Tune your Query using Oracle SQL Profile

SQL Profiles are more preferred than OUTLINE as it is simple to use and manage.
You may find my below steps useful to start with SQL Profile. I used this to tune a single query to generate & apply SQL Profile to improve the execution plan.

Note : Here I am trying to generate SQL Profile for one single SQL statement. If you want to generate SQL Profile for multiple SQL statements then you need to create a SQL Tuning Set and then run this.
a. Create a new STS
b. Load the STS
c. Select the STS to review the contents
d. Update the STS if necessary
e. Create a tuning task with the STS as input

Overall Logical Steps to create a SQL Profile through SQL Tuning Advisor

1) You use the CREATE_TUNING_TASK Functions to create a tuning task for tuning a single statement or a group of SQL statements.
2) The EXECUTE_TUNING_TASK Procedure executes a previously created tuning task.
3) The REPORT_TUNING_TASK Function displays the results of a tuning task.
4) You use the SCRIPT_TUNING_TASK Function to create a SQL*PLUS script which can then be executed to implement a set of Advisor recommendations

1. Creating a SQL Tuning Task

Method 1

DECLARE
my_task_name VARCHAR2(30);
my_sqltext CLOB;
BEGIN
my_sqltext := 'SELECT /*+ ORDERED */ * ' 'FROM employees e, locations l, departments d ' 'WHERE e.department_id = d.department_id AND ' 'l.location_id = d.location_id AND ' 'e.employee_id < :bnd';
my_task_name := DBMS_SQLTUNE.CREATE_TUNING_TASK(
sql_text => my_sqltext,
bind_list => sql_binds(anydata.ConvertNumber(100)),
user_name => 'HR',
scope => 'COMPREHENSIVE',
time_limit => 1800,
task_name => 'my_sql_tuning_task',
description => 'Task to tune a query on a specified employee');
END;


Method 2

DECLARE
my_task_name VARCHAR2(30);
my_sqlid varchar2(30);
my_planhashvalue number;
BEGIN
my_sqlid := 'a59zbsyutxfg1';
my_planhashvalue := 343073668;
my_task_name := DBMS_SQLTUNE.CREATE_TUNING_TASK(
sql_id => my_sqlid,
plan_hash_value => my_planhashvalue,
scope => 'COMPREHENSIVE',
task_name => 'my_sql_tuning_task',
time_limit => 1800,
description => 'Task to tune a query');
END;


Method 3

DECLARE
my_task_name VARCHAR2(30);
my_beginsnap number;
my_endsnap number;
my_sqlid varchar2(30);
my_planhashvalue number;
BEGIN
my_sqlid := 'ffpyzcn9809s9';
my_planhashvalue := 2377894994;
my_beginsnap := 20134;
my_endsnap := 20136;
my_task_name := DBMS_SQLTUNE.CREATE_TUNING_TASK(
begin_snap => my_beginsnap,
end_snap => my_endsnap,
sql_id => my_sqlid,
plan_hash_value => my_planhashvalue,
scope => 'COMPREHENSIVE',
task_name => 'my_sql_tuning_task',
time_limit => 1800,
description => 'Task to tune a query');
END;


2. Executing a SQL Tuning Task

BEGIN
DBMS_SQLTUNE.EXECUTE_TUNING_TASK( task_name => 'my_sql_tuning_task' );
END;


3. Checking the Status of a SQL Tuning Task

SELECT status FROM USER_ADVISOR_TASKS WHERE task_name = 'my_sql_tuning_task';

4. Checking the Progress of the SQL Tuning Advisor

SELECT sofar, totalwork
FROM V$ADVISOR_PROGRESS
WHERE task_name = 'my_sql_tuning_task';


5. Displaying the Results of a SQL Tuning Task

SET LONG 9999999
SET LONGCHUNKSIZE 99999999
SET LINESIZE 200
SELECT DBMS_SQLTUNE.REPORT_TUNING_TASK( 'my_sql_tuning_task') FROM DUAL;

6. Accept SQL Profile

The above report might advise SQL Profile if found anything.It can then be implemented using.

execute dbms_sqltune.accept_sql_profile(task_name => 'my_sql_tuning_task', replace => TRUE);

6. How to manage(enable/disable) a SQL PROFILE

BEGIN
DBMS_SQLTUNE.ALTER_SQL_PROFILE(
name =>'SYS_SQLPROF_014845b914845b98',
attribute_name => 'STATUS',
value => 'DISABLED');
END;


BEGIN DBMS_SQLTUNE.ALTER_SQL_PROFILE(
name =>'SYS_SQLPROF_01487a4c1487a4cb',
attribute_name => 'STATUS',
value => 'ENABLED');
END;



Keywords : Oracle; SQL profile ;sqlprofile ; tune; query

Quick Commands to copy DATAFILE or ARCHIVELOG file from ASM to unix filesystem

In Oracle 10g,

RMAN Solution

I. To Copy Datafile from ASM to filesystem

run{
allocate channel c1 type disk;
copy datafile '+DATA01/datafile/dat01.577.687959027' to /tmp/dat01.577.687959027';
}

II. To Copy archive log file from ASM to filesystem

backup as copy archivelog from sequence 23676 until sequence 23680 format '/tmp/archivelog/informatica%h_%e_resetlogs.arc';

PLSQL Solution using DBMS_FILE_TRANSFER

Create a directory object to point the source

create or replace directory SDIR as '+DATA01/datafile/';

Note : In my example, the database datafile which i wanted to copy from ASM to filesystem was residing in '+DATA01/datafile/'

Create a directory object to point the destination

create or replace directory DDIR as '/tmp';

Copy the file

BEGIN
dbms_file_transfer.copy_file(source_directory_object =>'SDIR',
source_file_name => 'dat01.577.687959027',
destination_directory_object => 'DDIR',
destination_file_name => 'dat01.dbf');
END;

In Oracle 11g,

Apart from the above compatible commands, ASMCMD command line utility has been enhanced with "cp" copy command.

ASMCMD[+]>cp +DATA01/datafile/dat01.577.687959027 /tmp/dat01.dbf

Keywords : copy; file; asm; filesystem; datafile; archive; archivelog