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SQLTuningAdvisorinOracleSQLDeveloper3.0
Thistutorialcontainsthefollowingsections:
Purpose
TimetoComplete
Overview
SoftwareandHardwareRequirements
Prerequisites
CreatingaDatabaseConnection
ProvidingPrivilegesandRemovingtheexistingStatistics
ontheScottUser
RunningtheSQLTuningAdvisoronaSQLstatement
ImplementingSQLTuningAdvisorrecommendations
Summary

Purpose
ThistutorialshowsyouhowtousetheSQLTuningAdvisorfeatureinOracleSQLDeveloper3.0.

TimetoComplete
Approximately20minutes.

Overview
TheSQLTuningAdvisoranalyzeshighvolumeSQLstatementsandofferstuningrecommendations.Ittakesoneormore
SQLstatementsasaninputandinvokestheAutomaticTuningOptimizertoperformSQLtuningonthestatements.Itcan
runagainstanygivenSQLstatement.TheSQLTuningAdvisorprovidesadviceintheformofpreciseSQLactionsfor
tuningtheSQLstatementsalongwiththeirexpectedperformancebenefits.Therecommendationoradviceprovided
relatestothecollectionofstatisticsonobjects,creationofnewindexes,restructuringoftheSQLstatement,orcreationof
aSQLprofile.YoucanchoosetoaccepttherecommendationtocompletethetuningoftheSQLstatements.
OracleDatabasecanautomaticallytuneSQLstatementsbyidentifyingproblematicSQLstatementsandimplementing
tuningrecommendationsusingtheSQLTuningAdvisor.YoucanalsoruntheSQLTuningAdvisorselectivelyonasingle
orasetofSQLstatementsthathavebeenidentifiedasproblematic.
Inthistutorial,youlearnhowtorunandreviewtherecommendationsoftheSQLTuningAdvisor.
Note:TuningAdvisorispartoftheTuningPack,oneoftheOraclemanagementpacksandisavailableforpurchasewith
EnterpriseEdition.FormoreinformationseeTheOracleTechnologyNetworkortheonlinedocumentation.

SoftwareandHardwareRequirements
Thefollowingisalistofsoftwarerequirements:
OracleDatabase11gEnterpriseEditionwithaccesstotheTuningandDiagnosticmanagementpacksandwiththe
sampleschemainstalled.
OracleSQLDeveloper3.0.

Prerequisites
Beforestartingthistutorial,youshould:
1. InstallOracleSQLDeveloper3.0fromOTN.Followthereadmeinstructionshere.
2. InstallOracleDatabase11gwiththeSampleschema.
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CreatingaDatabaseConnection
ThefirststeptomanagingdatabaseobjectsusingOracleSQLDeveloper3.0istocreateadatabaseconnection.
Performthefollowingstepstocreateadatabaseconnection:
Note:IfyoualreadyhavedatabaseconnectionsforSCOTTandSYSTEM,youdonotneedtoperformthefollowingsteps.
YoucanmovetoProvidingPrivilegestotheScottUsertopic.
1. IfyouhaveinstalledtheSQLDevelopericononyourdesktop,clicktheicontostartyourSQLDeveloperandmove
toStep4.Ifyoudonothavetheiconlocatedonyourdesktop,performthefollowingstepstocreateashortcutto
launchSQLDeveloper3.0fromyourdesktop.
OpenthedirectorywheretheSQLDeveloper3.0islocated,rightclicksqldeveloper.exe(onWindows)or
sqldeveloper.sh(onLinux)andselectSendto>Desktop(createshortcut).

2. Onthedesktop,youwillfindaniconnamedShortcuttosqldeveloper.exe.DoubleclicktheicontoopenSQL
Developer3.0.
Note:Torenameit,selecttheiconandthenpressF2andenteranewname.
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3. YourOracleSQLDeveloperopensup.

4. IntheConnectionsnavigator,rightclickConnectionsandselectNewConnection.

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5. TheNew/SelectDatabaseConnectiondialogopens.EntertheconnectiondetailsasfollowsandclickTest.
ConnectionName:system
Username:system
Password:<your_password>(SelectSavePassword)
Hostname:localhost
SID:<your_own_SID>

6. Checkforthestatusoftheconnectionontheleftbottomside(abovetheHelpbutton).ItshouldreadSuccess.
ClickSaveandthenclickConnect.

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7. IntheConnectionsnavigator,tocreateanewconnectiontothescottschema,rightclickConnectionsandselect
NewConnection.

8. TheNew/SelectDatabaseConnectiondialogopens.EntertheconnectiondetailsasfollowsandclickTest.
ConnectionName:scott
Username:scott
Password:<your_password>(SelectSavePassword)
Hostname:localhost
SID:<your_own_SID>

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9. Checkforthestatusoftheconnectionontheleftbottomside(abovetheHelpbutton).ItshouldreadSuccess.
ClickSaveandthenclickConnect.

