DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NON-INDEXED AND INDEXED TABLE

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SCOTT>>select systimestamp from dual;

SYSTIMESTAMP
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13-JAN-11 12.26.30.640314 PM +05:30

SCOTT>>set autotrace on
SCOTT>>set timing on
SCOTT>>desc emp
Name Null? Type
----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
EMPNO NOT NULL NUMBER(38)
ENAME VARCHAR2(10)
JOB VARCHAR2(9)
MGR NUMBER(4)
HIREDATE DATE
SAL NUMBER(7,2)
COMM NUMBER(7,2)
DEPTNO NUMBER(2)

SCOTT>>desc dept
Name Null? Type
----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
DEPTNO NUMBER(2)
DNAME VARCHAR2(14)
LOC VARCHAR2(13)

SCOTT>>select a.empno,a.ename,a.job,a.hiredate,a.sal,a.deptno,b.dname,b.loc
2 from emp a,dept b
3 where a.deptno=b.deptno
4* and a.empno=(select max(empno) from emp)

EMPNO ENAME JOB HIREDATE SAL DEPTNO DNAME LOC

---------- -------- ------- ----------- ------ ------- ------------ ----------
92034659 MILLER CLERK 23-JAN-82 1300 10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK

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# Elapsed: 00:11:33.29 #
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Execution Plan
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Plan hash value: 3269051146

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| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
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| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 1 | 91 | 307K (1)| 01:01:26 |
|* 1 | HASH JOIN | | 1 | 91 | 153K (1)| 00:30:44 |
|* 2 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | EMP | 1 | 61 | 153K (1)| 00:30:44 |
| 3 | SORT AGGREGATE | | 1 | 13 | | |
| 4 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| EMP | 77M| 957M| 153K (1)| 00:30:42 |
| 5 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | DEPT | 4 | 120 | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 |
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Predicate Information (identified by operation id):

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1 - access("A"."DEPTNO"="B"."DEPTNO")
2 - filter("A"."EMPNO"= (SELECT MAX("EMPNO") FROM "EMP" "EMP"))

Note
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- dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2)

Statistics
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292 recursive calls
0 db block gets
2254721 consistent gets
1127491 physical reads
0 redo size
880 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
415 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
0 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
1 rows processed

SCOTT>>create index ind_empno on emp(empno);

Index created.

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SCOTT>>conn / as sysdba
Connected.
SYS>>alter system flush buffer_cache;

System altered.

Elapsed: 00:00:00.56
SYS>>alter system flush shared_pool;

System altered.

Elapsed: 00:00:03.98
SYS>>conn scott/tiger
Connected.
SCOTT>>set autotrace on
SCOTT>>set timing on
 SCOTT>>select a.empno,a.ename,a.job,a.hiredate,a.sal,a.deptno,b.dname,b.loc
2 from emp a,dept b
3 where a.deptno=b.deptno
4 and a.empno=(select max(empno) from emp);

EMPNO ENAME JOB HIREDATE SAL DEPTNO DNAME LOC

---------- ------- ------ ---------- ------ ------- ----------- ----------
92034659 MILLER CLERK 23-JAN-82 1300 10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK

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# Elapsed: 00:00:01.61 #
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Execution Plan
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Plan hash value: 1735671770

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| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU) Time |

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| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 1 | 91 | 2273 (1)| 00:00:28 |

|* 1 | HASH JOIN | | 1 | 91 | 2270 (1)| 00:00:28 |

| 2 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| EMP | 1 | 61 | 2268 (1)| 00:00:28 |

|* 3 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | IND_EMPNO | 308K| | 7 (58)| 00:00:01 |

| 4 | SORT AGGREGATE | | 1 | 13 | | |

| 5 | INDEX FULL SCAN (MIN/MAX) | IND_EMPNO | 1 | 13 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |

| 6 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | DEPT | 4 | 120 | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 |

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Predicate Information (identified by operation id):

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1 - access("A"."DEPTNO"="B"."DEPTNO")
3 - access("A"."EMPNO"= (SELECT MAX("EMPNO") FROM "EMP" "EMP"))

Note
-----
- dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2)

Statistics
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 698 recursive calls
0 db block gets
233 consistent gets
170 physical reads
0 redo size
880 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
415 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
11 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
1 rows processed

SCOTT>>spool off

OBSERVATION : SELECT STATEMENT EXECUTED ON

NON-INDEXED TABLE AND INDEXED TABLE.

TIME ELAPSED FOR SELECT STATEMENT WHEN USING

FULL TABLE SCAN : 00:11:33.29

INDEX SCAN : 00:00:01.61

DIFFERENCE : 11m 32s

TIP : INDEX SCAN WILL IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A

SELECT STATEMENT.