Has anyone seen this behavior on sql's with IN subqueries go into nested loop semi join which is 10x times slower than 8174. However after hinting with /*+ ordered no_expand */ I get much better performance than 8i. Query in 8i with explain plan. SQL> select count(*) from hffact where page_hit_key in (select page_hit_key from page_hit where account_key=21152); COUNT(*) ---------- 40441 Elapsed: 00:01:28.59 Execution Plan ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=12814 Card=1 Bytes=19) 1 0 SORT (AGGREGATE) 2 1 HASH JOIN (Cost=12814 Card=3852 Bytes=73188) 3 2 VIEW OF 'VW_NSO_1' (Cost=16 Card=125 Bytes=1625) 4 3 SORT (UNIQUE) (Cost=16 Card=125 Bytes=1375) 5 4 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PAGE_HIT_WH_U1' (UNIQUE) (Cost=3 Card=126 Bytes=1386) 6 2 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'HFFACT' (Cost=12788 Card=34385176 Bytes=206311056) Query in 9205 with optimizer_features_enable=920, cpu_costing = off SQL> select count(*) from hffact where page_hit_key in (select page_hit_key from page_hit where account_key=21152); COUNT(*) ---------- 40539 Elapsed: 00:13:59.22 Execution Plan ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=12791 Card=1 Bytes=17) 1 0 SORT (AGGREGATE) 2 1 NESTED LOOPS (SEMI) (Cost=12791 Card=3883 Bytes=66011) 3 2 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'HFFACT' (Cost=12789 Card=34385176 Bytes=206311056) 4 2 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PAGE_HIT_WH_U1' (UNIQUE) Query in 9205 with optimizer_features_enable=920, cpu_costing = off, after hinting SQL> select /*+ ordered no_expand */ count(*) from hffact where page_hit_key in (select page_hit_key from page_hit where account_key=21152); COUNT(*) ---------- 40539 Elapsed: 00:01:10.56 Execution Plan ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=12816 Card=1 Bytes=17) 1 0 SORT (AGGREGATE) 2 1 HASH JOIN (Cost=12816 Card=3858 Bytes=65586) 3 2 SORT (UNIQUE) 4 3 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PAGE_HIT_WH_U1' (UNIQUE) (Cost=3 Card=125 Bytes=1375) 5 2 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'HFFACT' (Cost=12789 Card=34385176 Bytes=206311056) Thanks, Stalin ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------