Do you know what it (cpu costing) measures : the logical reads or the = physical reads (does the buffer cache affects the numbers)? Thanks Waleed -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Lewis [mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 4:23 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: CPU COSTING Re-reading my post, it's not obvious that I approve of CPU costing and think it should be enabled as=20 part of the migration plan from 8 to 9; so I'll just say it clearly: "I approve of CPU costing and think it should be=20 enabled as part of the migration plan from 8 to 9" The fact that it will cause some surprises and confusion occasionally is unfortunate. =20 One guideline when you've got some system statistics gathered. If you've adjusted optimizer_index_cost_adj, set it back to default, otherwise you've effectively told Oracle twice that single block reads are cheaper than multiblock reads. (This was the point of the throwaway comment I made about Oracle 9 in my DBAZine article on OICA). Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html April 2004 Iceland http://www.index.is/oracleday.php=20 June 2004 UK - Optimising Oracle Seminar July 2004 USA West Coast, Optimising Oracle Seminar August 2004 Charlotte NC, Optimising Oracle Seminar September 2004 USA East Coast, Optimising Oracle Seminar September2004 UK - Optimising Oracle Seminar ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Wolfson Larry - lwolfs" <lawrence.wolfson@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 12:38 AM Subject: RE: CPU COSTING Jonathan, thanks for heads up. Tanel, by freaked out, I assume you mean performing at warp speed. Thanks Larry Wolfson. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------