| selectivity in index usage [message #338648] |
Tue, 05 August 2008 09:48  |
krshnn592
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Hi,
While going through the Oracle 9i performane tuning guide and refence,in chapter 1,page 18(section :-Understanding Access Paths for the CBO) I have found that:--
If a statement retrieves small number of rows then Index is used,and in case of large portion of rows full scan is used.
So my understanding is that if query has low selectivity(%age of rows retrived by query) then index is used,otherwise(high selectivity) full scan is used.
But in next line it is written that---In OLTP applications short running queries with high selectivity(for me it should be low selectivity) are characterized by index access path.
I think one is contradictory to othrs,Is it? PLEASE HELP ME.
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| Re: selectivity in index usage [message #338666 is a reply to message #338656] |
Tue, 05 August 2008 10:35  |
krshnn592
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thanks for response,
could u please tell me one thing:-How is this selectivity different from Selctivty measurement generated by Estimator in CBO.Here selectivity 0.0 means no rows selected,0.1 means less number of rows and 1.0 means all rows are selected. Thanks
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| Re: selectivity in index usage [message #338670 is a reply to message #338666] |
Tue, 05 August 2008 10:50 |
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Michel Cadot
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I don't understand the question. This is the same unless one is ratio and the other ones number of rows, but basically it is the same.
Regards
Michel
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