I have a query that references Table t column c in the where clause. Table t already has an index on (column c, column d). Is there any reason to add an index to table t that contains just column c? I know that Oracle will use the other index because of the leading column, but is there a performance hit due to it being a composite index? I am running Oracle EE 9.2.0.5. Thanks, Rick Stephenson ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------