Oracle 如何强制刷新Buffer Cache
    
  在Oracle9i里,Oracle提供了一个内部事件,用以强制刷新Buffer Cache,其语法为:
  alter session set events 'immediate trace name flush_cache level 1';
  或者:
  alter session set events = 'immediate trace name flush_cache';
  类似的也可以使用alter system系统级设置:
  alter system set events = 'immediate trace name flush_cache';
  在Oracle 10g中,Oracle提供一个新的特性,可以通过如下命令刷新Buffer Cache:
  alter system flush buffer_cache;
  我们通过试验来看一下刷新Cache的作用:
  1.创建测试表
  SQL> create table t as select * from dba_objects;Table created.SQL> analyze table t compute statistics;Table analyzed.SQL> select blocks,empty_blocks from dba_tables
  2 where table_name='T' and owner='SYS'; BLOCKS EMPTY_BLOCKS
  ---------- ------------
  78 1
  表T共有79个Block.
  2. x$bh
  SQL> select count(*) from x$bh; COUNT(*)
  ----------
  14375SQL> select count(*) from x$bh where state=0; -- state =0 is free COUNT(*)
  ----------
  13960SQL> alter system set events = 'immediate trace name flush_cache';System altered.SQL> select count(*) from x$bh where state=0; COUNT(*)
  ----------
  14375
  我们注意到flush_cache以后,所有Buffer都被标记为free.
  3. 观察flush_cache对于查询的影响
  SQL> set autotrace trace stat
  SQL> select count(*) from t;Statistics
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  0 recursive calls
  0 db block gets
  81 consistent gets
  79 physical reads
  0 redo size
  ....SQL> SQL> select count(*) from t;Statistics
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  0 recursive calls
  0 db block gets
  81 consistent gets
  0 physical reads
  0 redo size
  ....SQL> alter system set events = 'immediate trace name flush_cache';System altered.SQL> select count(*) from t;Statistics
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  0 recursive calls
  0 db block gets
  81 consistent gets
  79 physical reads
  0 redo size
  ....SQL>
  以上说明仅供参考。