The optimizer cannot ignore the index hint for that query. Therefore the hint is illegal. The first thing to check is whether you have a column coercion issue. What are the types of the columnsand of the input variables - and what does OEM tell you about the run-time predicates ?
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Subject: RE: Index clustering factor The statement is expected to fetch only 1 or 2 rows. The default Oracle gather_stats generates a histogram size auto. We've provided an index hint in the SQL and Oracle sill ignores the index.
Our query is : Select * from tableA where fielda=:A and fieldb=:B We have an index on tableA (fielda, fieldb), but Oracle isn't using the
index.
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