Slow Query over Database Link with Bind Variable

I have a query over a DB link, with all tables on the remote database.
If I use a bind variable (from Toad), the query takes 4 minutes. If I replace the bind variable with a constant or substitution variable, it takes 1 second.
The query runs fine when run directly on the remote database using bind variable.
9.2.0.7

Look up "Bind variable peeking"
What's happened is you have an execution plan that differs from the one with the constant. Why? My bet is that Oracle "peeked" at the bind variable to help it decide which execution plan to build. It then cached it. It probably cached an execution with an index when it should be doing a full table scan or a hash join instead of a nested loop. It's hard to say specifically what it is.
Try this, flush your shared pool and rerun the query with the bind and let us know if it takes 1 second or 4 minutes. If it takes 1 second, then that was probably it.
Read part 2 of Tom Kyte's blog post on what it is and it's behavior.
http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2007/09/sqltracetrue-part-two.html

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Slow performance when using cursor with bind variable

i'm facing the problem mentioned in the subject.
whenever i use the bind variable it would take more than 5mins to fetch 157 records, but if i hardcode the value ( not using variable ) it would take only 10sec to fetch 157 records.
can anyone give me some guide to solve this problem? thank you..
Code :
DECLARE
cursor cur1(l_startdate IN varchar2,l_enddate IN varchar2) IS
select * from shipment ship where ship.insertion_date >= to_date(l_startdate,'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') and ship.insertion_date < to_date(l_enddate ,'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')
TYPE shipment_aat IS TABLE OF cur1%ROWTYPE INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
l_shpt shipment_aat;
limit_in INTEGER := 100;
BEGIN
v_startdate := '10-06-2008 14:00:00';
v_enddate := '10-06-2008 17:00:00';
OPEN C_shpt(v_startdate,v_enddate);
LOOP --start shipment loop
FETCH C_shpt BULK COLLECT INTO l_shpt LIMIT limit_in;
FOR indx IN 1 .. l_shpt.COUNT
LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('l_shpt value ' || l_shpt(indx).ship_number || '/' || l_shpt(indx).insertion_date);
END LOOP;
EXIT WHEN l_shpt.COUNT < limit_in;
END LOOP; -- end of shipment loop
CLOSE cur1;
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Select query over database link hanging

Hi All,
I have been looking all over the internet and all over this forum but i could not find the solution for my issue given below.
There are a number of distributed databases (Oracle 10g) over a private network. Sending and receiving data amongst all the databases work fine. But when one particular database A tries to receive data from database B, it hangs and then the famous old error TNS LOST CONTACT.
Basically, this has been implemented by creating a batchjob. This worked fine for years and now suddenly this is not working only for the two specific databases.
It is just a simple select query being hit on the remote database. This is called through a function in the package, which builds the dynamic select query using DBMS_SQL package.
It actually hangs when doing DBMS_SQL.PARSE ();
The same function when called in a pl/sql block from database A, works perfectly fine and receives the required data from database B. This was tried with Oracle SQLDeveloper, TOAD and SQLPLUS.
Things seems to be working fine, but actually unaware of the problem. I tried all the suggestions provided over the metalink also.
Require your help urgently.
Thanks
Akhil.

Hi Rajat,
The user uses DEFAULT profile. The details of the parameter are:
PROFILE RESOURCE_NAME RESOURCE_TYPE LIMIT
DEFAULT COMPOSITE_LIMIT KERNEL UNLIMITED
DEFAULT SESSIONS_PER_USER KERNEL UNLIMITED
DEFAULT CPU_PER_SESSION KERNEL UNLIMITED
DEFAULT CPU_PER_CALL KERNEL UNLIMITED
DEFAULT LOGICAL_READS_PER_SESSION KERNEL UNLIMITED
DEFAULT LOGICAL_READS_PER_CALL KERNEL UNLIMITED
DEFAULT IDLE_TIME KERNEL UNLIMITED
DEFAULT CONNECT_TIME KERNEL UNLIMITED
DEFAULT PRIVATE_SGA KERNEL UNLIMITED
DEFAULT FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS PASSWORD 10
DEFAULT PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME PASSWORD UNLIMITED
DEFAULT PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME PASSWORD UNLIMITED
DEFAULT PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX PASSWORD UNLIMITED
DEFAULT PASSWORD_VERIFY_FUNCTION PASSWORD NULL
DEFAULT PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME PASSWORD UNLIMITED
DEFAULT PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME PASSWORD UNLIMITED
Thanks
Akhil

