• Raghu.K (12/28/2012)


    I want join 4 tables in the Oracle.Table 1 is having 4 different where conditions.

    Which one is better (Performance wise)

    1.Join all 4 tables and write table1 where conditions globally (After Joining 4 tables)

    2.Make Table1 as Derived Table with all where conditions and joining with 3 tables.

    Not much to work with.

    Assuming you have the right indexes on place, test both cases. Since this is an Oracle question I would suggest to trace/tkprof both solutions then look at buffer_gets on both of them, usually the solution with the less buffer_gets would be the one that would perform the better.

    Hope this helps.

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