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Re: Fw: Optimizer

Posted By: Peter_Logan@spartanstores.com
Date: Thursday, 29 March 2012, at 10:06 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Fw: Optimizer (Fernando Nunes)

Ok .. here is the really strange thing ...

If I do away with the function ... and put in place the fiscal week id ...
then up until week 36 one query plan is used ... and then from week 37 on,
a different query plan is used ... The first plan runs in a minute...the
second several minutes ... when I put the directive on the query and
force it to use the order of the tables that was chosen by the optimizer
it always runs in a minute ...

I'm trying to see if an external directive will work for this one .. just
to give them that as a choice .. but I can't seem to get that working ...
I can save the external directive, but when I execute the sql, the
explain doesn't show the directive being used ... and I'm using the exact
sql to create the directive as well as execute the sql ... wondering if
the function in the sql is messing that up ...

Peter Logan
Senior Database Administrator
Phone: 616/878-8309

From: "Fernando Nunes" <domusonline@gmail.com>
To: ids@iiug.org
Date: 03/29/2012 09:52 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Optimizer [26597]
Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org

Hmmm.... Yes, I think I can understand the point, although tables schema
would help.
I believe the problem is a well known issue (notice I use "issue" instead
of "bug"). And recent versions have been seeing changes in that area.

Would I be correct to assume the bad query plan is using a date/datetime
index? This could be one source of the problem, but in your case it's
probably another issue.
You're asking the optimizer to calculate a query plan based on the unknown

result of a user function. As such the optimizer must consider/estimate a
selectivity. Too low will make that index non attractive, and too high
makes it too attractive. And the dramatic issue is that it has no way to
make a good estimate.

I believe that recent versions (11.50.FC9 and maybe 11.70.FC2/3) may have
change the way this selectivity is calculated. This solved many customer's

problems and probably caused problems to many others...

I'm not in developing but I believe 11.70.FC4 may have changed this. And
eventually some improvements may appear in the future. Would it be too
hard
for you to try that query on 11.70.FC4?

Of course, if you had the chance to avoid the use of the function and give

it the value the problem should not happen.
If you're sure that the query should NEVER use that index (on the column
you're comparing with the function result), you can use some sort of
operation on it. For example:

my_column + 0 UNITS DAY = ( SELECT WEEKID(...) FROM systables WHERE tabid
=
0)

This will avoid the use of any index on that column and will not change
the
result set... hmmmm... But again, if that's a query generated from a tool
this may not be feasible.

P.S.: Above I avoided using the term "bug" because this is a nasty
situation... We must consider some value for selectivity, but we have no
idea about the possible or probable result of the function. So basically
we're blind... I can't imagine a good solution (that will fit all the
scenarios) for this.

Regards.

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Peter_Logan@spartanstores.com <
Peter_Logan@spartanstores.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply ... Yes, the auto stats updating has been disabled
> ... and I am aware of the external optimizer directives ...
>
> Let me try to sum this up a little differently ... when the date was say

> 9/15/2011 .... one query plan was followed ... the one that works ...
now
> that the date is 3/28/2012 ... the optimizer is choosing a different
path
> ... so, what it seems to me is that the optimizer must be evaluating
that
> part of the query .. and then figuring out the query plan from there ...
I
> could understand that if this was a constant, but this isn't ... the
> select weekid(today, -1) from systables where tabid = 1 is a procedure
> that brings back the fiscal week id .. ie 201252 ... does that make a
> little ore sense ... I'm trying to figure out if the optimizer is making

> that evaluation .. then coming up with the plan.... and if so, how to
keep
> it from doing that ....
>
> Peter Logan
> Senior Database Administrator
> Phone: 616/878-8309
>
> From: "Fernando Nunes" <domusonline@gmail.com>
> To: ids@iiug.org
> Date: 03/28/2012 05:11 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Optimizer [26592]
> Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org
>
> I'm afraid I didn't understand your point correctly. You mention the
> select
> from systables but I didn't understand how it's relevant for the
problem.
> Are you saying that query presented works fine but if you use the select

> from systables instead of:
>
> and a12.fiscal_week_id in (201253)
>
> It will break the query plan?
>
> In any case a few warnings and maybe some useful information:
>
> - 11.7 alreay includes the AUTO_STAT_MODE parameter. This activates or
> deactivates the optimization that says to the engine that "if the table
> doesn't change too much don't bother to update it's statistics". I had a

