Please excuse me for the basic question, but I can?t find any information source which can give me significant answer to my question (if you know one, please just point me). I have 2 similar (by returned result) SQL-s (See below). I wonder, How Oracle executing FILTER operation? And why there is so huge difference of LIO (SQL1 = 2591; SQL2 = 205405)? I am intended to understand how physically work FILTER operation. Please excuse if it is basic question. I am ready to get information by myself if you point me to source. Than you in advance, Jurijs ============================================================ 1. SQL (from tkprof output) ============================== SELECT count(*) from dkm_outbill_receipts dor WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM MNS_PHARMACIES WHERE unify = 'N' and id = dor.phs_id) call count cpu elapsed disk query current rows ------- ------ -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Parse 1 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Execute 1 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Fetch 2 0.58 1.37 2551 2591 0 1 ------- ------ -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- total 4 0.58 1.38 2551 2591 0 1 Rows Row Source Operation ------- --------------------------------------------------- 1 SORT AGGREGATE (cr=2591 r=2551 w=0 time=1378304 us) 164319 FILTER (cr=2591 r=2551 w=0 time=1341440 us) 202818 TABLE ACCESS FULL DKM_OUTBILL_RECEIPTS (cr=2585 r=2551 w=0 time=1158144 us) 2 TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID MNS_PHARMACIES (cr=6 r=0 w=0 time=0 us) 3 INDEX UNIQUE SCAN MNS_PHS_PK (cr=3 r=0 w=0 time=0 us)(object id 6893) 2. SQL ============================== SELECT /*+ RULE */ count(*) from dkm_outbill_receipts dor WHERE dor.phs_id IN (SELECT ID FROM MNS_PHARMACIES WHERE unify = 'N') call count cpu elapsed disk query current rows ------- ------ -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Parse 1 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Execute 1 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Fetch 2 3.53 4.53 2551 205405 0 1 ------- ------ -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- total 4 3.53 4.54 2551 205405 0 1 Rows Row Source Operation ------- --------------------------------------------------- 1 SORT AGGREGATE (cr=205405 r=2551 w=0 time=4537344 us) 164319 NESTED LOOPS (cr=205405 r=2551 w=0 time=4501504 us) 202818 TABLE ACCESS FULL DKM_OUTBILL_RECEIPTS (cr=2585 r=2551 w=0 time=1281024 us) 164319 TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID MNS_PHARMACIES (cr=202820 r=0 w=0 time=2269184 us) 202818 INDEX UNIQUE SCAN MNS_PHS_PK (cr=2 r=0 w=0 time=705536 us)(object id 6893) ============================================================ SYS:MNS01> SELECT ID FROM MNS_PHARMACIES WHERE unify = 'N'; ID ---------- 2 3 2 rows selected. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------