Oracle Database 11g: SQL Tuning Workshop Ed 2 -

Oracle Database 11g: SQL Tuning Workshop Ed 2

Duration : 3 Days (24 Hours)

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Oracle Database 11g: SQL Tuning Workshop Ed 2 Course Overview:

The “Oracle Database 11g: SQL Tuning Workshop Ed 2” course is structured into four modules: the first introduces the importance of optimizing SQL code and Oracle Optimizer fundamentals; the second focuses on specific tuning aspects like access paths and execution plans; the third covers query optimization techniques and principles; and the final delves into advanced methods like materialized views and SQL Plan Baseline. Through these modules, participants gain comprehensive insights into Oracle Optimizer, its capabilities, and SQL tuning package, enabling them to optimize their own SQL statements for peak performance.

Intended Audience:

Oracle Database Professionals:
- Database Administrators
- System Administrators
- Database Developers
- Solution Architects
- Database Designers
Database Application Developers
IT Professionals new to Oracle Database 11g seeking comprehensive understanding of major aspects like monitoring database performance, configuring the database optimizer, and resource management with Oracle Database Tuning.

Learning Objectives of Oracle Database 11g: SQL Tuning Workshop Ed 2:

1. Understand the fundamentals of the Oracle Cost-Based Optimizer, including the role of execution plans and statistics in the optimization process.
2. Use Automatic Tuning Optimizer and Real-Time SQL Monitoring.
3. Analyze workloads related to performance bottleneck issues.
4. Create and tune SQL profiles.
5. Tune poorly-performing SQL queries.
6. Understand the purpose and use of Indexes and Partitioning.
7. Use the SQL Access Advisor to recommend best practices for short-term vs. long-term solutions.
8. Leverage the Oracle Database advisors to optimize SQL.
9. Diagnose performance problems using wait events and histograms.
10. Explore Baseline Templates and SQL Baselines to automate performance tuning.

Module 1: Exploring the Oracle Database Architecture

Oracle Database Server Architecture: Overview
Connecting to the Database Instance
Physical Structure
Oracle Database Memory Structures: Overview
Automatic Shared Memory Management
Automated SQL Execution Memory Management
Database Storage Architecture, Logical and Physical Database Structures
Segments, Extents, and Blocks & SYSTEM and SYSAUX Tablespaces

Module 2: Introduction to SQL Tuning

Reason for Inefficient SQL Performance
Performance Monitoring Solutions
Monitoring and Tuning Tools: Overview
CPU and Wait Time Tuning Dimensions
Scalability with Application Design, Implementation, and Configuration
Common Mistakes on Customer systems & Proactive Tuning Methodology
Simplicity in Application Design
Data Modeling, Table Design, Index Design, Using Views, SQL Execution Efficiency, Overview of SQL*Plus & SQL Developer

Module 3: Introduction to the Optimizer

Structured Query Language
SQL Statement Parsing: Overview
Why Do You Need an Optimizer?
Optimization During Hard Parse Operation
Transformer & Estimator
Cost-Based Optimizer
Plan Generator
Controlling the Behavior of the Optimizer, Optimizer Features and Oracle Database Releases

Module 4: Interpreting Execution Plans

What Is an Execution Plan? Where To Find Execution Plans and Viewing Execution Plans
Plan Table & AUTOTRACE
Using the V$SQL_PLAN View
Automatic Workload Repository (AWR)
SQL Monitoring: Overview
Interpreting an Execution Plan
Reading More Complex Execution Plans and Reviewing the Execution Plan
Looking Beyond Execution Plans

Module 5: Application Tracing

End-to-End Application Tracing Challenge
Location for Diagnostic Traces
What is a Service? Use Services with Client Applications & Tracing Services
Use Enterprise Manager to Trace Services
Session Level Tracing: Example
The trcsess Utility and SQL Trace File Contents
Invoking the tkprof Utility and Output of the tkprof Command
tkprof Output with and without Index: Example

Module 6: Optimizer: Table and Index Operations

Row Source Operations, Main Structures and Access Paths
Full Table Scan
Indexes: Overview and B*-tree Indexes and Nulls
Using Indexes: Considering Nullable Columns
Index-Organized Tables
Bitmap Indexes, Bitmap Operations and Bitmap Join Index
Composite Indexes and Invisible Index
Guidelines for Managing Indexes and Investigating Index Usage

Oracle Database 11g: SQL Tuning Workshop Ed 2 Course Prerequisites:

The prerequisite for the Oracle Database 11g: SQL Tuning Workshop Ed 2 Training is the Oracle Database 11g: Introduction to SQL Ed 2 course, or a basic knowledge of SQL. This class is intended for application developers and database administrators who need to tune inefficient SQL statements for improved performance.

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