Hi,
I used explain plan and got the following results. Based on cost and time, does query 2 perform significantly better than query 1? The runtime for query 1 is approximately 1 minute and 40 seconds, but it shows 07:47:02. Why is the estimated time so different from the actual? Your help is much appreciated!
Query 1:
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| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
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| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 71730 | 2241K| 717M (1)| 07:47:02 |
|* 1 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| TBL1 | 71730 | 2241K| 717M (1)| 07:47:02 |
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Query 2:
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| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
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| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 71730 | 2241K| 51028 (1)| 00:00:02 |
|* 1 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| TBL1 | 71730 | 2241K| 51028 (1)| 00:00:02 |
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Remember that an explain plan is just a prediction - the database's best guess for how long the query will take. This guess can be wrong for many, many reasons.
I'm surprised there's such a big difference in the cost and expected time in these plans. Both full scan the same table and are expected to return the same number of rows.
Please provide more detail - in particular the queries these plans are for and any other information shown in the plan. For example, the Notes & Predicates sections.