The SEM_PERF package contains subprograms for examining and enhancing the performance of the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Web Ontology Language (OWL) support in an Oracle database. To use the subprograms in this chapter, you must understand the conceptual and usage information in Chapter 1, "RDF Semantic Graph Overview" and Chapter 2, "OWL Concepts".
This chapter provides reference information about the subprograms, listed in alphabetical order.
SEM_PERF.DELETE_NETWORK_STATS (
cascade_parts IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE,
cascade_columns IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE,
cascade_indexes IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE,
no_invalidate IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT DBMS_STATS.AUTO_INVALIDATE,
force IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
options IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL);
Controls the scope of the operation:
If MDSYS.SDO_RDF.VALUE_TABLE_ONLY, the operation applies only to the MDSYS.RDF_VALUE$ table.
If MDSYS.SDO_RDF.LINK_TABLE_ONLY, the operation applies only to the MDSYS.RDF_LINK$ table.
If null (the default), the operation applies to both the MDSYS.RDF_VALUE$ and MDSYS.RDF_LINK$ tables.
See the parameter explanations for the DBMS_STATS.DELETE_TABLE_STATS procedure in Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference, although force here applies to network statistics.
See the information about the DBMS_STATS package inOracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference.
See also Section 1.10, "Managing Statistics for Semantic Models and the Semantic Network".
SEM_PERF.EXPORT_NETWORK_STATS (
stattab IN VARCHAR2,
statid IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
cascade IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE,
statown IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
stat_category IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'OBJECT_STATS',
options IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL);
Exports the statistics for the semantic network and stores them in the user statistics table.
Controls the scope of the operation:
If MDSYS.SDO_RDF.VALUE_TABLE_ONLY, the operation applies only to the MDSYS.RDF_VALUE$ table.
If MDSYS.SDO_RDF.LINK_TABLE_ONLY, the operation applies only to the MDSYS.RDF_LINK$ table.
If null (the default), the operation applies to both the MDSYS.RDF_VALUE$ and MDSYS.RDF_LINK$ tables.
See the parameter explanations for the DBMS_STATS.EXPORT_TABLE_STATS procedure in Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference.
See the information about the DBMS_STATS package inOracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference.
See also Section 1.10, "Managing Statistics for Semantic Models and the Semantic Network".
SEM_PERF.GATHER_STATS(
just_on_values_table IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
degree IN NUMBER(38) DEFAULT NULL);
TRUE collects statistics only on the table containing the lexical values of triples; FALSE (the default) collects statistics on all major tables related to the storage of RDF and OWL data.
A value of TRUE reduces the execution time for the procedure; and it may be sufficient if you need only to collect statistics on the values table (for example, if you use other interfaces to collect any other statistics that you might need).
Degree of parallelism. For more information about parallel execution, see Oracle Database VLDB and Partitioning Guide.
To use this procedure, you must connect as a user with permission to execute it. By default, when Spatial and Graph is installed as part of Oracle Database, only the MDSYS user can execute this procedure; however execution permission on this procedure can be granted to users as needed.
This procedure collects statistical information that can help you to improve inferencing performance, as explained in Section 2.2.7. This procedure internally calls the DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS procedure to collect statistics on RDF- and OWL-related tables and their indexes, and stores the statistics in the Oracle Database data dictionary. For information about using the DBMS_STATS package, see Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference.
Gathering statistics uses significant system resources, so execute this procedure when it cannot adversely affect essential applications and operations.
See also Section 1.10, "Managing Statistics for Semantic Models and the Semantic Network".
SEM_PERF.IMPORT_NETWORK_STATS (
stattab IN VARCHAR2,
statid IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
cascade IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE,
statown IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
no_invalidate IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
force IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
stat_category IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'OBJECT_STATS',
options IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL);
Retrieves the statistics for the semantic network from a user statistics table and stores them in the dictionary.
Controls the scope of the operation:
If MDSYS.SDO_RDF.VALUE_TABLE_ONLY, the operation applies only to the MDSYS.RDF_VALUE$ table.
If MDSYS.SDO_RDF.LINK_TABLE_ONLY, the operation applies only to the MDSYS.RDF_LINK$ table.
If null (the default), the operation applies to both the MDSYS.RDF_VALUE$ and MDSYS.RDF_LINK$ tables.
See the parameter explanations for the DBMS_STATS.IMPORT_TABLE_STATS procedure in Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference, although force here applies to network statistics.
See the information about the DBMS_STATS package inOracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference.
See also Section 1.10, "Managing Statistics for Semantic Models and the Semantic Network".