SQL query with Bind variable with slower execution plan

I have a 'normal' sql select-insert statement (not using bind variable) and it yields the following execution plan:-
Execution Plan
0 INSERT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=7 Card=1 Bytes=148)
1 0 HASH JOIN (Cost=7 Card=1 Bytes=148)
2 1 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'TABLEA' (Cost=4 Card=1 Bytes=100)
3 2 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'TABLEA_IDX_2' (NON-UNIQUE) (Cost=3 Card=1)
4 1 INDEX (FAST FULL SCAN) OF 'TABLEB_IDX_003' (NON-UNIQUE)
(Cost=2 Card=135 Bytes=6480)
Statistics
0 recursive calls
18 db block gets
15558 consistent gets
47 physical reads
9896 redo size
423 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
1095 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
3 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
1 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
55 rows processed
I have the same query but instead running using bind variable (I test it with both oracle form and SQL*plus), it takes considerably longer with a different execution plan:-
Execution Plan
0 INSERT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=407 Card=1 Bytes=148)
1 0 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'TABLEA' (Cost=3 Card=1 Bytes=100)
2 1 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=407 Card=1 Bytes=148)
3 2 INDEX (FAST FULL SCAN) OF TABLEB_IDX_003' (NON-UNIQUE) (Cost=2 Card=135 Bytes=6480)
4 2 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'TABLEA_IDX_2' (NON-UNIQUE) (Cost=2 Card=1)
Statistics
0 recursive calls
12 db block gets
3003199 consistent gets
54 physical reads
9448 redo size
423 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
1258 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
3 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
1 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
55 rows processed
TABLEA has around 3million record while TABLEB has 300 records. Is there anyway I can improve the speed of the sql query with bind variable? I have DBA Access to the database
Regards
Ivan

Many thanks for your reply.
I have run the statistic already for the both tableA and tableB as well all the indexes associated with both table (using dbms_stats, I am on 9i db ) but not the indexed columns.
for table I use:-
begin
dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(ownname=> 'IVAN', tabname=> 'TABLEA', partname=> NULL);
end;
for index I use:-
begin
dbms_stats.gather_index_stats(ownname=> 'IVAN', indname=> 'TABLEB_IDX_003', partname=> NULL);
end;
Is it possible to show me a sample of how to collect statisc for INDEX columns stats?
regards
Ivan

