• Consider the unique and differing tuning issues in OLTP database and data warehouse environments.
• Learn the phases of SQL statement execution within the database instance.
• Use various techniques to examine SQL execution plans which are produced.
• Learn about the operation of the Oracle Cost-Based Optimizer, including optimizer statistics and histograms.
• Influence the behavior of the Optimizer and tune SQL statement execution.
• Utilize the database advisory framework and those Advisors specifically intended for SQL tuning.
• Use private and public stored outlines to achieve absolute execution plan stability.
• Understand the self-tuning infrastructure and the automatic SQL tuning capabilities found within the database.

• ORACLE DATABASE 10G: SQL TUNING. This course considers tuning and monitoring techniques helpful in writing efficient SQL code and troubleshooting problem areas. These techniques are helpful whether the SQL statements are executed in isolation or as part of PL/SQL program units, Java classes, other 3GL programs, and so on. This is the course you are now taking.
• ORACLE DATABASE 10G: ADVANCED PL/SQL PROGRAMMING & TUNING. This course considers similar topics pertaining to PL/SQL program units. Obviously, any enclosed SQL statements which are also well tuned will contribute towards the efficiency of the application as a whole.
• ORACLE DATABASE 10G: ADMINISTRATION III – PERFORMANCE TUNING. The environment within which both SQL statements and PL/SQL program units execute is obviously the Oracle database. Therefore, if the efficiency of the database as a whole is compromised then the efficiency of any objects which execute within the database will similarly suffer. This course allows one to tune and monitor the performance of the overall database. A well-tuned and properly configured database environment offers the circumstances in which database applications, and their objects such as SQL statements and PL/SQL program units, will operate efficiently.

CONTEMPLATING THE TUNING ISSUES • DIFFERENCES BETWEEN APPLICATIONS • THE CHALLENGES OF TUNING • THE IMPACT OF THE SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE • USING THE MANAGEMENT & ADVISORY FRAMEWORK

SQL STATEMENT EXECUTION • THE EXECUTION PHASES • SQL EXECUTION MODES

VIEWING THE EXECUTION PLAN • MORE ABOUT THE EXECUTION PLAN • VIEWING THE EXECUTION PLAN • MORE INTERPRETATION OF THE PLAN

UNDERSTANDING THE COST BASED OPTIMIZER (CBO) • OPTIMIZATION GOALS • OPTIMIZER_FEATURES_ENABLE Parameter • CBO COMPONENTS

OPTIMIZER OPERATIONS • TABLE ACCESS OPERATIONS • JOIN OPERATIONS • INDEX OPERATIONS

MANAGING OPTIMIZER STATISTICS • MORE ABOUT OPTIMIZER STATISTICS • AUTOMATIC DATABASE STATISTICS COLLECTION • STATISTICS_LEVEL Parameter • GATHER_STATS_JOB • MANUALLY GATHERING STATISTICS • USING THE DBMS_STATS() PACKAGE • GATHER_TABLE_STATS() • GATHER_INDEX_STATS() • GATHER_SCHEMA_STATS() • GATHER_DATABASE_STATS() • USING THE EM INTERFACE • COLLECTING & MANAGING SYSTEM STATISTICS • MANAGING SYSTEM STATISTICS • CREATE_STAT_TABLE() • GATHER_SYSTEM_STATS() • GET_SYSTEM_STATS() • SET_SYSTEM_STATS() • IMPORT_SYSTEM_STATS() • EXPORT_SYSTEM_STATS() • DELETE_SYSTEM_STATS() • DROP_STAT_TABLE()

PERFORMANCE MONITORING & PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE • THE MANAGEMENT & ADVISORY FRAMEWORK • REAL-TIME MONITORS • MANAGING THE AUTOMATIC WORKLOAD REPOSITORY • AUTOMATIC DATABASE DIAGNOSTIC MONITOR • METRICS & ALERT THRESHOLDS

USING ADDM & THE SQL TUNING ADVISOR • APPLICATION TUNING SETUP • APPLICATION MONITORING & TUNING WITH EM • SQL TUNING ADVISOR

PROGRAMMATIC ACCESS TO THE SQL TUNING ADVISOR • ABOUT SQL TUNING ADVISOR TASKS • SQL PROFILE MANAGEMENT • ACCEPT_SQL_PROFILE() • ALTER_SQL_PROFILE() • DROP_SQL_PROFILE() • SQL TUNING SET MANAGEMENT

USING THE SQL ACCESS ADVISOR • USING THE SQL ACCESS ADVISOR • PERFORMING A QUICK TUNE TASK • INDEX OPERATION DATABASE PARAMETERS • OPTIMIZER_INDEX_COST_ADJ • OPTIMIZER_INDEX_CACHING • SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDEXES

OPTIMIZER HINTS • ABOUT HINTS • HINT EXPLANATIONS

HISTOGRAMS • WHY ARE HISTOGRAMS NEEDED? • HISTOGRAMS INTERNAL STRUCTURE • MANUALLY MANAGING HISTOGRAMS

USING PLAN STABILITY • ABOUT PLAN STABILITY • PREPARING FOR STORED OUTLINES • CREATING & USING STORED OUTLINES • DATA DICTIONARY STORAGE • MANAGING STORED OUTLINES • DROP OUTLINE • ALTER OUTLINE • DBMS_OUTLN()

EDITING PRIVATE OUTLINES • ABOUT PRIVATE OUTLINES • EDITING PRIVATE OUTLINES • UTILIZING PRIVATE OUTLINES

EXPLOITING & MANAGING CURSOR SHARING • ABOUT CURSOR SHARING • BIND VARIABLES & CURSOR PEEKING • USING THE CURSOR_SHARING PARAMETER

USING TKPROF & AUTOTRACE • USING TKPROF • USING AUTOTRACE

MANAGING SCHEMA OBJECTS • ABOUT CHAINED & MIGRATED ROWS • VALIDATING DATABASE OBJECTS