14. 用Where子句替换HAVING子句
避免使用HAVING子句, HAVING 只会在检索出所有记录之后才对结果集进行过滤. 这个处理需要排序,总计等操作. 如果能通过WHERE子句限制记录的数目,那就能减少这方面的开销.
例如:
低效:
SELECT REGION,AVG(LOG_SIZE)
FROM LOCATION
GROUP BY REGION
HAVING REGION REGION != ‘SYDNEY’
AND REGION != ‘PERTH’
高效
SELECT REGION,AVG(LOG_SIZE)
FROM LOCATION
WHERE REGION REGION != ‘SYDNEY’
AND REGION != ‘PERTH’
GROUP BY REGION
( HAVING 中的条件一般用于对一些集合函数的比较,如COUNT() 等等. 除此而外,一般的条件应该写在WHERE子句中)
15. 减少对表的查询
在含有子查询的SQL语句中,要特别注意减少对表的查询.
例如:
低效
SELECT TAB_NAME
FROM TABLES
WHERE TAB_NAME = ( SELECT TAB_NAME
FROM TAB_COLUMNS
WHERE VERSION = 604)
ANDDB_VER= ( SELECT DB_VER
FROM TAB_COLUMNS
WHERE VERSION = 604)
高效
SELECT TAB_NAME
FROM TABLES
WHERE (TAB_NAME,DB_VER)
= ( SELECT TAB_NAME,DB_VER)
FROM TAB_COLUMNS
WHERE VERSION = 604)
Update 多个Column 例子:
低效:
UPDATE EMP
SET EMP_CAT = (SELECT MAX(CATEGORY) FROM EMP_CATEGORIES),
SAL_RANGE = (SELECT MAX(SAL_RANGE) FROM EMP_CATEGORIES)
WHERE EMP_DEPT = 0020;
高效:
UPDATE EMP
SET (EMP_CAT, SAL_RANGE)
= (SELECT MAX(CATEGORY) , MAX(SAL_RANGE)
FROM EMP_CATEGORIES)
WHERE EMP_DEPT = 0020;
16. 通过内部函数提高SQL效率.
SELECT H.EMPNO,E.ENAME,H.HIST_TYPE,T.TYPE_DESC,COUNT(*)
FROM HISTORY_TYPE T,EMP E,EMP_HISTORY H
WHERE H.EMPNO = E.EMPNO
AND H.HIST_TYPE = T.HIST_TYPE
GROUP BY H.EMPNO,E.ENAME,H.HIST_TYPE,T.TYPE_DESC;
通过调用下面的函数可以提高效率.
FUNCTION LOOKUP_HIST_TYPE(TYP IN NUMBER) RETURN VARCHAR2
AS
TDESC VARCHAR2(30);
CURSOR C1 IS
SELECT TYPE_DESC
FROM HISTORY_TYPE
WHERE HIST_TYPE = TYP;
BEGIN
OPEN C1;
FETCH C1 INTO TDESC;
CLOSE C1;
RETURN (NVL(TDESC,’?’));
END;
FUNCTION LOOKUP_EMP(EMP IN NUMBER) RETURN VARCHAR2
AS
ENAME VARCHAR2(30);
CURSOR C1 IS
SELECT ENAME
FROM EMP
WHERE EMPNO=EMP;
BEGIN
OPEN C1;
FETCH C1 INTO ENAME;
CLOSE C1;
RETURN (NVL(ENAME,’?’));
END;
SELECT H.EMPNO,LOOKUP_EMP(H.EMPNO),
H.HIST_TYPE,LOOKUP_HIST_TYPE(H.HIST_TYPE),COUNT(*)
FROM EMP_HISTORY H
GROUP BY H.EMPNO , H.HIST_TYPE;
17. 使用表的别名(Alias)
当在SQL语句中连接多个表时, 请使用表的别名并把别名前缀于每个Column上.这样一来,就可以减少解析的时间并减少那些由Column歧义引起的语法错误.
18. 用EXISTS替代IN
在许多基于基础表的查询中,为了满足一个条件,往往需要对另一个表进行联接.在这种情况下, 使用EXISTS(或NOT EXISTS)通常将提高查询的效率.
低效:
SELECT *
FROM EMP (基础表)
WHERE EMPNO > 0
AND DEPTNO IN (SELECT DEPTNO
FROM DEPT
WHERE LOC = ‘MELB’)
高效:
SELECT *
FROM EMP (基础表)
WHERE EMPNO > 0
AND EXISTS (SELECT ‘X’
FROM DEPT
WHERE DEPT.DEPTNO = EMP.DEPTNO
AND LOC = ‘MELB’)
( 相对来说,用NOT EXISTS替换NOT IN 将更显著地提高效率,下一节中将指出)
19. 用NOT EXISTS替代NOT IN
在子查询中,NOT IN子句将执行一个内部的排序和合并. 无论在哪种情况下,NOT IN都是最低效的 (因为它对子查询中的表执行了一个全表遍历). 为了避免使用NOT IN ,我们可以把它改写成外连接(Outer Joins)或NOT EXISTS.
例如:
SELECT …
FROM EMP
WHERE DEPT_NO NOT IN (SELECT DEPT_NO
FROM DEPT
WHERE DEPT_CAT=’A’);
为了提高效率.改写为:
(方法一: 高效)
SELECT ….
FROM EMP A,DEPT B
WHERE A.DEPT_NO = B.DEPT(+)
AND B.DEPT_NO IS NULL
AND B.DEPT_CAT(+) = ‘A’
(方法二: 最高效)
SELECT ….
FROM EMP E
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT ‘X’
FROM DEPT D
WHERE D.DEPT_NO = E.DEPT_NO
AND DEPT_CAT = ‘A’);