I found this on metalink: select /*+ index(bdd_prov bdd_prov_idx) */ int_nom_inst /* all columns that belong to the index */ from bdd_prov where int_nom_inst = int_nom_inst ; Verify with explain plan that this will do full index scan. Do not forget alter index storage(buffer_pool keep). Yechiel Adar Mehish Computer Services ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco" <juancarlosreyesp@xxxxxxxxx> To: "oracle-l" <Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:32 AM Subject: How I Pre-fetch an index? > Hi, one question please > What means to Pre-fetch an index. > This means to force a full index scan to load in memory? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l