Query For Large Amount of Data

Question

Hello All,
I apologize in advance if I am not posting this in the right section. I am fairly new to APEX and database designing. My goal is to create an inquiry screen for a database of people.
I am running APEX 4.2 on 11g. The information is store in 3 tables; Names, Demographics, Address. Each table had a PIN ID column that ties them all together. Each table has almost a million rows in them.
Currently I have it set up that the person types in the name they want to search and it gets passed into a hidden page item on the next page where there is a report with a select statement based on the page item. Everything works right now however it is slow. I am having a 5-10 second delay before the results come up.
My question is, is there a better way to set up these tables. What is the best way to make this faster?
I'm sorry if this is a vague question but any help, or point in the right direction will be greatly appreciated
Thank You !

Answer 1

976533 wrote:
Hello All,Welcome to the forum: please read the FAQ and forum sticky threads (if you haven't done so already), and update your forum profile with a real handle instead of "976533".
When you have a problem you'll get a faster, more effective response by including as much relevant information as possible upfront. This should include:
<li>Full APEX version
<li>Full DB/version/edition/host OS
<li>Web server architecture (EPG, OHS or APEX listener/host OS)
<li>Browser(s) and version(s) used
<li>Theme
<li>Template(s)
<li>Region/item type(s) (making particular distinction as to whether a "report" is a standard report, an interactive report, or in fact an "updateable report" (i.e. a tabular form)
With APEX we're also fortunate to have a great resource in apex.oracle.com where we can reproduce and share problems. Reproducing things there is the best way to troubleshoot most issues, especially those relating to layout and visual formatting. If you expect a detailed answer then it's appropriate for you to take on a significant part of the effort by getting as far as possible with an example of the problem on apex.oracle.com before asking for assistance with specific issues, which we can then see at first hand.
I apologize in advance if I am not posting this in the right section. I am fairly new to APEX and database designing. My goal is to create an inquiry screen for a database of people.It might be more appropriate to the {forum:id=75} forum, so you should look at the following entries on their FAQ as well:
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I am running APEX 4.2 on 11g. The information is store in 3 tables; Names, Demographics, Address. Each table had a PIN ID column that ties them all together. Each table has almost a million rows in them.
Currently I have it set up that the person types in the name they want to search and it gets passed into a hidden page item on the next page where there is a report with a select statement based on the page item. Everything works right now however it is slow. I am having a 5-10 second delay before the results come up.
My question is, is there a better way to set up these tables. What is the best way to make this faster? Are there suitable indexes on the tables?
Does the report query use them?
As described above, either: reproduce the problem on apex.oracle.com; or post DDL to allow us to recreate the tables and indexes, and the SQL from your report.