On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Matt McClernon <mccmx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Your output was hard to read, but the CBO IN operation has a SORT UNIQUE >> step that the simple RBO join doesn't have. > hmm, it must have got mangled when I pasted it in, does this look any better: Depending on mail clients used, the problem is probably due to HTML formatting. Maybe wrapping output with <pre></pre> tags would work? To experiment, I'll try a little sample below: <pre> <----- there is a pre tag here column_1 column_2 Column_3 <---- each 'header' has five spaces value1 value2 value3 <---- the first letter was lined up under the first letter of the header </pre> <----- the ending pre tag So, depending on what this looks like after I click send 'may' help explain formatting problems? -- -- Bill Ferguson -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l