Have you seen this behavior before? Thanks Michael. SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Thu Apr 15 12:30:43 2010 Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All Rights Reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY <mailto:OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY> > create table t1(id1 int not null); Table created. OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY <mailto:OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY> > create table t2(id2 int not null); Table created. OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY <mailto:OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY> > insert into t1 values (1); 1 row created. OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY <mailto:OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY> > insert into t2 values(1); 1 row created. OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY <mailto:OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY> > commit; Commit complete. OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY <mailto:OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY> > set autotrace traceonly OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY <mailto:OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY> > SELECT * FROM t1 c WHERE c.id1 IN (SELECT id1 FROM t2 a); Execution Plan ---------------------------------------------------------- Plan hash value: 915695074 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- | Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- | 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 1 | 13 | 6 (0)| 00:00:01 | |* 1 | FILTER | | | | | | | 2 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | T1 | 1 | 13 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 | |* 3 | FILTER | | | | | | | 4 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| T2 | 1 | | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Predicate Information (identified by operation id): --------------------------------------------------- 1 - filter( EXISTS (SELECT /*+ */ 0 FROM "T2" "A" WHERE :B1=:B2)) 3 - filter(:B1=:B2) Note ----- - dynamic sampling used for this statement Statistics ---------------------------------------------------------- 38 recursive calls 0 db block gets 47 consistent gets 0 physical reads 0 redo size 510 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client 487 bytes received via SQL*Net from client 2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client 0 sorts (memory) 0 sorts (disk) 1 rows processed OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY <mailto:OPS$ORACLE@db05:PRIMARY> > NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY - This material is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable laws. BE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THIS EMAIL MAY CONTAIN PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION (PHI). BY ACCEPTING THIS MESSAGE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOREGOING, AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS: YOU AGREE TO NOT DISCLOSE TO ANY THIRD PARTY ANY PHI CONTAINED HEREIN, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PERMITTED AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PERFORM YOUR OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO THE RECEIPT OF THIS MESSAGE. If the reader of this email (and attachments) is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender of the error and delete the e-mail you received. Thank you.