SLOW report performance with bind variable

Environment: 11.1.0.7.2, Apex 4.01.
I've got a simplified report page where the report runs slowly compared to running the same query in sqldeveloper. The report region is based on a pl/sql function returning a query. If I use a bind variable in the query inside apex it takes 13 seconds to run, and if I hard code a string it takes only a few hundredths of a second. The query returns one row from a table which has 1.6 million rows. Statistics are up-to-date and the columns in the joins and where clause are indexed.
I've run traces using p_trace=YES from Apex for both the bind variable and hard coded strings. They are below.
The sqldeveloper explain plan is identical to the bind variable plan from the trace, yet the query runs in 0.0x seconds in sqldeveloper.
What is it about bind variable syntax in Apex that is causing the bad execution plan? Apex Bug? 11g bug? Ideas?
tkprof output from Apex trace with bind variable is below...
select p.master_id link, p.first_name||' '||p.middle_name||' '||p.last_name||' '||p.suffix personname,
p.gender||' '||p.date_of_birth g_dob, p.master_id||'*****'||substr(p.ssn,-4) ssn, p.status status
from persons p
where
   p.person_id in (select ps.person_id from person_systems ps where ps.source_key like LTRIM(RTRIM(:P71_SEARCH_SOURCE1)))
order by 1
call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
Parse        1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
Execute      1      0.00       0.01          0          1         27           0
Fetch        2     13.15      13.22      67694      72865          0           1
total        4     13.15      13.23      67694      72866         27           1
Misses in library cache during parse: 0
Optimizer mode: ALL_ROWS
Parsing user id: 62 (ODPS_PRIVACYVAULT)   (recursive depth: 1)
Rows     Row Source Operation
      1 SORT ORDER BY (cr=72869 pr=67694 pw=0 time=0 us cost=29615 size=14255040 card=178188)
      1   FILTER (cr=72869 pr=67694 pw=0 time=0 us)
      1    HASH JOIN RIGHT SEMI (cr=72865 pr=67694 pw=0 time=0 us cost=26308 size=14255040 card=178188)
      1     INDEX FAST FULL SCAN IDX$$_0A300001 (cr=18545 pr=13379 pw=0 time=0 us cost=4993 size=2937776 card=183611)(object id 68485)
1696485     TABLE ACCESS FULL PERSONS (cr=54320 pr=54315 pw=0 time=21965 us cost=14958 size=108575040 card=1696485)
Rows     Execution Plan
      0 SELECT STATEMENT   MODE: ALL_ROWS
      1   SORT (ORDER BY)
      1    FILTER
      1     HASH JOIN (RIGHT SEMI)
      1      INDEX   MODE: ANALYZED (FAST FULL SCAN) OF
                 'IDX$$_0A300001' (INDEX)
1696485      TABLE ACCESS   MODE: ANALYZED (FULL) OF 'PERSONS' (TABLE)
Elapsed times include waiting on following events:
Event waited on                             Times   Max. Wait Total Waited
----------------------------------------   Waited ---------- ------------
db file scattered read                       1276        0.00          0.16
db file sequential read                       812        0.00          0.02
direct path read                             1552        0.00          0.61
********************************************************************************Here's the tkprof output with a hard coded string:
select p.master_id link, p.first_name||' '||p.middle_name||' '||p.last_name||' '||p.suffix personname,
p.gender||' '||p.date_of_birth g_dob, p.master_id||'*****'||substr(p.ssn,-4) ssn, p.status status
from persons p
where
   p.person_id in (select ps.person_id from person_systems ps where ps.source_key like LTRIM(RTRIM('0b')))
order by 1
call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
Parse        1      0.02       0.04          0          0          0           0
Execute      1      0.00       0.00          0          0         13           0
Fetch        2      0.00       0.00          0          8          0           1
total        4      0.02       0.04          0          8         13           1
Misses in library cache during parse: 1
Optimizer mode: ALL_ROWS
Parsing user id: 62 (ODPS_PRIVACYVAULT)   (recursive depth: 1)
Rows     Row Source Operation
      1 SORT ORDER BY (cr=10 pr=0 pw=0 time=0 us cost=9 size=80 card=1)
      1   FILTER (cr=10 pr=0 pw=0 time=0 us)
      1    NESTED LOOPS (cr=8 pr=0 pw=0 time=0 us)
      1     NESTED LOOPS (cr=7 pr=0 pw=0 time=0 us cost=8 size=80 card=1)
      1      SORT UNIQUE (cr=4 pr=0 pw=0 time=0 us cost=5 size=16 card=1)
      1       TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID PERSON_SYSTEMS (cr=4 pr=0 pw=0 time=0 us cost=5 size=16 card=1)
      1        INDEX RANGE SCAN IDX_PERSON_SYSTEMS_SOURCE_KEY (cr=3 pr=0 pw=0 time=0 us cost=3 size=0 card=1)(object id 68561)
      1      INDEX UNIQUE SCAN PK_PERSONS (cr=3 pr=0 pw=0 time=0 us cost=1 size=0 card=1)(object id 68506)
      1     TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID PERSONS (cr=1 pr=0 pw=0 time=0 us cost=2 size=64 card=1)
Rows     Execution Plan
      0 SELECT STATEMENT   MODE: ALL_ROWS
      1   SORT (ORDER BY)
      1    FILTER
      1     NESTED LOOPS
      1      NESTED LOOPS
      1       SORT (UNIQUE)
      1        TABLE ACCESS   MODE: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID) OF
                   'PERSON_SYSTEMS' (TABLE)
      1         INDEX   MODE: ANALYZED (RANGE SCAN) OF
                    'IDX_PERSON_SYSTEMS_SOURCE_KEY' (INDEX)
      1       INDEX   MODE: ANALYZED (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_PERSONS'
                  (INDEX (UNIQUE))
      1      TABLE ACCESS   MODE: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID) OF
                 'PERSONS' (TABLE)

