No A subquery can be unnested into a inline view and then maybe merged into the main query. But a subquery is not a inline view. inline view is in the from clause. Subquery is used in the where clause. A scalar subquery can replace any expression anywhere in the sql statement Amit -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rich Jesse Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:45 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Parallel hint ignored only in subquery Relationally speaking, I thought that an inline view was just one type of subquery, no? -- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Rich Jesse > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:36 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Parallel hint ignored only in subquery > > Hey all, > > SELECT * FROM ( > SELECT /*+ parallel (aa 4) */ > aa.col1, bb.col1, cc.col1, cc2.col1... > FROM aa > JOIN bb on aa.pk = bb.pk > LEFT OUTER JOIN cc on cc.pk1 = aa.pk AND cc.pk3 = aa.pk1 > LEFT OUTER JOIN cc CC2 on cc2.pk2 = aa.pk2 > ... > WHERE bb.stuff IN ('yadda', '?Yadda', 'YADDA!') [snip] -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l