由于oracle索引的特性,使得is null这种条件的sql不能够使用索引。但是我们可以通过复合索引的形式来使这种sql也能使用索引,下面是一个简单的测试:
SQL> create table t as select * from dba_objects;
表已创建。
SQL> create index idx_t_id1 on t(object_id);
索引已创建。
SQL> exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(user,'t',cascade=>true);
PL/SQL 过程已成功完成。
SQL> set autotrace traceonly;
SQL> select * from t where object_id is null;
未选定行
执行计划
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Plan hash value: 1601196873
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| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
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| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 1 | 97 | 287 (1)| 00:00:04 |
|* 1 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| T | 1 | 97 | 287 (1)| 00:00:04 |
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Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
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1 - filter("OBJECT_ID" IS NULL)
统计信息
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1 recursive calls
0 db block gets
1030 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
1184 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
404 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
1 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
0 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
0 rows processed
SQL> set autotrace off;
SQL> create index idx_t_id2 on t(object_id,1);
索引已创建。
SQL> set autotrace traceonly;
SQL> select * from t where object_id is null;
未选定行
执行计划
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Plan hash value: 2286710094
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| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
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| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 1 | 97 | 1 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| T | 1 | 97 | 1 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | IDX_T_ID2 | 1 | | 1 (0)| 00:00:01 |
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Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
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2 - access("OBJECT_ID" IS NULL)
统计信息
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0 recursive calls
0 db block gets
2 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
1184 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
404 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
1 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
0 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
0 rows processed
在上面的测试中,建立了(object_id,1)这样一个复合索引,而常量“1”的存在,将会使表中的所有行都能够进行索引,这样使得如“select * from t where object_id is null”这样的sql也能够使用索引,这在null值非常少时,能够大幅度提升sql的性能。