10. TheconnectionissavedandyoucanviewthetwonewlycreatedconnectionsintheConnectionslist.

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ProvidingPrivilegesandRemovingtheexistingStatisticsontheScottUser
AuserrequirescertainprivilegestoruntheSQLTuningAdvisor.Also,inordertocollectandmanagestatisticsonthe
SCOTTschema,theexistingstatisticshavetobecleared.BelowarethestepstograntSQLTuningAdvisorprivilegesand
removetheexistingstatisticsonthescottuser.
1.

ClickSQLWorksheet

andselectsystemuser.

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2. TograntprivilegestothescottusertoruntheSQLTuningAdvisor,enterthefollowinglinesofcode.ClickRun
Statement

grantadvisortoscott
grantadministersqltuningsettoscott

3. Theoutputforthestatementsisdisplayed.

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4. TheOracledatabaseallowsyoutocollectstatisticsofmanydifferentkindsinordertoimproveperformance.To
illustratesomeofthefeaturestheSQLTuningAdvisoroffers,cleartheexistingstatisticsfromtheSCOTTschema.
Todeletetheschemastatistics,enterthefollowinglineofcode.
execDBMS_STATS.DELETE_SCHEMA_STATS('scott')
Selectthestatementandclick

RunStatement

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WiththeDBMS_STATSpackageyoucanviewandmodifyoptimizerstatisticsgatheredfordatabaseobjects.The
DELETE_SCHEMA_STATSproceduredeletesstatisticsforanentireschema.

5. Theoutputforthestatementappears.

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RunningtheSQLTuningAdvisoronaSQLstatement
Inthistopic,youruntheSQLTuningAdvisoronaSQLstatement.FourtypesofanalysisareperformedbytheSQL
TuningAdvisorontheSQLstatement.
AlltherecommendationsaredisplayedintheOverview.Youcanalsovieweachrecommendationindividually.
1.

OpentheSQLWorksheetforthescottuserbyclickingSQLWorksheet

2. EnterthefollowingSQLstatementintheworksheet.
selectsum(e.sal),avg(e.sal),count(1),e.deptnofromdeptd,empegroupbye.deptno
orderbye.deptno

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NotethattheaboveSQLstatementhasanunusedreferencetothe"dept"table.

3.
SelecttheSQLstatementandclickSQLTuningAdvisor

4. TheSQLTuningAdvisoroutputappears.

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5. Intheleftnavigator,clickStatistics.Inthisanalysis,objectswithstaleormissingstatisticsareidentifiedand
appropriaterecommendationsaremadetoremedytheproblem.

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6. Intheleftnavigator,clickSQLProfile.Here,theSQLTuningAdvisorrecommendstoimprovetheexecutionplanby
thegenerationofaSQLProfile.

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7. ClicktheDetailtabbedpagetoviewtheSQLProfileFinding.

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8. Intheleftnavigator,clickIndexes.ThisrecommendswhethertheSQLstatementmightbenefitfromanindex.If
necessary,newindexesthatcansignificantlyenhancequeryperformancesareidentifiedandrecommended.

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9. ClicktheOverviewtabbedpage.Inthiscase,therearenoindexrecommendations.

10. Intheleftnavigator,clickRestructureSQL.Inthisanalysis,relevantsuggestionsaremadetorestructureselected
SQLstatementsforimprovedperformance.

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ImplementingSQLTuningAdvisorrecommendations
YoucanimplementtheSQLTuningAdvisorrecommendationfeature.Thiswillenableyoutoupdatethestatisticsinscott
schema.PerformthefollowingstepstoimplementtheSQLTuningAdvisorrecommendations:
1. IntheConnectionsnavigator,rightclickscottandselectGatherSchemaStatistics....

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2. InGatherSchemaStatistics,selectEstimatePercentas100fromthedropdownlistsothatallrowsineach
tableareread.Thisensuresthatthestatisticsareasaccurateaspossible.

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3. ClickApply.

4. Aconfirmationmessageappears.ClickOK.

5. ToruntheSQLTuningAdvisorontheSQLstatementagain,selecttheSQLstatementandclickSQLTuning
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6. TheSQLTuningAdvisoroutputappears.Bygatheringstatistics,theStatisticsandSQLProfileadviceisnow
removed.

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7. Intheleftnavigator,clickeachoftheSQLTuningAdvisorImplementTypetocheckifalltherecommendations
havebeenimplemented.

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Notetheissuesreportedtoyou:

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NotethattheRestructureSQLrecommendationtoremoveanunusedtableremains.

8.
Removethe"dept"tableintheSQLstatementandclickSQLAdvisor

9. Theoutputappears.Alloftheadvicerecommendationshavebeenremoved.

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Summary
Inthistutorial,youhavelearnedhowto:
CreateaDatabaseConnection.
ProvidePrivilegestotheScottUser.
RuntheSQLTuningAdvisoronaSQLstatement.
ImplementSQLTuningAdvisorrecommendations.

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