Patrick, interesting insight. Thank you.
The optimizer must be peeking at my bind variables with it's eyes closed. I'm the only one testing and I've never passed %anything as a bind value. :)
Here's what I've learned since my last post:
I don't think that sqldeveloper is actually using the explain plan it says it is. When I run explain plan in sqldeveloper (with a bind variable) it shows me the exact same plan as Apex with a bind variable. However, when I run autotrace in sqldeveloper, it takes a path that matches the hard coded values, and returns results in half a second. That autotrace run is consistent with actually running the query outside of autotrace. So, I think either sqldeveloper isn't really using bind variables, OR it is using them in some other way that Apex does not, or maybe optimizer peeking works in sqldeveloper?
Using optimizer hints to tweak the plan helps. I've tried both /*+ FIRST_ROWS */ and /*+ index(ps pk_persons) */ and both drop the query to about a second. However, I'm loath to use hints because of the very dynamic nature of the query (and Tom Kyte doesn't like them either). The hints may end up hurting other variations on the query.
I also tested the query by wrapping it in a select count(1) from ([long query]) and testing the performance in sqldeveloper and in Apex. The performance in that case is identical with both bind variables and hard coded variables for both Apex and SqlDeveloper. That to me was very interesting and I went so far as to set up two bind variable report regions on the same page. One region wrapped the long query with select count(1) from (...) and the other didn't. The wrapped query ran in 0.01 seconds, the unwrapped took 15ish seconds with no other optimizations. Very strange.
To get performance up to acceptable levels I have changed my function returning query to:
1) Set the equality operator to "=" for values without wildcards and "like" for user input with wildcards. This makes a HUGE difference IF no wildcard is used.
2) Insert a /*+ FIRST_ROWS */ hint when users chose the column that requires the sub-query. This obviously changes the optimizer's plan and improves query speed from 15 seconds to 1.5 seconds even with wildcards.
I will NOT be hard coding any user supplied values in the query string. As you can probably tell by the query, this is an application where sql injection would be very bad.
Jeff, regarding your question about "like '%' || :P71_SEARCH_SOURCE1 || '%'". I've found that putting wildcards around values, particularly at the beginning will negate any indexing on the column in question and slows performance even more.
I'm still left wondering if there isn't something in Apex that is breaking the optimizer "peeking" that Patrick describes. Perhaps something in the way it switches contexts from apex_public_user to the workspace schema?

Query with bind variable, how can use it in managed bean ?

Hi
I create query with bind variable (BindControlTextValue), this query return description of value that i set in BindControlTextValue variable, how can i use this query in managed bean? I need to set this value in String parameter in managed bean.
Thanks

Put the query in a VO and execute it the usual way.
If you need to, you can write a parameterized method in VOImpl that executes the VO query with the parameter and then call that method from the UI (as a methodAction binding) either through the managed bean or via a direct button click on the page.

Problems with query via Database-Link (Oracle 7.3.4)

I made the following simple query via database-link.
select count (*) from [email protected]
I got the result in about 200 miliseconds.
Then I4ve tried the following query.
select * from [email protected]
It took about 2 hours end ended with an error message "ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel"
So I made another choice
select * from [email protected] where rownum <=1
Took about 200 miliseconds.
So I made the query again an changed only the number of rownums,until I was at rownum <=8
then it went sleeping again(I've canceled the statement because I didn't want to wait 2 hours again).
We made the same things from another server with the same database-link on the same remote server
and we had no problems.
Any Idea???

No, network is OK!
Other links are running, I have also no problems when I connect directly to the remote server.

