Indeed, and thanks. Paul Baumgartel CREDIT SUISSE Information Technology Prime Services Databases Americas One Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010 USA Phone 212.538.1143 paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.credit-suisse.com -----Original Message----- From: Wolfgang Breitling [mailto:breitliw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:24 PM To: Baumgartel, Paul Cc: mark.powell@xxxxxxx; oracle-l Subject: RE: Same index, different plan because the index hint is synonymous with index_rs. Both request an index range scan - and the CBO obeyed the hint ! :-) If you want something else you have to say it: index_ffs or index_ss (for skip scan) and I think there are a few more. At 12:27 PM 4/4/2008, Baumgartel, Paul wrote: >All true, but the question is why a hint that says "use this index" >produces a different type of scan than a query without the hint that >uses the index anyway. > > >Paul Baumgartel >CREDIT SUISSE >Information Technology >Prime Services Databases Americas >One Madison Avenue >New York, NY 10010 >USA >Phone 212.538.1143 >paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >www.credit-suisse.com > Regards Wolfgang Breitling Centrex Consulting Corporation www.centrexcc.com ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ============================================================================== -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l