicago, talking about solutions for hybrid cloud, and our proven solutions for Microsoft SQL Server and other Microsoft applications.
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Value
Analysis Results
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65%
Net present value (NPV)
$950,000
Payback period
six months
Total cost reduction
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$40,000
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The Buzz from Microsoft Ignite 2015
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Hot topics at the NetApp booth included:
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Chris Lemmons
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In many customer environments, NetApp has noticed that server CPU utilization is low—often on the order of just 20%. This is usually the result of I/O bottlenecks. Server cores have to sit and wait for I/O from hard disk drives (HDDs). We've been closely studying the impact of all-flash storage on SQL Server environments that use HDD-based storage systems. NetApp® All Flash FAS platform delivers world-class performance for SQL Server plus the storage efficiency, application integration, nondisruptive operations, and data protection of clustered Data ONTAP®, making it ideal for SQL Server environments.
Tests show that All Flash FAS can drive up IOPS and database server CPU utilization by as much as 4x. And with a 95% reduction in latency, you can achieve this level of performance with half as many servers. This reduces the number of servers you need and the number of cores you have to license, driving down costs by 50% or more and paying back your investment in flash in as little as six months.
Figure 1) NetApp All Flash FAS increases CPU utilization on your SQL Server database servers, lowering costs.
Source: NetApp, 2015
Whether you're running one of the newer versions of SQL Server or facing an upgrade of an earlier version, you can't afford not to take a second look at your storage environment.
End of Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is Rapidly Approaching
Microsoft has set the end of extended support for SQL Server 2005 for April 2016—less than a year away. With support for Microsoft Windows 2003 ending in July 2015, time may already be running short.
If you're running Windows Server 2003, new server hardware is almost certainly needed when you upgrade SQL Server. Evaluate your server and storage options now to get costs under control.
Test Methodology
To test the impact of flash on SQL Server performance, we replaced a legacy HDD-based storage system with an All Flash FAS AFF8080 EX. The legacy system was configured with almost 150 HDDs, a typical configuration for HDD storage supporting SQL Server. The AFF8080 EX used just 48 SSDs.
Table 1) Components used in testing.
Test Configuration Components
Details
SQL Server 2014 servers
Fujitsu RX300
Server operating system
Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Standard Edition
SQL Server database version
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Edition
Processors per server
2 6-core Xeon E5-2630 at 2.30 GHz
Fibre channel network
8Gb FC with multipathing
Storage controller
AFF8080 EX
Data ONTAP version
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Drive number and type
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Source: NetApp, 2015
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Figure 2) NetApp All Flash FAS increases IOPS and server CPU utilization and lowers latency.
Source: NetApp, 2015
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The All Flash FAS system still had additional headroom under this load.
Calculating the Savings
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The calculation includes the cost of the AFF8080 EX, eliminates the costs associated with the existing storage system, and cuts the total number of database servers from 10 to five. This reduces SQL Server licensing costs by 50%. The same workload was run with five servers and achieved the same results. ROI analysis is summarized in Table 2.
Table 2) ROI from replacing an HDD-based storage system with All Flash FAS, thereby cutting server and licensing costs in half.
Value
Analysis Results
ROI
65%
Net present value (NPV)
$950,000
Payback period
six months
Total cost reduction
More than $1 million saved over a 3-year analysis period compared to the legacy storage system
Savings on power, space, and administration
$40,000
Additional savings due to nondisruptive operations benefits (not included in ROI)
$90,000
Source: NetApp, 2015
The takeaway here is that you can replace your existing storage with All Flash FAS and get a big performance bump while substantially reducing your costs, with the majority of the savings derived from the reduction in SQL Server licensing costs.
Replace your existing storage with All Flash FAS and get a big performance bump while substantially reducing your costs.
Maximum SQL Server 2014 Performance
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A two-node AFF8080 EX achieved a maximum throughput of 322K IOPS at just over 1ms latency. For all points other than the maximum load point, latency was consistently under 1ms and remained under 0.8ms up to 180K IOPS.
Data Reduction and Storage Efficiency
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If you think the performance acceleration that comes with all-flash storage is cost prohibitive, think again. All Flash FAS doesn't just deliver a performance boost, it changes the economics of your operations, paying for itself with thousands in savings on licensing and server costs. In terms of dollars per IOPS, All Flash FAS is extremely economical relative to HDD.
And, because All Flash FAS runs NetApp clustered Data ONTAP, it delivers the most complete environment to support SQL Server and all your enterprise applications with capabilities that include comprehensive storage efficiency, integrated data protection, and deep integration for your applications.
For complete details on this testing look for NetApp TR-4303, which will be available in a few weeks. Stay tuned to Tech OnTap for more information as NetApp continues to run benchmarks with important server workloads including Oracle DB and server virtualization.
Learn more about NetApp solutions for SQL Server and NetApp All-flash solutions.
Quick Links
Tech OnTap Community
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Performance degradation in pl/sql parsing