Af:query with bind variables and Saved Search

I have a VO and view criteria(VC).
VC has a criteria item ObsoleteDate with range specified as bindVariables "dateFrm" and "dateTo" I dragged & dropped the named criteria as af:Query with table. Table toolbar has 2 buttons in which I set & clear the bind variables. Data is fetched as per as expected based on the VC & bind variables.
The problem is,
If I save my search with bind variables set and swap between the saved searches , all works fine. But the moment I clear bind variables & swap between searches.. "dateFrm" is populated and "dateTo" is null and I get an Exception oracle.jbo.AttrValException: JBO-27035: Attribute Obsolete Date: is required.
Why is this happening?? Saved search is supposed to save the VC with all the bind values set while saving and clearing bind variables shouldn't affect the saved search, right?? Or I have understood it wrong?
I am using JDeveloper 11.1.2.3.0
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Try
like ? || '%'

ODT Query Window. Query with binding variable?

I have the ODT 11.1.0.7.20 installed.
In "Query Window", I execute an SQL with binding variables. But I only get ORA-01008 errors. How do I do that?
I want to double click an SQL and load it in "Query Window". How do I do that?
I want to right click an SQL and select "Open with Query Window". How do I do that?
In Query Window I want to load an SQL either by drag and drop or by select a function "Open SQL". How do I do that?
Why none of these functionalities work as you could expect?
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Finally i found the problem..
The problem was that i had to remove one line from the properties of my table departments, the property: selectedrowkeys, because it only passed the last selected row.
Still, i apreciate the help and i had to replace some code in the bean.java , because of the exception error and you didn't had to do that. Maybe i did some configuration in the wrong way and it went wrong.
Thanks for the help.
Regards,
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Create collection from query with bind variable

Apex 4.0.2
Per Joel Re: Collection with bind variable the apex_collection.create_collection_from_query_b supports queries containing bind variable references (:P1_X) but I am not sure how to use this feature, the documentation doesn't have an example, just the API signature for the overloaded version has changed.
If the query contains 2 bind variable references to session state (:P1_X and :P1_Y), can someone please show an example of what to pass in for the p_names and p_values parameters to the API?
Thanks
procedure create_collection_from_query_b(
    -- Create a named collection from the supplied query using bulk operations. The query will
    -- be parsed as the application owner. If a collection exists with the same name for the current
    -- user in the same session for the current Flow ID, an application error will be raised.
    -- This procedure uses bulk dynamic SQL to perform the fetch and insert operations into the named
    -- collection. Two limitations are imposed by this procedure:
    --   1) The MD5 checksum for the member data will not be computed
    --   2) No column value in query p_query can exceed 2,000 bytes
    -- Arguments:
    --     p_collection_name   = Name of collection. Maximum length can be
    --                            255 bytes. Note that collection_names are case-insensitive,
    --                            as the collection name will be converted to upper case
    --     p_query             = Query to be executed which will populate the members of the
    --                            collection. If p_query is numeric, it is assumed to be
    --                            a DBMS_SQL cursor.
    -- example(s):
    --     l_query := 'select make, model, caliber from firearms';
    --     apex_collection.create_collection_from_query_b( p_collection_name => 'Firearm', p_query => l_query );
    p_collection_name in varchar2,
    p_query           in varchar2,
    p_names           in wwv_flow_global.vc_arr2,
    p_values          in wwv_flow_global.vc_arr2,
    p_max_row_count   in number default null)
    ;

VANJ wrote:
Apex 4.0.2
Per Joel Re: Collection with bind variable the apex_collection.create_collection_from_query_b supports queries containing bind variable references (:P1_X) but I am not sure how to use this feature, the documentation doesn't have an example, just the API signature for the overloaded version has changed.
If the query contains 2 bind variable references to session state (:P1_X and :P1_Y), can someone please show an example of what to pass in for the p_names and p_values parameters to the API?Not tried it, but guessing something like
apex_collection.create_collection_from_query_b(
    p_collection_name => 'foobar'
, p_query => 'select f.foo_id, b.bar_id, b.baz from foo f, bar b where f.foo_id = b.foo_id and f.x = to_number(:p1_x) and b.y = :p1_y'
, p_names => apex_util.string_to_table('p1_x:p1_y')
, p_values => apex_util.string_to_table(v('p1_x') || ':' || v('p1_y')))