> recent situation where the default threshold was causing some stalled
> statistics and it made a difference on the query plans. And the
> probability
> that this happens with queries involving time/dates is higher than with
> other types of filters (because these fields many times tend to be
> populated with constantly increasing values, so statistically something
> that makes the filter "column > today - some_time" look good will in
time
> lead to bad choices)
>
> - You can activate optimizer directives for any query outside the
> applications by using the External Directives feature. I will not go
into
> details, because it could take a while, but if you're not aware of this
> and
> need further information, please tell. In any case I'm against the
> principle of using directives to solve query plans problems... after all

> we
> have an optimizer... we're not Oracle :)
>
> So, my advise:
> - Verify that the distributions are really up to date (disable
> AUTO_STAT_MODE) and run them (it's dynamic and I believe there's a way
to
> control it inside the session (either with SET ENVIRONMENT or with a
> environment variable)
> - If you never used the external optimizer directives, please
investigate
> them. Sometimes you can get away with them to quickly solve a
performance
> problem. But my advise is to always investigate this kind of problems
and
> find a definitive solution
> - You could of course re-post your problem in a manner I can understand,

> or
> wait until someone smarter to answer you :)
>
> Regards.
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Peter_Logan@spartanstores.com <
> Peter_Logan@spartanstores.com> wrote:
>
> > Aix 6.1
> > IDS 11.70.fc3
> >
> > The below query was executing ok, and then recently it started taking
a
> > lot longer... In looking at the query plans, the order of the tables
> > changed a few weeks ago... Amount of data and stats in the tables
> haven't
> > changed dramatically ...
> >
> > The question I have, is ... Is the optimizer smart enough to execute
the
>
> > (select weekid(today, -1) from systables where tabid = 1 ... I can
> > duplicate if I take that select out and hard code the fiscal week id
..
> > runs about a minute .. then runs about 4 minutes. The query plan
changes
>
> > ... If I do run the query with the directive ... then I can
consistently
>
> > get it to run around a minute .. The problem is that this is a Micro
> > Strategies report, so that optimizer directive can't be included ....
> > Any help would be appreciated ...
> >
> > Peter Logan
> > Senior Database Administrator
> > Phone: 616/878-8309
> > ----- Forwarded by Peter Logan/Corporate/Spartan on 03/28/2012 03:53
PM
> > -----
> >
> > From: plisad0 (spartan02) <plisad0@spartanstores.com>
> > To: Peter_Logan@spartanstores.com
> > Date: 03/28/2012 03:52 PM
> > Subject: Optimizer
> >
> > -- select --+ORDERED
> > select
> > a18.mdse_grp_key mdse_grp_key,
> >
> > a12.fiscal_week_id fiscal_week_id,
> >
> > a13.catgy_manager_key catgy_manager_key,
> >
> > (sum(a11.total_sales_amt) * 0.001) WJXBFS1,
> >
> > sum(a11.ext_profit_amt) WJXBFS2,
> >
> > sum(a11.total_sales_amt) WJXBFS3,
> >
> > sum(a11.ext_profit_amt) WJXBFS4
> > from
> >
> > week_to_year_lkp a12,
> >
> > channel a16,
> >
> > chain a15,
> >
> > line a14,
> > efin_wk_line_cls a11,
> >
> > mdse_class_manager a13,
> >
> > mdse_class a17,
> >
> > mdse_category a18,
> >
> > mdse_group a19,
> >
> > department a110,
> >
> > business_dept a111
> > where a11.fiscal_week_id = a12.fiscal_wty_id and
> >
> > a11.mdse_class_key = a13.mdse_class_key and
> >
> > a11.sales_line_id = a14.sales_line_id and
> >
> > a14.sales_chain_id = a15.sales_chain_id and
> >
> > a15.sales_channel_id = a16.sales_channel_id and
> >
> > a11.mdse_class_key = a17.mdse_class_key and
> >
> > a17.mdse_catgy_key = a18.mdse_catgy_key and
> >
> > a18.mdse_grp_key = a19.mdse_grp_key and
> >
> > a19.dept_key = a110.dept_key and
> >
> > a110.bus_dept_key = a111.bus_dept_key
> >
> > and (a16.enterprise_id in (18)
> >
> > and a13.catgy_manager_key in (70)
> >
> > and a110.dept_grp_key not in (525, 9)
> >
> > and a14.format_type_id in ('SUPERMKT ')
> >
> > and a12.fiscal_week_id in (201253)
> >
> > and a111.dept_grp_type_key in (1))
> > group by a18.mdse_grp_key,
> >
> > a12.fiscal_week_id,
> >
> > a13.catgy_manager_key
> > into temp ZZMD03 with no log
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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