We are trying to use xml pl/sql parser and noticed performance degradation as we run multiple times. We zeroed into the following clause:
doc := xmlparser.getDocument(p);
The first time the procedure is run the elapsed time at sqlplus is something like .45sec, but as we run repeatedly in the same session the elapsed time keeps on increasing by .02 seconds. If we log out and start fresh, we start again from .45sec.
We noticed similar degradation with
p := xmlparser.newParser;
but we got around by making the 'p' variable as package variable, initializing it once and using the same for all invocations.
Any suggestions?
Thank you.

Can I enhance the PL/SQL code for better performance ? Probably you can enhance it.
or, is this OK to take so long to process these many rows? It should take a few minutes, not several hours.
But please provide some more details like your database version etc.
I suggest to TRACE the session that executes the PL/SQL code, with WAIT events, so you'll see where and on what time is spent, you'll identify your 'problem statements very quickly' (after you or your DBA have TKPROF'ed the trace file).
SQL> alter session set events '10046 trace name context forever, level 12';
SQL> execute your PL/SQL code here
SQL> exitWill give you a .trc file in your udump directory on the server.
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/SQLTrace10046TrcsessAndTkprof10g.php
Also this informative thread can give you more ideas:
HOW TO: Post a SQL statement tuning request - template posting
as well as doing a search on 10046 at AskTom, http://asktom.oracle.com will give you more examples.
and reading Oracle's Performance Tuning Guide: http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/to_toc?pathname=server.102%2Fb14211%2Ftoc.htm&remark=portal+%28Getting+Started%29

Performance issue with pl/sql code

Hi Oracle Gurus,
I am in need of your recommendations for a performance issue that I am facing in production envrionment. There is a pl/sql procedure which executes with different elapsed time at different executions. Elapsed Times are 30minutes , 40 minutes, 65 minutes , 3 minutes ,3 seconds.
Expected elapsed time is maximum of 3 minutes. ( But some times it took 3 seconds too...! )
Output on all different executions are same that is deletion and insertion of 12K records into a table.
Here is the auto trace details of two different scenarios.
Slow execution - 33.65 minutes
Stat Name Statement Per Execution % Snap
Elapsed Time (ms) 1,712,343 1,712,342.6 41.4
CPU Time (ms) 1,679,689 1,679,688.6 44.7
Executions 1 N/A N/A
Buffer Gets ########## 167,257,973.0 86.9
Disk Reads 1,284 1,284.0 0.4
Parse Calls 1 1.0 0.0
User I/O Wait Time (ms) 4,264 N/A N/A
Cluster Wait Time (ms) 3,468 N/A N/A
Application Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Concurrency Wait Time (ms) 6 N/A N/A
Invalidations 0 N/A N/A
Version Count 4 N/A N/A
Sharable Mem(KB) 85 N/A N/A
 -------------------------------------------------------------Fast Exection : 5 seconds
Stat Name Statement Per Execution % Snap
Elapsed Time (ms) 41,550 41,550.3 0.7
CPU Time (ms) 40,776 40,776.3 1.0
Executions 1 N/A N/A
Buffer Gets 2,995,677 2,995,677.0 4.2
Disk Reads 22 22.0 0.0
Parse Calls 1 1.0 0.0
User I/O Wait Time (ms) 162 N/A N/A
Cluster Wait Time (ms) 621 N/A N/A
Application Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Concurrency Wait Time (ms) 55 N/A N/A
Invalidations 0 N/A N/A
Version Count 4 N/A N/A
Sharable Mem(KB) 85 N/A N/A
 -------------------------------------------------------------For security reasons, I cannot share the actual code. Its a report generating code that deletes and load the data into table using insert into select statement.
Delete from table ;
cursor X to get the master data ( 98 records )
For each X loop
insert into tableA select * from tables where a= X.a and b= X.b and c=X.c ..... ;
-- 12 K records inserted on average
insert into tableB select * from tables where a= X.a and b= X.b and c=X.c ..... ;
-- 12 K records inserted on average
end loop ;1. The select query is complex with bind variables ( explain plan varies for each values )
2. I have checked the tablespace of the tables involved, it is 82% used. DBA confirmed that it is not the reason.
3. Disk reads are high during long execution.
4. At long running times, I can see a db sequential read wait event on a index object. This index is on the table where data is inserted.
All I need to find is why this code is taking 3 seconds and 60 minutes on the same day and on the consecutive executions ?
Is there any other approach to find the root cause of this behaviour and to fix it ? Kindly adivse.
Thanks in advance your help.
Regards,
Hari
Edited by: BluShadow on 26-Sep-2012 08:24
edited to add {noformat}{noformat} tags. You've been a member long enough to know to do this yourself... so please do so in future. ({message:id=9360002})