Report Performance with Bind Variable

Getting some very odd behaviour with a report in APEX v 3.2.1.00.10
I have a complex query that takes 5 seconds to return via TOAD, but takes from 5 to 10 minutes in an APEX report.
I've narrowed it down to one particular bind. If I hard code the date in it returns in 6 seconds, but if I let the date be passed in from a parameter it takes 5+ minutes again.
Relevant part of the query (an inline view) is:
,(select rglr_lect lect
,sum(tpm) mtr_tpm
,sum(enrols) mtr_enrols
from ops_dash_meetings_report
where meet_ev_date between to_date(:P35_END_DATE,'DD/MM/YYYY') - 363 and to_date(:P35_END_DATE,'DD/MM/YYYY')
group by rglr_lect) RPV
I've tried replacing the "to_date(:P35_END_DATE,'DD/MM/YYYY') - 363" with another item which is populated with the date required (and verified by checking session state). If I replace the :P35_END_DATE with an actual date the performance is fine again.
The weird thing is that a trace file shows me exactly the same Explain Plan as the TOAD Explain where it runs in 5 seconds.
Another odd thing is that another page in my application has the same inline view and doesn't hit the performance problem.
The trace file did show some control characters (circumflex M) after each line of this report's query where these weren't anywhere else on the trace queries. I wondered if there was some sort of corruption in the source?
No problems due to pagination as the result set is only 31 records and all being displayed.
Really stumped here. Any advice or pointers would be most welcome.
Jon.

Don't worry about the Time column, the cost and cardinality are more important to see whther the CBO is making different decisions for whatever reason.
Remember that the explain plan shows the expected execution plan and a trace shows the actual execution plan. So what you want to do is compare the query with bind variables from an APEX page trace to a trace from TOAD (or sqlplus or whatever). You can do this outside APEX like this...
ALTER SESSION SET EVENTS '10046 trace name context forever, level 1';Enter and run your SQL statement...;
ALTER SESSION SET sql_trace=FALSE;This will create a a trace file in the directory returned by...
SELECT value FROM v$parameter WHERE name = 'user_dump_dest' Which you can use tkprof to format.
I am assuming that your not going over DB links or anything else slightly unusual?
Cheers
Ben

Interactive report performance problem over database link - Oracle Gateway

Hello all;
This is regarding a thread Interactive report performance problem over database link that was posted by Samo.
The issue that I am facing is when I use Oracle function like (apex_item.check_box) the query slow down by 45 seconds.
query like this: (due to sensitivity issue, I can not disclose real table name)
SELECT apex_item.checkbox(1,b.col3)
, a.col1
, a.col2
FROM table_one a
, table_two b
WHERE a.col3 = 12345
AND a.col4 = 100
AND b.col5 = a.col5
table_one and table_two are remote tables (non-oracle) which are connected using Oracle Gateway.
Now if I run above queries without apex_item.checkbox function the query return or response is less than a second but if I have apex_item.checkbox then the query run more than 30 seconds. I have resolved the issues by creating a collection but it’s not a good practice.
I would like to get ideas from people how to resolve or speed-up the query?
Any idea how to use sub-factoring for the above scenario? Or others method (creating view or materialized view are not an option).
Thank you.
Shaun S.

