Oracle SQL Tuning with Oracle SQLTXPLAIN

Oracle SQL Tuning with SQLTXPLAIN is a practical guide to SQL tuning the way Oracle's own experts do it, using a freely downloadable tool called SQLTXPLAIN. Using this simple tool you'll learn how to tune even the most complex SQL, and you'll learn to do it quickly, without the huge learning curve usually associated with tuning as a whole.

Firmly based in real world problems, this book helps you reclaim system resources and avoid the most common bottleneck in overall performance, badly tuned SQL. You'll learn how the optimizer works, how to take advantage of its latest features, and when it's better to turn them off.

  • Quickly tune any SQL statement no matter how complex.
  • Build and tune test cases without affecting production.
  • Use the latest tuning features with confidence.
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Oracle SQL Tuning with Oracle SQLTXPLAIN

Oracle SQL Tuning with SQLTXPLAIN is a practical guide to SQL tuning the way Oracle's own experts do it, using a freely downloadable tool called SQLTXPLAIN. Using this simple tool you'll learn how to tune even the most complex SQL, and you'll learn to do it quickly, without the huge learning curve usually associated with tuning as a whole.

Firmly based in real world problems, this book helps you reclaim system resources and avoid the most common bottleneck in overall performance, badly tuned SQL. You'll learn how the optimizer works, how to take advantage of its latest features, and when it's better to turn them off.

  • Quickly tune any SQL statement no matter how complex.
  • Build and tune test cases without affecting production.
  • Use the latest tuning features with confidence.
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Oracle SQL Tuning with Oracle SQLTXPLAIN

Oracle SQL Tuning with Oracle SQLTXPLAIN

by Stelios Charalambides
Oracle SQL Tuning with Oracle SQLTXPLAIN

Oracle SQL Tuning with Oracle SQLTXPLAIN

by Stelios Charalambides

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Overview

Oracle SQL Tuning with SQLTXPLAIN is a practical guide to SQL tuning the way Oracle's own experts do it, using a freely downloadable tool called SQLTXPLAIN. Using this simple tool you'll learn how to tune even the most complex SQL, and you'll learn to do it quickly, without the huge learning curve usually associated with tuning as a whole.

Firmly based in real world problems, this book helps you reclaim system resources and avoid the most common bottleneck in overall performance, badly tuned SQL. You'll learn how the optimizer works, how to take advantage of its latest features, and when it's better to turn them off.

  • Quickly tune any SQL statement no matter how complex.
  • Build and tune test cases without affecting production.
  • Use the latest tuning features with confidence.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781430248101
Publisher: Apress
Publication date: 04/13/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 344
File size: 10 MB

About the Author

Stelios Charalambides has more than 20 years experience working with Oracle databases. He is OCP certified and has worked as a senior Consultant DBA on both sides of the Atlantic, dealing with all aspects of system design, implementation, and post production support, solving practical problems in a wide variety of environments. He now works as an Oracle Support Engineer developing time critical solutions for tier one customers with high profile performance problems.

Table of Contents

    1. Introduction to SQLTXPLAIN

    2. The Cost-Based Optimizer Environment 

    3. How Object Statistics Can Make Your Execution Plan Wrong 

    4. How Skewness Can Make Your Execution Times Variable 

    5. Troubleshooting Query Transformations 

    6. Forcing Execution Plans Through Profiles 

    7. Adaptive Cursor Sharing

    8. Dynamic Sampling and Cardinality Feedback 

    9. Using SQLTXPLAIN with Data Guard Physical Standby Databases

    10. Comparing Execution Plans 

    11. Building Good Test Cases

    12. Using XPLORE to Investigate Unexpected Plan Changes 

    13. Trace Files, TRCANLZR, and Modifying SQLT Behavior 

    14. Running a Health Check 

    15. The Final Word

    16. Appendix A. Installing SQLTXPLAIN 

    17. Appendix B. The CBO Parameters (11.2.0.1)

    18. Appendix C: Tool Configuration Parameters

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