> Okay I am Going to Piggy Back on this ..=20 >=20 > I have an ANSI SQL which when Rewriiten Using Oracle Syntax it seems > to take a Better plan to execute it .. Any ideas why this is > happening. >=20 > There is a Total Change in the plan and it works much faster than the > ANSI Counterpart could it be because the optimizer is designed to use Oracle syntax? -- Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA=20=20=20=20=20 shrek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine (Song of Solomon 6:3) --=20 ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l