Hariharan ST wrote:
Hi Oracle Gurus,
I am in need of your recommendations for a performance issue that I am facing in production envrionment. There is a pl/sql procedure which executes with different elapsed time at different executions. Please reedit your post and add some code tags around the trace information. This would improve readability greatly and will help us to help you
example
{code}
select * from dual;{code}
Based upon your description I can imagine two things.
a) The execution plan for the select query does change frequently.
A typical reason can be not up to date statistics.
b) Some locking / wait conflict. For example upon a UK index.
Are there any other operations going on while it is slow? If anybody inserts a value, then your session will wait, if the same (PK/UK) value also is to be inserted.
Those wait events can be recognized using standard tools like oracle sql developer or enterprise manager while the query is slow.
Also go through the links that are in the FAQ. They tell you how to get better information for makeing a tuning request.
SQL and PL/SQL FAQ
Edited by: Sven W. on Sep 25, 2012 6:41 PM

[ADF-11.1.2] Proof of view performance tuning in oracle adf

Hello,
Take an example of : http://www.gebs.ro/blog/oracle/adf-view-object-performance-tuning-analysis/
It tells me perfectly how to tune VO to achieve performance, but how to see it working ?
For example: I Set Fetch size of 25, 'in Batch of' set to 1 or 26 I see following SQL Statement in Log
[1028] SELECT Company.COMPANY_ID, Company.CREATED_DATE, Company.CREATED_BY, Company.LAST_MODIFY_DATE, Company.LAST_MODIFY_BY, Company.NAME FROM COMPANY Companyas if it is fetching all the records from table at a time no matter what's the size of Batch. If I am seeing 50 records on UI at a time, then I would expect at least 2 SELECT statement fetching 26 records by each statement if I set Batch Size to 26... OR at least 50 SELECT statement for Batch size set to '1'.
Please tell me how to see view performance tuning working ? How one can say that setting batch size = '1' is bad for performance?

Anandsagar,
why don't you just read up on http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E21764_01/core.1111/e10108/adf.htm#CIHHGADG
there are more factors influencing performance than just query. Btw, indexing your queries also helps to tune performance
Frank

Performance tuning in t

hi,
I have to do perofrmance for one program, it is taking 67000 secs in back ground for execution and 1000 secs for some varints .It is an ALV report.
please suggest me how to proced to change the code.

