I tried using a concatenated index with both columns. Still a FTS was the result. If I remove the like and use an = . the result is a bitmap OR operation that uses both indexes. its the Like that is causing the issue. Josh C. _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paula Stankus Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:40 PM To: tim@xxxxxxxxx; 'oracle-l' Subject: Re: How to get query to use an index Why not consider using a concatenated index with both columns versus writing the SQL statement as a Union All Tim Gorman <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Josh, Try: SELECT cus.cusky, cus.cliky, cus.cus01frnm, cus.cus01lanm, cus.cusblad01, cus.cusblad02, cus.cusblcity, cus.cusblstate, cus.cusblzip, cus.cusblcntry, cus.cusad01, cus.cusad02, cus.cuscy, cus.cusst, cus.cuszp, cus.cuscountry, cus.cus01email, cus.cushoph, cus.cus01wrph, cus.wpa_change FROM cus_current_row cus WHERE cushoph LIKE SYS_CONTEXT ('MY_CTX_wpaods', 'phone') UNION ALL SELECT cus.cusky, cus.cliky, cus.cus01frnm, cus.cus01lanm, cus.cusblad01, cus.cusblad02, cus.cusblcity, cus.cusblstate, cus.cusblzip, cus.cusblcntry, cus.cusad01, cus.cusad02, cus.cuscy, cus.cusst, cus.cuszp, cus.cuscountry, cus.cus01email, cus.cushoph, cus.cus01wrph, cus.wpa_change FROM cus_current_row cus WHERE cus01wrph LIKE SYS_CONTEXT ('MY_CTX_wpaods', 'phone') Hope this helps... -Tim on 4/11/06 2:13 PM, Josh Collier at collier_jw@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Query is currently using a full tablescan > > There are two indexes. > > One on cus01wrph > One on cushoph > > If I just put in one or the other (either cusoph or cus01wrph) then the index > is > used. > > SELECT cus.cusky, cus.cliky, cus.cus01frnm, cus.cus01lanm, cus.cusblad01, > cus.cusblad02, cus.cusblcity, cus.cusblstate, cus.cusblzip, > cus.cusblcntry, cus.cusad01, cus.cusad02, cus.cuscy, cus.cusst, > cus.cuszp, cus.cuscountry, cus.cus01email, cus.cushoph, cus.cus01wrph, > cus.wpa_change > FROM cus_current_row cus > WHERE ( cushoph LIKE SYS_CONTEXT ('MY_CTX_wpaods', 'phone') > OR cus01wrph LIKE SYS_CONTEXT ('MY_CTX_wpaods', 'phone') > ) > > Thanks for your help, > > Josh C. > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > _____ Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39 666/*http://beta.messenger.yahoo.com> rates starting at 1¢/min.