Hi Shaun
Okay, I have a million questions (could you tell me if both tables are from the same remote source, it looks like they're possibly not?), but let's just try some things first.
By now you should understand the idea of what I termed 'sub-factoring' in a previous post. This is to do with using the WITH blah AS (SELECT... syntax. Now in most circumstances this 'materialises' the results of the inner select statement. This means that we 'get' the results then do something with them afterwards. It's a handy trick when dealing with remote sites as sometimes you want the remote database to do the work. The reason that I ask you to use the MATERIALIZE hint for testing is just to force this, in 99.99% of cases this can be removed later. Using the WITH statement is also handled differently to inline view like SELECT * FROM (SELECT... but the same result can be mimicked with a NO_MERGE hint.
Looking at your case I would be interested to see what the explain plan and results would be for something like the following two statements (sorry - you're going have to check them, it's late!)
WITH a AS
(SELECT /*+ MATERIALIZE */ *
FROM table_one),
b AS
(SELECT /*+ MATERIALIZE */ *
FROM table_two),
sourceqry AS
(SELECT b.col3 x
       , a.col1 y
       , a.col2 z
FROM table_one a
    , table_two b
WHERE a.col3 = 12345
AND   a.col4 = 100
AND   b.col5 = a.col5)
SELECT apex_item.checkbox(1,x), y , z
FROM sourceqry
WITH a AS
(SELECT /*+ MATERIALIZE */ *
FROM table_one),
b AS
(SELECT /*+ MATERIALIZE */ *
FROM table_two)
SELECT apex_item.checkbox(1,x), y , z
FROM table_one a
    , table_two b
WHERE a.col3 = 12345
AND   a.col4 = 100
AND   b.col5 = a.col5If the remote tables are at the same site, then you should have the same results. If they aren't you should get the same results but different to the original query.
We aren't being told the real cardinality of the inners select here so the explain plan is distorted (this is normal for queries on remote and especially non-oracle sites). This hinders tuning normally but I don't think this is your problem at all. How many distinct values do you normally get of the column aliased 'x' and how many rows are normally returned in total? Also how are you testing response times, in APEX, SQL Developer, Toad SQLplus etc?
Sorry for all the questions but it helps to answer the question, if I can.
Cheers
Ben
http://www.munkyben.wordpress.com
Don't forget to mark replies helpful or correct ;)

How to querie with bind variable in findMode?

Hallo,
is it possible to use a querie with bind variable in findMode? And when how is it possible to initialize the bind variable?
Any help is appreciated.

Hi,
bind variables can be linked from teh ADF binding to e.g. a managed bean, the sessionScope or other binding attributes via EL. So when you go into findMode and execute the query, the EL will grab the bindVariable values automatically.
Frank

Report over database link error

Good morning all.
I have a database link LINKA from USERA on LOCALSERVER to USERB on REMOTESERVER.
(create database link LINKA connect to USERB identified by mypassword using validtns)
In USERC on REMOTESERVER I have a TABLEX, with grant all on TABLEX to USERB on REMOTESERVER.
In USERB on REMOTESERVER I have a view TABLEXV, select * from USERC.TABLEX
From USERA on LOCALSERVER I can select * from TABLEXV@LINKA. In fact I can insert/update/delete tablexv from USERA.
I also have a view TABLEXV on USERA, select * from TABLEXV@LINKA. I can also select/insert/update/delete from USERA.TABLEXV.
So far so good - all working as expected.
Then, my APEX app on LOCALSERVER, interactive report, parsing schema USERA, querying TABLEXV, I get the following:
when "Exclude Link Column", I get the error "The requested URL /pls/apex/f was not found on server.
when "Link to Single Row View", report displays correctly.
when "Link to Custom Target", I get the error "The requested URL /pls/apex/f was not found on server.
When I run the select * from TABLEXV as a regular report (i.e. not interactive), I also get the error.
So the only time I get the report displayed correctly is using IR and "Link to Single Row View".
However, clicking on the link (for Single Row View) I get "The requested URL /pls/apex/wwv_flow.show was not found on this server.".
To summarize:
- accessing table via view over database link
- works outside of apex without issue
- inside only works when Link to Single Row View set
- But clicking on link fails
I could live with just having the Link to Singe Row View option if I could disable displaying of the icon so that the user cant click on it.
APEX 3.2.00.27
EE Database - 10.2.0.3 (yes I know out of support)
Remote EE Database - 10.2.0.5
Real object names replaced to protect the innocent!
Anyone got any clues?
I have used remote tables many times in my APEX applications and never had this issue.
Thanks,
Rob @ very confused .com

