select sysdate from dual在Oracle9i和10g中的区别
在9i环境中
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
----------------------------
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
CORE    9.2.0.6.0       Production
TNS for HPUX: Version 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
可以看到读取dual表会产生3个逻辑读
SQL> select sysdate from dual;


Execution Plan
----------------------
   0      SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE
   1    0   TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'DUAL'




Statistics
----------------------
          0  recursive calls
          0  db block gets
          3  consistent gets
          0  physical reads
          0  redo size
        495  bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
        655  bytes received via SQL*Net from client
          2  SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
          0  sorts (memory)
          0  sorts (disk)
          1  rows processed


而在Oracle 10g，对dual的读取降低到0个逻辑读
SQL> select * from v$version;

BANNER
----------------------------
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.5.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.5.0 - Production
CORE    10.2.0.5.0      Production
TNS for Linux: Version 10.2.0.5.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.5.0 - Production

SQL> select sysdate from dual;


Execution Plan
----------------------
Plan hash value: 1388734953

-----------------------------
| Id  | Operation        | Name | Rows  | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
-----------------------------
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT |      |     1 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 |  FAST DUAL       |      |     1 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
-----------------------------


Statistics
----------------------
          0  recursive calls
          0  db block gets
          0  consistent gets
          0  physical reads
          0  redo size
        415  bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
        400  bytes received via SQL*Net from client
          2  SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
          0  sorts (memory)
          0  sorts (disk)
          1  rows processed




如果应用中大量采用select sysdate from dual这种方法获取系统时间，Oracle的这一点点小小的改动，无疑会提高性能。