Hi Sayan, but how comes? The first column is the same in both indexes, and the second column of IDX2_AUFTRAG (dategAuftragsNr) is not in the where condition... Thanks Martin Sayan Malakshinov schrieb: > Martin, > > look at selectivity: > 0.000034 - for IDX2_AUFTRAG > 0.000241 - IDX7_AUFTRAG > > By all I know IDX7_AUFTRAG should be the better choice. How can I find > out why cost is calculated this way? -- Usn's IT Blog for Linux, Oracle, Asterisk http://www.usn-it.de -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l