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Slow Performance Or Different Results From Analytic Partition By Query When NLS_SORT Is Set (Doc ID 1519654.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 07, 2025

Applies to:

Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Performance of a query degrades when NLS_SORT is set to something other than BINARY, even if NLS_COMP=BINARY. 
The query uses at least one analytic function using PARTITION BY.

Cause

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