2008-09-19

ANY translated to filter(("col1"= OR "col2=))

I had to tweak a sequence of statements, in pseudo-code it was something like this:

select col1 into v1
from tab1
where col2=<condition1>;
delete from tab2
where col3 = v1;
delete from tab2
where col4 = v1;

My first step was to avoid the variable v1 and put the select into the deletes as a subselect.
My 2nd step was to merge the 2 deletes into one, combining the 2 selerated conditions using OR.
this gave an execution plan similar to this (I use the test-table from my previous post and a really simple statement):
delete
from berx1
where type=(select 1 from dual)
or dim=(select 1 from dual);

-------------------------------------
| Id  | Operation           | Name  |
-------------------------------------
|   1 |  DELETE             | BERX1 |
|*  2 |   TABLE ACCESS FULL | BERX1 |
|   3 |    FAST DUAL        |       |
|   4 |     FAST DUAL       |       |
-------------------------------------

Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
---------------------------------------------------
2 - filter(("TYPE"= OR "DIM"=))

The next idea was to avoid running the same subselect twice:
My first thought was to use the subquery_factoring_clause (WITH), but it's only useable in SELECT statements. So I loitered through the documentation and stumbled across the ANY keyword. After some ests I came to this statement:
delete
from berx1
where (select 1 from dual) = any (type, dim);

------------------------------------
| Id | Operation | Name |
------------------------------------
| 1 | DELETE | BERX1 |
|* 2 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| BERX1 |
| 3 | FAST DUAL | |
------------------------------------
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
---------------------------------------------------
2 - filter(("TYPE"= OR "DIM"=))

Anything more to say? Only one subselect, even the filter is the same.
I tested this behaviour with 11.1.0.6 and 10.2.0.4 - both are the same.

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