How to find out Expected Time of Completion for an Oracle Query
Too often we become impatient when Oracle Query executed by us does not seem to return any result. But Oracle (10g onwards) gives us an option to check how long a query will run, that is, to find out expected time of completion for a query.
The option is using v$session_longops. Below is a sample query that will give you percentage of completion of a running Oracle query and Expected Time to Complete in minutes,
Script
SELECT
opname,
target,
ROUND( ( sofar/totalwork ), 4 ) * 100 Percentage_Complete,
start_time,
CEIL( time_remaining / 60 ) Max_Time_Remaining_In_Min,
FLOOR( elapsed_seconds / 60 ) Time_Spent_In_Min
FROM v$session_longops
WHERE sofar != totalwork;
If you have access to v$sqlarea table, then you can use another version of the above query that will also show you the exact SQL running. Here is how to get it,
SELECT
opname
target,
ROUND( ( sofar / totalwork ), 4 ) * 100 Percentage_Complete,
start_time,
CEIL( time_remaining / 60 ) Max_Time_Remaining_In_Min,
FLOOR( elapsed_seconds / 60 ) Time_Spent_In_Min,
AR.sql_fulltext,
AR.parsing_schema_name,
AR.module Client_Tool
FROM v$session_longops L, v$sqlarea AR
WHERE L.sql_id = AR.sql_id
AND totalwork > 0
AND AR.users_executing > 0
AND sofar != totalwork;
Note
This query will give you correct result only if a FULL Table Scan or INDEX FAST FULL SCAN are being performed by the database for your query. In case, there is no full table/index fast full scan, you can force Oracle to perform a full table scan by specifying /*+ FULL() */ hint.