Good morning all.
I have a database link LINKA from USERA on LOCALSERVER to USERB on REMOTESERVER.
(create database link LINKA connect to USERB identified by mypassword using validtns)
In USERC on REMOTESERVER I have a TABLEX, with grant all on TABLEX to USERB on REMOTESERVER.
In USERB on REMOTESERVER I have a view TABLEXV, select * from USERC.TABLEX
From USERA on LOCALSERVER I can select * from TABLEXV@LINKA. In fact I can insert/update/delete tablexv from USERA.
I also have a view TABLEXV on USERA, select * from TABLEXV@LINKA. I can also select/insert/update/delete from USERA.TABLEXV.
So far so good - all working as expected.
Then, my APEX app on LOCALSERVER, interactive report, parsing schema USERA, querying TABLEXV, I get the following:
when "Exclude Link Column", I get the error "The requested URL /pls/apex/f was not found on server.
when "Link to Single Row View", report displays correctly.
when "Link to Custom Target", I get the error "The requested URL /pls/apex/f was not found on server.
When I run the select * from TABLEXV as a regular report (i.e. not interactive), I also get the error.
So the only time I get the report displayed correctly is using IR and "Link to Single Row View".
However, clicking on the link (for Single Row View) I get "The requested URL /pls/apex/wwv_flow.show was not found on this server.".
To summarize:
- accessing table via view over database link
- works outside of apex without issue
- inside only works when Link to Single Row View set
- But clicking on link fails
I could live with just having the Link to Singe Row View option if I could disable displaying of the icon so that the user cant click on it.
APEX 3.2.00.27
EE Database - 10.2.0.3 (yes I know out of support)
Remote EE Database - 10.2.0.5
Real object names replaced to protect the innocent!
Anyone got any clues?
I have used remote tables many times in my APEX applications and never had this issue.
Thanks,
Rob @ very confused .com

Report failed to parse SQL query:ORA-01745: invalid host/bind variable name

Hi,
We are currently upgrading from v2.2.0.00.32 to v4.0.0.00.46.
I have copied the applications onto our test server along with the various database objects and data etc.
When I am running a report in v4, it is failing with the following error: "failed to parse SQL query: ORA-01745: invalid host/bind variable name".
When I copy the SQL that builds the report into TOAD (on out test server) it runs OK so really cant see why it would fail in APEX. It works fine when I run the query in our APEX v2 and in TOAD in our live server.
The query is as follows:
SELECT
aea.ALTERATION_ID
,aea.ALTERATION_ID "ALTERATION_ID_DISPLAY"
,aea.assembly_name "Revised BOM"
,assembly.description "Revised BOM Description"
,assembly.INVENTORY_ITEM_STATUS_CODE "Revised BOM Status"
,aea.BEFORE_CHANGE_QTY
,flv.MEANING "Alteration Type"
,aea.component_name "Part No"
,component.description "Part No Description"
,component.INVENTORY_ITEM_STATUS_CODE "Part No Status"
,aea.AFTER_CHANGE_QTY
,TO_CHAR(aea.last_update_date,'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')"Last Update Date"
,aea.LAST_UPDATE_BY
,aea.COMMENTS
,aea.ORACLE_CHANGE_NOTICE
,AEA.SELECTION_CRITERIA
FROM XXMEL_APEX_ECO_ALTERATIONS aea
, fnd_lookup_values flv
, (SELECT INVENTORY_ITEM_STATUS_CODE
,segment1
,description
FROM mtl_system_items_b
WHERE 1=1
AND organization_id = 26) component
, (SELECT INVENTORY_ITEM_STATUS_CODE
,segment1
,description
FROM mtl_system_items_b
WHERE 1=1
AND organization_id = 26) assembly
WHERE 1=1
AND aea.COMPONENT_NAME = component.segment1 (+)
AND aea.assembly_NAME = assembly.segment1 (+)
AND flv.lookup_code = aea.acd_type
AND aea.eco = :P13_ECO
AND flv.lookup_type = 'ECG_ACTION'
AND modify_flag = 'Y'
ANy help would be great,
Thanks
Chris
Edited by: Cashy on 22-Nov-2010 04:13
Edited by: Cashy on 22-Nov-2010 04:14

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