SQL statement Execution

Hi,
Can anyone explain my below doubt as i get confused each time when i refer any online documents.
when we hit a SQL statement to execute in oracle, how SQL engine process the statement and which memory structure in oracle instance is used in the process?
Many Thanks,
Vipin Kumar Rai

AnarGodjaev wrote:
Hi,
Below link:
SQL Limitations For Oracle Database Lite
http://awads.net/wp/2010/02/15/oracle-database-limits-you-may-not-know-about/
More Information: PL/SQL Program Limits
Thank you
Why are you posting all these odd links?
First you post a link to ancient and out of date oracle 7 documentation.
Now you're posting a link to Oracle Database Lite.
And a link to someone's blog about the database limits that is just a duplication of what's in the documentation.
None of these were specifically mentioned by the OP as a requirement for the question.
The forum does not need things sharing just because you feel like it, as that can amount to spamming.  If you have specific information relevant to the question then please post it, but otherwise don't just post loads of links for no good reason; and any links you do post, make sure they relate to currently supported versions of the database unless the OP specifies otherwise.
Aside from that, if you're just googling for links to post, in the hope of giving an quick answer and getting points on the forum... please don't bother.  This sort of behaviour is noticed and will be reported to the admin who may terminate your account for such things.

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    SYSSTATS_MAIN        SLAVETHR
    13 rows selected.Here is the output of EXPLAIN PLAN:
    SQL> explain plan for
      2  -- put your statement here
      3  select
      4             *
      5  from
      6             t_demo
      7  where
      8             type = 'VIEW'
      9  order by
    10             id;
    Explained.
    Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
    SQL>
    SQL> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display);
    PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
    Plan hash value: 1390505571
    | Id  | Operation                   | Name     | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
    |   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |          |     1 |    60 |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
    |   1 |  TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| T_DEMO   |     1 |    60 |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
    |*  2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN          | IDX_DEMO |     1 |       |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
    Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
       2 - access("TYPE"='VIEW')
    14 rows selected.Here is the output of SQL*Plus AUTOTRACE including the TIMING information:
    SQL> rem Set the ARRAYSIZE according to your application
    SQL> set autotrace traceonly arraysize 100
    SQL> select
      2             *
      3  from
      4             t_demo
      5  where
      6             type = 'VIEW'
      7  order by
      8             id;
    149938 rows selected.
    Elapsed: 00:00:02.21
    Execution Plan
    Plan hash value: 1390505571
    | Id  | Operation                   | Name     | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
    |   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |          |     1 |    60 |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
    |   1 |  TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| T_DEMO   |     1 |    60 |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
    |*  2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN          | IDX_DEMO |     1 |       |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
    Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
       2 - access("TYPE"='VIEW')
    Statistics
              0  recursive calls
              0  db block gets
         149101  consistent gets
            800  physical reads
            196  redo size
        1077830  bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
          16905  bytes received via SQL*Net from client
           1501  SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
              0  sorts (memory)
              0  sorts (disk)
         149938  rows processed
    SQL>
    SQL> disconnect
    Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production
    With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing optionsThe TKPROF output for this statement looks like the following:
    TKPROF: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on Mo Feb 23 10:23:08 2009
    Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
    Trace file: orcl11_ora_3376_mytrace1.trc
    Sort options: default
    count    = number of times OCI procedure was executed
    cpu      = cpu time in seconds executing
    elapsed  = elapsed time in seconds executing
    disk     = number of physical reads of buffers from disk
    query    = number of buffers gotten for consistent read
    current  = number of buffers gotten in current mode (usually for update)
    rows     = number of rows processed by the fetch or execute call
    select
    from
             t_demo
    where
             type = 'VIEW'
    order by
             id
    call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
    Parse        1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Execute      1      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
    Fetch     1501      0.53       1.36        800     149101          0      149938
    total     1503      0.53       1.36        800     149101          0      149938
    Misses in library cache during parse: 0
    Optimizer mode: ALL_ROWS
    Parsing user id: 88 
    Rows     Row Source Operation
    149938  TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID T_DEMO (cr=149101 pr=800 pw=0 time=60042 us cost=0 size=60 card=1)
    149938   INDEX RANGE SCAN IDX_DEMO (cr=1881 pr=1 pw=0 time=0 us cost=0 size=0 card=1)(object id 74895)
    Elapsed times include waiting on following events:
      Event waited on                             Times   Max. Wait  Total Waited
      ----------------------------------------   Waited  ----------  ------------
      SQL*Net message to client                    1501        0.00          0.00
      db file sequential read                       800        0.05          0.80
      SQL*Net message from client                  1501        0.00          0.69
    ********************************************************************************The DBMS_XPLAN.DISPLAY_CURSOR output:
    SQL> -- put your statement here
    SQL> -- use the GATHER_PLAN_STATISTICS hint
    SQL> -- if you're not using STATISTICS_LEVEL = ALL
    SQL> select /*+ gather_plan_statistics */
      2  *
      3  from
      4  t_demo
      5  where
      6  type = 'VIEW'
      7  order by
      8  id;
    149938 rows selected.
    Elapsed: 00:00:02.21
    SQL>
    SQL> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display_cursor(null, null, 'ALLSTATS LAST'));
    PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
    SQL_ID  d4k5acu783vu8, child number 0
    select   /*+ gather_plan_statistics */          * from          t_demo
    where          type = 'VIEW' order by          id
    Plan hash value: 1390505571
    | Id  | Operation                   | Name     | Starts | E-Rows | A-Rows |   A-Time   | Buffers | Reads  |
    |   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |          |      1 |        |    149K|00:00:00.02 |     149K|   1183 |
    |   1 |  TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| T_DEMO   |      1 |      1 |    149K|00:00:00.02 |     149K|   1183 |
    |*  2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN          | IDX_DEMO |      1 |      1 |    149K|00:00:00.02 |    1880 |    383 |
    Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
       2 - access("TYPE"='VIEW')
    20 rows selected.I'm looking forward for suggestions how to improve the performance of this statement.
    *-- End of template body --*
    I'm sure that if you follow these instructions and obtain the information described, post them using a proper formatting (don't forget about the \ tag) you'll receive meaningful advice very soon.
    So, just to make sure you didn't miss this point:Use proper formatting!
    If you think I missed something important in this sample post let me know so that I can improve it.
    Regards,
    Randolf
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    Alex Nuijten wrote:
    ...you missed the proper formatting of the Autotrace section ;-)Alex,
    can't reproduce, does it still look unformatted? Or are you simply kidding? :-)
    Randolf
    PS: Just noticed that it actually sometimes doesn't show the proper formatting although the code tags are there. Changing to the \ tag helped in this case, but it seems to be odd.
    Edited by: Randolf Geist on Feb 23, 2009 11:28 AM
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