Have you tried to fix the plan that you want to be used. (Fixed Plan Baseline) http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28274/optplanmgmt.htm#BABICJBG ~Mihajlo On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Hameed, Amir <Amir.Hameed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Folks, > When using SQL plan baseline, is it possible to instruct the optimizer > to use a baseline that has sub-optimal plan than the one it is currently > using. For example, a SQL statement, which cannot be altered because it > is coming out of a COTS application, is currently using an index scan > and I would like to force it to use FTS. I have tried forcing the > optimizer to use the SQL plan baseline but it keeps using the index path > and hence ignoring the plan baseline. Any feedback will be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > Amir > > > > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l