1 0 HASH JOIN (Cost=7 Card=9 Bytes=378)
2 1 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=5 Card=30 Bytes=1140)
3 2 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'C' (Cost=1 Card=4 Bytes=16)
4 2 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'A' (Cost=1 Card=30 Bytes=1020)
5 1 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'B' (Cost=1 Card=2 Bytes=8)
select /*+ USE_NL (A C)*/ A.col4
from C , A , B
where C.col3 = 5 and A.col1 = B.col1 and A.col2 = C.col2
and B.col3 = 10;
Execution Plan
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0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=7 Card=9 Bytes=378)
1 0 HASH JOIN (Cost=7 Card=9 Bytes=378)
2 1 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=5 Card=30 Bytes=1140)
3 2 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'C' (Cost=1 Card=4 Bytes=16)
4 2 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'A' (Cost=1 Card=30 Bytes=1020)
5 1 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'B' (Cost=1 Card=2 Bytes=8)
select /*+ ORDERED USE_NL (A B C) */ A.col4
from C , A , B
where C.col3 = 5 and A.col1 = B.col1 and A.col2 = C.col2
and B.col3 = 10;
Execution Plan
----------------------------------------------------------
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=35 Card=9 Bytes=378)
1 0 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=35 Card=9 Bytes=378)
2 1 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=5 Card=30 Bytes=1140)
3 2 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'C' (Cost=1 Card=4 Bytes=16)
4 2 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'A' (Cost=1 Card=30 Bytes=1020)
5 1 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'B' (Cost=1 Card=2 Bytes=8)
对于这个查询我无论如何也没有得到类似下面这样的执行计划:
Execution Plan
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0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=35 Card=9 Bytes=378)
1 0 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=35 Card=9 Bytes=378)
2 1 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'B' (Cost=1 Card=2 Bytes=8)
3 1 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=5 Card=30 Bytes=1140)
4 3 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'C' (Cost=1 Card=4 Bytes=16)
5 3 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'A' (Cost=1 Card=30 Bytes=1020)
从上面的这些例子我们可以看出:通过给语句添加HINTS,让其按照我们的意愿执行,有时是一件很困难的事情,需要不断的尝试各种不同的hints。对于USE_NL与USE_HASH提示,建议同ORDERED提示一起使用,否则不容易指定那个表为驱动表。