Unstable Plan

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--
-- File name:   unstable_plans.sql
--
-- Purpose:     Attempts to find SQL statements with plan instability.
--
-- Author:      Kerry Osborne
--
-- Usage:       This scripts prompts for two values, both of which can be left blank.
--
--              min_stddev: the minimum "normalized" standard deviation between plans
--                          (the default is 2)
--
--              min_etime:  only include statements that have an avg. etime > this value
--                          (the default is .1 second)
--

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set lines 155
col execs for 999,999,999
col min_etime for 999,999.99
col max_etime for 999,999.99
col avg_etime for 999,999.999
col avg_lio for 999,999,999.9
col norm_stddev for 999,999.9999
col begin_interval_time for a30
col node for 99999
break on plan_hash_value on startup_time skip 1
select * from (
select sql_id, sum(execs), min(avg_etime) min_etime, max(avg_etime) max_etime, stddev_etime/min(avg_etime) norm_stddev
from (
select sql_id, plan_hash_value, execs, avg_etime,
stddev(avg_etime) over (partition by sql_id) stddev_etime
from (
select sql_id, plan_hash_value,
sum(nvl(executions_delta,0)) execs,
(sum(elapsed_time_delta)/decode(sum(nvl(executions_delta,0)),0,1,sum(executions_delta))/1000000) avg_etime
-- sum((buffer_gets_delta/decode(nvl(buffer_gets_delta,0),0,1,executions_delta))) avg_lio
from DBA_HIST_SQLSTAT S, DBA_HIST_SNAPSHOT SS
where ss.snap_id = S.snap_id
and ss.instance_number = S.instance_number
and executions_delta > 0
and ss.begin_interval_time>=sysdate-1
group by sql_id, plan_hash_value
)
)
group by sql_id, stddev_etime
)
where norm_stddev > nvl(to_number('&min_stddev'),2)
and max_etime > nvl(to_number('&min_etime'),.1)
order by norm_stddev
/