In very weird cases you get performance issues on one system and not on the other. This can happen when running Oracle and using the FOR ALL ENTRIES statement for very large data sets, while it is fine on smaller sets.
The background is Oracle blocking factors. The full background can be read in these 2 SAP notes:
- Formal tuning note: 48230 – Parameterization of SELECT … FOR ALL ENTRIES statement
- Oracle specific: 881083 – Blocking factors on Oracle-based systems
The solution is to give an Oracle hint (see note 129385 – Database hints in Open SQL) with a lower number of blocking factors.
%_HINTS ORACLE '&prefer_in_itab_opt 1&&max_in_blocking_factor 100&'
Performance issue solved…
If you migrate to HANA or different database, you need to remove or redo the hint again.