Spatial query w/ logical operators in a subquery on Linux using Oracle 1

Question

Hello...
I'm being given XML that I need to parse and create SQL from it. Below my signature is the SQL that I generate (its a simple example) and can be more elaborate due to the logical operators (AND and OR) given in the XML.
The problem that we're seeing is performance-based: when one of the logical operator queries is Spatial-based, like below. Running it in JDBC, the query never returns.
The spatial query just by itself returns ~300 rows (takes approximately 0.2 seconds). The "PERCENTAGE" query by itself returns about ~40000 rows (takes approximately ~.8 seconds).
If we run the query below with 2 non-spatial subqueries, the result returns and performance is very acceptable (~ 0.9 seconds)-- the result set is about 80000 rows.
Thanks,
Jim
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SELECT
COLUMN_WE_WANT , RESULTS
FROM
TABLE_A
WHERE
COLUMN_WE_WANT IN
SELECT
COLUMN_WE_WANT
FROM
TABLE_A
WHERE
SDO_OVERLAPBDYINTERSECT(TABLE_A.MY_SPATIAL_COLUMN,
SDO_GEOMETRY(2003,
4326,
null,
SDO_elem_info_array( 1 , 3 , 1 ),
SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY( lng_1,lat_1 , lng_2,lat_2 , lng_3,lat_3 , lng_4,lat_4 , lng_1,lat_1 )
) = 'TRUE'
OR
COLUMN_WE_WANT IN
SELECT
COLUMN_WE_WANT
FROM
TABLE_B
WHERE
SOME_PERCENTAGE_RATE_COLUMN < 90
)

Answer 1

Its difficult to comment without seeing the execution plan. You should trace this query to get a better idea of exactly what's happening.
Depending on the complexity of the logical operators, I would look at doing this using set operations. So for an OR you might have...
SELECT COLUMN_WE_WANT, RESULTS
FROM TABLE_A
WHERE COLUMN_WE_WANT IN (
     SELECT COLUMN_WE_WANT
     FROM TABLE_A
     WHERE SDO_OVERLAPBDYINTERSECT(TABLE_A.MY_SPATIAL_COLUMN,SDO_GEOMETRY(2003,4326,
     NULL, SDO_elem_info_array( 1 , 3 , 1 ),
     SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY( lng_1,lat_1 , lng_2,lat_2 , lng_3,lat_3 , lng_4,lat_4 , lng_1,lat_1 ) )) = 'TRUE'
UNION
     SELECT COLUMN_WE_WANT
     FROM TABLE_B
     WHERE SOME_PERCENTAGE_RATE_COLUMN < 90)For an AND, you would use INTERSECT.
Edited by: Reggie to remove the extra INTERSECT