Re: Query not in code, but has vaguely known WHERE condition

that's it - very good information. It explains all effects I can see. Still did not have the chance to trace a session (job runs at midnight), but now there's a light to get to. :)

Ugly "feature". Thanks everybody.
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From: "Timur Akhmadeev" <timur.akhmadeev_at_gmail.com> To: "martin klier" <martin.klier_at_performing-db.com> Cc: jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk, "l flatz" <l.flatz_at_bluewin.ch>, "Oracle-L Freelists" <oracle-l_at_freelists.org> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 6:55:11 PM Subject: Re: Query not in code, but has vaguely known WHERE condition

It's how merge is implemented internally to support 1 odd feature https://timurakhmadeev.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/silent-ora-904-on-merge/

On Monday, January 26, 2015, Martin Klier < martin.klier_at_performing-db.com > wrote:

Hi Jonathan, Lothar,

seems we have a garbage generator in the database. :)

In my case, it comes from within a scheduler job and a dynamically generated program - but that does not matter. MOS confirmed what I felt - the application will not issue this thingy against the DB, we would have seen it in the app server logs.

Oracle Support - 16 mins ago [ODM Question]

Q
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When and why does the DB create SQLs like :

SELECT :"SYS_B_0"
FROM DUAL
WHERE ... A
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We confirm this SQL statement is related to MERGE SQL statement. It's an internal SQL command.

What they don't say, why the heck. But maybe it helps you forming a picture?

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From: "Jonathan Lewis" < jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk > To: "Oracle-L Freelists" < oracle-l_at_freelists.org > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 2:23:36 PM Subject: RE: Query not in code, but has vaguely known WHERE condition

Have you lost some of the text in emailing it, or is it really this garbaged ? If the latter then perhaps it's appearing because it keeps failing parse (which still gets it pushed into the shared pool) and is constantly cuasing breaks and being re-issued. Pick any session that tries to execute it, and enable trace for a few minutes to see if that shows you anything showing up just before or after a call to this thing.

It won't show up in the AWR because it's always going to cause a syntax error.

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Jonathan Lewis
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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [ oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org ] on behalf of Martin Klier [ martin.klier_at_performing-db.com ] Sent: 26 January 2015 12:53
To: Oracle-L Freelists
Subject: Query not in code, but has vaguely known WHERE condition

Hi listers,

I found a strange SQL in our database, causing Library Cache and Cursor Sharing fun of all kinds, but no need to elaborate on that. The database is a jungle of dynamic SQL and parsing storms, so we had to enable CURSOR_SHARING=SIMILAR to work at all. No value in ranting on that.

What I need to do is, to find where it comes from, to start investigating the case.

The SQL text is like that:

SELECT :"SYS_B_0"
FROM DUAL
WHERE a.div_id = b.div_id

AND a.entity_id = b.entity_id 
AND a.attribute_id = :"SYS_B_1" 
AND a.other_id = :"SYS_B_2" 

We can see it being a top consumer or waiter in currently running / active sessions and ASH, but it never shows up in AWR. For sure, that's not one of ours, even when ignoring the fact that it does not make much sense for itself. All I recognise is the WHERE condition - it may match some of our MERGE ON clauses.

So my questions:

1. How does the DB come to creating this kind of SQL text?
2. What's the use of it, the mechanism behind?
3. How can I find out where it is triggered?

Thank you all in advance!
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Regards
Timur Akhmadeev

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