Performance tuning for Data Selection Statement
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/performance-tuning-for-data-selection-statement.htmDebugger
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/c6/617ca9e68c11d2b2ab080009b43351/content.htm
http://www.cba.nau.edu/haney-j/CIS497/Assignments/Debugging.doc
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/b3/d322540c3beb4ba53795784eebb680/frameset.htm
Run Time Analyser
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/c6/617cafe68c11d2b2ab080009b43351/content.htm
SQL trace
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/d1/801f7c454211d189710000e8322d00/content.htm
CATT - Computer Aided Testing Too
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/b3/410b37233f7c6fe10000009b38f936/frameset.htm
Test Workbench
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/a8/157235d0fa8742e10000009b38f889/frameset.htm
Coverage Analyser
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/c7/af9a79061a11d4b3d4080009b43351/content.htm
Runtime Monitor
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/b5/fa121cc15911d5993d00508b6b8b11/content.htm
Memory Inspector
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/a2/e5fc84cc87964cb2c29f584152d74e/content.htm
ECATT - Extended Computer Aided testing tool.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/20/e81c3b84e65e7be10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
Just refer to these links...
performance
Performance
Performance Guide
performance issues...
Performance Tuning
Performance issues
performance tuning
performance tuning
You can go to the transaction SE30 to have the runtime analysis of your program.Also try the transaction SCI , which is SAP Code Inspector.

Performance Tuning in IR

Hello All,
We have created some reports using Interactive Reporting Studio. The volume of data in that Oracle database are huge and in some tables of the relational database are having above 3-4 crores rows individually. We have created the .oce connection file using the 'Oracle Net' option. Oracle client ver is 10g. We earlier created pivot, chart and report in those .bqy files but had to delete those where-ever possible to decrease the processing time for getting those report generated.
But deleting those from the file and retaining just the result section (the bare minimum part of the file) even not yet helped us out solving the performance issue fully. Still now, in some reports, system gives error message 'Out of Memory' at the time of processing those reports. The memory of the client PCs,wherefrom the reports are being generated are 1 - 1.5 GB. For some reports, even it takes 1-2 hours for saving the results after process. In some cases, the PCs gets hanged at the time of processing. When we extract the query of those reports in sql and run them in TOAD/SQL PLUS, they take not so much time like IR.
Would you please help us out in the aforesaid issue ASAP? Please share your views/tips/suggestions etc in respect of performance tuning for IR. All reply would be highly appreciated.
Regards,
Raj

SQL + & Toad are tools that send SQL and spool results; IR is a tool that sends a request to the database to run SQL and then fiddles with the results before the user is even told data has been received. You need to minimize the time spent by IR manipulating results into objects the user isn't even asking for.
When a request is made to the database, Hyperion will wait until all of the results have been received. Once ALL of the results have been received, then IR will make multiple passes to apply sorts, filters and computed items existing in the results section. For some unknown reason, those three steps are performed more inefficiently then they would be performed in a table section. Only after all of the computed items have been calculated, all filters applied and all sorts sorted, then IR will start to calculate any reports, charts and pivots. After all that is done, the report stops processing and the data has been "returned"
To increase performance, you need to fine tune your IR Services and your BQY docs. Replicate your DAS on your server - it can only transfer 2g before it dies, restarts and your requested document hangs. You can replicated the DAS multiple times and should do so to make sure there are enough resources available for any concurrent users to make necessary requests and have data delivered to them.
To tune your bqy documents...
1) Your Results section MUST be free of any sorts, filters, or computed items. Create a staging table and put any sorts or local filters there. Move as many of your computed items to your database request line and ask the database to make the calculation (either directly or through stored procedures) so you are not at the mercy of the client machine. Any computed items that cannot be moved to the request line, need to be put on your new staging table.
2) Ask the users to choose filters. Programmatically build dynamic filters based on what the user is looking for. The goal is to cast a net only as big as the user needs so you are not bringing back unnecessary data. Otherwise, you will bring your server and client machines to a grinding halt.
3) Halt any report pagination. Built your reports from their own tables and put a dummy filter on the table that forces 0 rows in the table until the report is invoked. Hyperion will paginate every report BEFORE it even tells the user it has results so this will prevent the user from waiting an hour while 1000s of pages are paginated across multiple reports
4) Halt any object rendering until request. Same as above - create a system programmically for the user to tell the bqy what they want so they are not waiting forever for a pivot and 2 reports to compile and paginate when they want just a chart.
5) Saved compressed documents
6) Unless this document can be run as a job, there should be NO results stored with the document but if you do save results with the document, store the calculations too so you at least don't have to wait for them to pass again.
7) Remove all duplicate images and keep the image file size small.
Hope this helps!
PS: I forgot to mention - aside from results sections, in documents where the results are NOT saved, additional table sections take up very, very, very small bits of file size and, as long as there are not excessively larger images the same is true for Reports, Pivots and Charts. Additionally, the impact of file size only matters when the user is requesting the document. The file size is never an issue when the user is processing the report because it has already been delivered to them and cached (in workspace and in the web client)
Edited by: user10899957 on Feb 10, 2009 6:07 AM

