Oracle-L: RE: Cache on sysdate? --From 9i performance planning manual

From: <groups_at_koovakattu.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 11:45:13 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00522773.20021226114513@fatcity.com>

That's what I thought too. But the results of testing are somewhat different. Maybe it's evaluated within the PL/SQL engine and does not require a context switch to the SQL engine.

Platform : Sun Solaris 2.6
Oracle : 8.1.7.4 (32 bit)

DEV:43#14739-23049>@dual1
DEV:43#14739-23049>declare
  2 dt date;
  3 begin
  4

  5          for i in 1..10000
  6          loop
  7      select sysdate into dt from dual;

8 -- dt := sysdate;
9 end loop;
10 end;
11 /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

Elapsed: 00:00:01.97

DEV:43#14739-23049>@dual1
DEV:43#14739-23049>declare
  2 dt date;
  3 begin
  4

  5          for i in 1..10000
  6          loop
  7  --    select sysdate into dt from dual;
  8      dt := sysdate;

9 end loop;
10 end;
11 /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

Elapsed: 00:00:00.92

Regards,
Denny

Quoting K Gopalakrishnan <kaygopal_at_yahoo.com>:

> Raj:
>
> Both are same. It is internally translated as a select call to dual.
>
> KG
>
> --- "Jamadagni, Rajendra" <Rajendra.Jamadagni_at_espn.com> wrote:
> > Can someone please explain me why you have to use
> >
> > select sysdate
> > from dual
> > /
> >
> > when
> >
> > my_date_Var := sysdate;
> >
> > just works fine? Maybe I am clueless ... but I can take an
> > explanation
> >
> > Raj
>
> =====
> Have a nice day !!
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Best Regards,
> K Gopalakrishnan,
> Bangalore, INDIA.

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