Select statement takes very long to run with order by clause.

Question

Hi all,
I have a select statement which when I run without the order by clause takes arround 2 minutes to run. But with the order by clause it goes on for ever. I am trying to access the database server through a network which is not too fast.
The select statement is based on 9 views which are again based on some views. It also has inline views and outer joins. These views and inline views can not be done away with.
When selected without the order by clause it gives 3215 records.
Anything like 2 to 3 minutes will be Ok.
Thanks.
--Malay                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Answer 1

The select statement is as follows :-
SELECT f.system_name,
a.signal_type,
f.sys_signal_name,
a.bus_desc,
b.vl_ident,
b.vl_name,
b.src_mac,
b.src_mac_addr,
b.dest_mac,
b.dest_mac_addr,
b.network,
bb.bufr_size_in_bytes,
bb.bag_in_ms,
bb.is_rma_used,
bb.is_ic_used,
bb.sub_vl_cnt,
bb.skew_max_in_ns,
cc.msg_name,
c.src_ip,
c.src_ip_addr,
c.src_port,
c.dest_ip,
c.dest_ip_addr,
c.dest_port,
cc.rate_in_ms,
cc.tx_mode,
cc.protocol,
cc.port_type,
cc.msg_length_in_bytes,
d.mnemonic,
d.start_addr32,
d.lsb,
d.end_addr32,
d.msb,
d.format,
d.init_value,
d.fs_mnemonic,
d.fs_afdx_data_id,
d.digital_data_id,
DECODE(
d.digital_datatype,
NULL, '',
'UNUSED', '',
api$util.concat_column_data(
'api_'
|| d.digital_datatype,
'digital_data_id',
d.digital_data_id,
bool.FALSE
) AS data_details,
f.connection_id
|| '_'
|| a.digital_bus_id
|| '_'
|| b.afdx_vl_id
|| '_'
|| bb.afdx_output_id
|| '_'
|| c.afdx_frame_id
|| '_'
|| cc.afdx_msg_id
|| '_'
|| d.afdx_data_id AS KEY
FROM api_afdx a,
api_afdx_vl b,
api_afdx_output bb,
api_afdx_frame c,
api_afdx_msg cc,
api_afdx_data d,
vf_signal e,
(SELECT DISTINCT aa.signal_id,
cc.system_name,
bb.connection_id,
bb.sys_signal_name
FROM vf_nodes aa,
vf_connections bb,
vf_system cc
WHERE aa.connection_id = bb.connection_id
AND bb.system_id = cc.system_id) f
WHERE e.signal_id = f.signal_id(+)
AND e.digital_bus_id = a.digital_bus_id
               AND a.digital_bus_id = bb.digital_bus_id(+)
AND bb.afdx_output_id = b.afdx_output_id(+)
               AND b.afdx_vl_id = c.afdx_vl_id(+)
AND bb.afdx_output_id = cc.afdx_output_id(+)
AND cc.afdx_msg_id = d.afdx_msg_id(+)
ORDER BY f.system_name,
a.signal_type,
f.sys_signal_name,
b.vl_name,
cc.msg_name,
d.start_addr32,
d.lsb;
Where api_afdx ,
api_afdx_vl ,
api_afdx_output ,
api_afdx_frame ,
api_afdx_msg ,
api_afdx_data ,
vf_signal ,
vf_nodes ,
vf_connections ,
vf_system
are all views.