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Weekend quiz

Submitted by randolf.geist on Fri, 2009-05-22 18:43

Quiz questions seem to be in nowadays, so here's one for you regarding the cost based optimizer:

Given this simple script (Run this on any 10.2.x (including XE) or 11.1.0.6/7):

create table test1
as
select * from dba_objects;

create table test2
as
select * from dba_objects;

create index i_test1_1 on test1(object_name);

create index i_test1_2 on test1(object_id);

create index i_test2_1 on test2(object_name);

create index i_test2_2 on test2(object_id);

exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(null, 'TEST1', estimate_percent=>null, method_opt=>'for all columns size 1');

exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(null, 'TEST2', estimate_percent=>null, method_opt=>'for all columns size 1');

And this simple query:

explain plan for
select
*
from
test1
where
object_name='TEST1'
and object_id in (
select /*+ unnest */
object_id
from
test2
);

with this plan:

Plan 1 (the obvious one):

Plan hash value: 2107173885

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 2 | 212 | 6 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 1 | NESTED LOOPS SEMI | | 2 | 212 | 6 (0)| 00:00:01 |