Regarding performance tuning

hi,
i have developed a report program.its taking too much time to fetch the records.so what steps i have to consider to improve the performance. urgent plz.

Hi,
Check this links
Performance tuning for Data Selection Statement & Others
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/performance-tuning-for-data-selection-statement.htm
http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/perform/performhome.htm
http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAPABAPPerformanceTuning_PerformanceAnalysisTools.asp
http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/SAPABAPPerformanceTuning_Introduction.asp
1. Debugger
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/c6/617ca9e68c11d2b2ab080009b43351/content.htm
http://www.cba.nau.edu/haney-j/CIS497/Assignments/Debugging.doc
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/b3/d322540c3beb4ba53795784eebb680/frameset.htm
2. Run Time Analyser
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/c6/617cafe68c11d2b2ab080009b43351/content.htm
3. SQL trace
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/d1/801f7c454211d189710000e8322d00/content.htm
6. Coverage Analyser
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/c7/af9a79061a11d4b3d4080009b43351/content.htm
7. Runtime Monitor
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/b5/fa121cc15911d5993d00508b6b8b11/content.htm
8. Memory Inspector
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/a2/e5fc84cc87964cb2c29f584152d74e/content.htm
http://sap.genieholdings.com/abap/performance.htm
http://www.dbis.ethz.ch/research/publications/19.pdf
Reward Points if it is Useful.
Thanks,
Manjunath MS

How to avoid performance problems in PL/SQL?

How to avoid performance problems in PL/SQL?
As per my knowledge, below some points to avoid performance proble in PL/SQL.
Is there other point to avoid performance problems?
1. Use FORALL instead of FOR, and use BULK COLLECT to avoid looping many times.
2. EXECUTE IMMEDIATE is faster than DBMS_SQL
3. Use NOCOPY for OUT and IN OUT if the original value need not be retained. Overhead of keeping a copy of OUT is avoided.

Susil Kumar Nagarajan wrote:
1. Group no of functions or procedures into a PACKAGEPutting related functions and procedures into packages is useful from a code organization standpoint. It has nothing whatsoever to do with performance.
2. Good to use collections in place of cursors that do DML operations on large set of recordsBut using SQL is more efficient than using PL/SQL with bulk collects.
4. Optimize SQL statements if they need to
-> Avoid using IN, NOT IN conditions or those cause full table scans in queriesThat is not true.
-> See to queries they use Indexes properly , sometimes Leading index column is missed out that cause performance overheadAssuming "properly" implies that it is entirely possible that a table scan is more efficient than using an index.
5. use Oracle HINTS if query can't be further tuned and hints can considerably help youHints should be used only as a last resort. It is almost certainly the case that if you can use a hint that forces a particular plan to improve performance that there is some problem in the underlying statistics that should be fixed in order to resolve issues with many queries rather than just the one you're looking at.
Justin

Oracle Application Performance Tuning

Hello all,
Please forgive me if I am asking this in the wrong section.
I am a s/w engineer with 2 years of exp. I have been working as a performance tuning resource for Oracle EBS in my company. The work mostly involved SQL tuning and dealing with indexes etc. In this time I took up interest in DBA stuff and I completed my OCA in Oracle 10g. Now my comany is giving me an oppurtunity to move into an Application DBA team and I am totally confused about it.
Becoming an Apps DBA will mean that the effort I put into the certification in 10g will be of no use. There are other papers for Apps DBA certification. Should I stay put in performance tuning & wait for a Core DBA chance or shall I accept the Apps DBA oppurtunity.
Also, does my exp. in SQL performace tuning hold any value as such with out an exposure to DBA activities?
Kindly guide me in this regards as I am very confused at this juncture.
Regards,
Jithin

