oracle/tpt/ast/02_bind_peeking_nested_loops.sql

-- Copyright 2018 Tanel Poder. All rights reserved. More info at http://tanelpoder.com
-- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for terms & conditions.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
-- File name:   demos/bind_peeking_nested_loops.sql
-- Purpose:     this script demos how a "wrong" bind variable value
--              can cause an execution plan to be compiled which is 
--              very inefficient for the next execution with different bind variable
--              values (with large number of matching rows) 
--              the second execution of the query takes very long time to complete
--              despite adaptive bind variable peeking, which would kick in during the 
--              next (3rd) execution
--
--              This problem happens even on Oracle 11.2 despite adaptive bind peeking
--              and cardinality feedback (due to design, not a bug)
--              
-- Author:      Tanel Poder (tanel@e2sn.com)
-- Copyright:   (c) http://tech.e2sn.com
--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
alter session set optimizer_use_sql_plan_baselines = false;

DROP TABLE t1;
DROP TABLE t2;
DROP TABLE t3;
DROP TABLE t4;
DROP TABLE t5;

CREATE TABLE t1 AS SELECT * FROM dba_objects WHERE rownum <= 50000;
CREATE TABLE t2 AS SELECT * FROM dba_objects WHERE rownum <= 10000;
CREATE TABLE t3 AS SELECT * FROM dba_objects WHERE rownum <= 10000;
CREATE TABLE t4 AS SELECT * FROM dba_objects WHERE rownum <= 10000;
CREATE TABLE t5 AS SELECT * FROM dba_objects WHERE rownum <= 10000;

CREATE INDEX i1 ON t1(owner);
CREATE INDEX i2 ON t2(owner);
CREATE INDEX i3 ON t3(owner);
CREATE INDEX i4 ON t4(owner);
CREATE INDEX i5 ON t5(owner);

EXEC DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS(user,'T1',cascade=>TRUE, method_opt=>'FOR ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 254');
EXEC DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS(user,'T2',cascade=>TRUE, method_opt=>'FOR ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 254');
EXEC DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS(user,'T3',cascade=>TRUE, method_opt=>'FOR ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 254');
EXEC DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS(user,'T4',cascade=>TRUE, method_opt=>'FOR ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 254');
EXEC DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS(user,'T5',cascade=>TRUE, method_opt=>'FOR ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 254');
-- EXEC DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS(user,'T1',cascade=>TRUE, method_opt=>'FOR ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 1');
-- EXEC DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS(user,'T2',cascade=>TRUE, method_opt=>'FOR ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 1');
-- EXEC DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS(user,'T3',cascade=>TRUE, method_opt=>'FOR ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 1');
-- EXEC DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS(user,'T4',cascade=>TRUE, method_opt=>'FOR ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 1');
-- EXEC DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS(user,'T5',cascade=>TRUE, method_opt=>'FOR ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 1');

-- this hack might be needed to "help" this problem to show up sometimes:
-- ALTER SESSION SET OPTIMIZER_INDEX_COST_ADJ=10;

VAR v1 VARCHAR2(100)
VAR v2 VARCHAR2(100)
VAR v3 VARCHAR2(100)
VAR v4 VARCHAR2(100)
VAR v5 VARCHAR2(100)

EXEC :v1:='SCOTT'
EXEC :v2:='SCOTT'
EXEC :v3:='SCOTT'
EXEC :v4:='SCOTT'
EXEC :v5:='SCOTT'

SET TIMING ON

PROMPT Running query first time, this should be fast (and should use nested loops execution plan)

SELECT
    MIN(t1.created), MAX(t1.created)
FROM
    t1
  , t2
  , t3
  , t4
  , t5
WHERE
    t1.object_id = t2.object_id
AND t2.object_id = t3.object_id
AND t3.object_id = t4.object_id
AND t4.object_id = t5.object_id
AND t1.owner = :v1
AND t2.owner = :v2
AND t3.owner = :v3
AND t4.owner = :v4
AND t5.owner = :v5
/

SET TIMING OFF

--SELECT * FROM TABLE(DBMS_XPLAN.DISPLAY_CURSOR(null,null,'ALLSTATS LAST ADVANCED'));
SELECT * FROM TABLE(DBMS_XPLAN.DISPLAY_CURSOR(null,null));

EXEC :v1:='SYS'
EXEC :v2:='SYS'
EXEC :v3:='SYS'
EXEC :v4:='SYS'
EXEC :v5:='SYS'

SET TIMING ON

PROMPT Now running the same query with different bind variables (this query should take very long time)

SELECT
    MIN(t1.created), MAX(t1.created)
FROM
    t1
  , t2
  , t3
  , t4
  , t5
WHERE
    t1.object_id = t2.object_id
AND t2.object_id = t3.object_id
AND t3.object_id = t4.object_id
AND t4.object_id = t5.object_id
AND t1.owner = :v1
AND t2.owner = :v2
AND t3.owner = :v3
AND t4.owner = :v4
AND t5.owner = :v5
/