通常情况下is null或者!=这些条件如果不是具有很强的过滤性，可以先关注其它的过滤条件。但有些SQL这两种条件具有很强的过滤性，就可以考虑用以下方法。下面先讨论is null的优化，再讨论!=的优化，最后讨论is null or !=一起使用的优化。
以下测试：
Oracle version:11.2.0.4
#新建测试表
create table scott.tb_sj01 as select * from dba_objects;
#处理测试表中的数据
update scott.tb_sj01 set object_name=null where object_id<=10;
update scott.tb_sj01 set object_name='SJ' where object_id>20;
commit;
#收集表的统计信息
begin
dbms_stats.gather_table_stats('scott','TB_SJ01');
end;
#查看测试表中object_name字段的数据分布
#可以看出object_name字段IS NULL的有9笔记录;object_name !='SJ'有11笔记录。
select nvl(object_name,'NULL') object_name,count(1) cnt
from scott.tb_sj01
group by nvl(object_name,'NULL')
order by 2 ;
/*
OBJECT_NAME CNT
ICOL$ 1
TS$ 1
OBJ$ 1
FILE$ 1
STDBY_LINK_CT6601SB 1
UNDO$ 1
FET$ 1
I_USER# 1
UET$ 1
SEG$ 1
IND$ 1
NULL 9
SJ 86880
*/
1.语句：select * from scott.tb_sj01 where object_name is null的优化
SQL> set autot trace
#优化前,COST=346,consistent gets=1246
SQL> select * from scott.tb_sj01 where object_name is null;
9 rows selected.
Execution Plan
----------------------------------------------------------
Plan hash value: 283620643
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| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes| Cost (%CPU)| Time |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 9 | 684 | 346 (1)| 00:00:05 |
|* 1 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| TB_SJ01 | 9 | 684 | 346 (1)| 00:00:05 |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
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1 - filter("OBJECT_NAME" IS NULL)
Statistics
----------------------------------------------------------
0 recursive calls
0 db block gets
1246 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
1850 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
523 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
0 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
9 rows processed
#优化方法1:
#增加索引，让object_name IS NULL的也保存在索引中
SQL> create index scott.idx_tb_sj01_01 on scott.tb_sj01(object_name,1);
#优化后，COST=3,consistent gets=5
SQL> select * from scott.tb_sj01 where object_name is null;
9 rows selected.
Execution Plan
----------------------------------------------------------
Plan hash value: 1042936765
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| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 9 | 684 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TB_SJ01 | 9 | 684 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | IDX_TB_SJ01_01 | 9 | | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 |
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Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
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2 - access("OBJECT_NAME" IS NULL)