Jithin wrote:
Hello bigdelboy , Thank you for your reply.
Yes, By oracle Apps DBA I meant Oracle EBS.
Clearing 1Z0-046 is an option. However, my doubt is will clearing both the exams Admin I and Admin II be of any help without having practical expericnce? The EBS DBA work involves support and patching, cloning, and new node setup etc.
Also, is my performance tuning experience going to help me in any way in the journey forward as a DBA/ EBS DBA?
Thank you for your valuable time.
Regards,
Jithin SarathThe way I read it is this.
People notice you are capable of understanding and performance tuning SQL. And you must have some knowledge of Oracle EBS. And in fact you also have a DBA OCA.
So there is a 98% + chance you can be made into a good Oracle Apps DBA (and core DBA). If I was in their position I'd want you on my team too; this is the way we used to bring on DBA's in the old days before certification and it has a lot of merit still. Okay you can only do limited tasks at first ... but the number of taks you can do will increase dramatically over a number of months.
I would imagine the Oracle Apps DBA will be delighted to have someone on board who can performance tune SQL which sometimes can sometimes seem more like an art than a science. The patching etc can be taught in small doses. If they are a good team they wont try to give you everything at once, they'll get you to learn one procedure at a time.
And remember, if in doubt ask; and if you dont understand ask again. And be safe rather than sorry on actions that could be critial.
If your worried about liinux: Linux Recipes For Oracle Dbas (Apress) might be a good book to read but could be expensive in India
Likewise: (Oracle Applications Dba Field Guide) may suit and even (Rman Recipes For Oracle Database 11 G: A Problem-solution Approach) may have some value if you need to get up to speed quickly in those areas.
These are not perfect but they sometimes consolidate the information neatly; however only buy if you feel they are cheap enough. You may well buy them and feel disappointed (These all happen to be by Apress who seem to have produced a number of good books ... they've also published some rubbish as well)
And go over the 2-day dba examples as well and linux install examples n OTN as well ... they are free compared to the books I mentioned.
Rgds -bigdelboy.

Oracle Performance Tuning

Hi,
Our organization recently also encounter Oracle DB performance issue, whereby I am searching for information for us to going into diagnostic the problem and finding the root cause of this performance problem.
I had read through this old article where I found a number of points being highlighted was a good start for us, and just about this port, we would like to understand what in details of AIX 5.3 and asynch I/O turned-on had to do with Oracle DB performance, unfortunately the URL given in the article (possible due to the twas back in 2006), is no longer valid (http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/lewis_cbo.html), I tried that but the pages being redirected to (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/index.html).
May I know, would you able to provide me the new URL path for the mentiened AIX 5.3 asynch I/O turned-on related information?
Our environment:
1) OS AIX 5.3
2) Oracle DB 10g
(If I have the AWR Report, would it be better possition for you to help us?)
Thank you in advanced.
Best Regards,
KaiLoon Kok
Edited by: 991132 on Feb 28, 2013 11:19 PM

Hi,
performance tuning is a very large argument and the causes of degradation may be many.
There are several consideration that You have to do like:
- which kind of application is running on the DB
- which kind of optimizer is used
- the striping of the data files across the disks
- the dimension of the DB block
- the waits that DB encounters
- many other things like SORT_AREA_SIZE, HASH_AREA_SIZE, etc.
To begin Yr analysis use the utlbstat.sql and utlestat.sql scripts provided in the $ORACLE_HOM/rdbms/admin directory and check the conditions of the DB.
Increasing the SGA, like You've done, may not be the solution, somtimes it may instead decrease the overall performances.
Also check in wich case the DB is slow, ex. executing some particular procedure, excuting a particular query, ....
Try to identify the better the DB and then try to resubmit Yr problem.
Bye Max
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