How to implement optional query parameters












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I have a relatively big (10^7 rows and growing) table and I want to query some rows from it.
Since table is this big - I want to use every perfomance boost that I can.



My query have optional parameter (let's call it agent_id) - it may be NULL or may have some numeric value.



I have thought of two ways to create such a query, here are simplified examples:



Query 1:



select c.agent_id,
c.date_time
from calls c
where 1 = 1
and c.agent_id = nvl(agent_id$i, c.agent_id)


Query 2:



select c.agent_id,
c.date_time
from calls c
where 1 = 1
and (
user_id$i is null
or
user_id$i is not null and c.agent_id = user_id$i
)


Is there any perfomance advantage for either one?



I guessed that second one will be slightly faster, because it can evaluate only half of expression, excluding the need to evaluate other half - but it's only a guess, and I want to hear what experts have to say about this issue.









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    I have a relatively big (10^7 rows and growing) table and I want to query some rows from it.
    Since table is this big - I want to use every perfomance boost that I can.



    My query have optional parameter (let's call it agent_id) - it may be NULL or may have some numeric value.



    I have thought of two ways to create such a query, here are simplified examples:



    Query 1:



    select c.agent_id,
    c.date_time
    from calls c
    where 1 = 1
    and c.agent_id = nvl(agent_id$i, c.agent_id)


    Query 2:



    select c.agent_id,
    c.date_time
    from calls c
    where 1 = 1
    and (
    user_id$i is null
    or
    user_id$i is not null and c.agent_id = user_id$i
    )


    Is there any perfomance advantage for either one?



    I guessed that second one will be slightly faster, because it can evaluate only half of expression, excluding the need to evaluate other half - but it's only a guess, and I want to hear what experts have to say about this issue.









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      I have a relatively big (10^7 rows and growing) table and I want to query some rows from it.
      Since table is this big - I want to use every perfomance boost that I can.



      My query have optional parameter (let's call it agent_id) - it may be NULL or may have some numeric value.



      I have thought of two ways to create such a query, here are simplified examples:



      Query 1:



      select c.agent_id,
      c.date_time
      from calls c
      where 1 = 1
      and c.agent_id = nvl(agent_id$i, c.agent_id)


      Query 2:



      select c.agent_id,
      c.date_time
      from calls c
      where 1 = 1
      and (
      user_id$i is null
      or
      user_id$i is not null and c.agent_id = user_id$i
      )


      Is there any perfomance advantage for either one?



      I guessed that second one will be slightly faster, because it can evaluate only half of expression, excluding the need to evaluate other half - but it's only a guess, and I want to hear what experts have to say about this issue.









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      I have a relatively big (10^7 rows and growing) table and I want to query some rows from it.
      Since table is this big - I want to use every perfomance boost that I can.



      My query have optional parameter (let's call it agent_id) - it may be NULL or may have some numeric value.



      I have thought of two ways to create such a query, here are simplified examples:



      Query 1:



      select c.agent_id,
      c.date_time
      from calls c
      where 1 = 1
      and c.agent_id = nvl(agent_id$i, c.agent_id)


      Query 2:



      select c.agent_id,
      c.date_time
      from calls c
      where 1 = 1
      and (
      user_id$i is null
      or
      user_id$i is not null and c.agent_id = user_id$i
      )


      Is there any perfomance advantage for either one?



      I guessed that second one will be slightly faster, because it can evaluate only half of expression, excluding the need to evaluate other half - but it's only a guess, and I want to hear what experts have to say about this issue.







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