Ian, I don't think this is the same bug. My problem is from faulty ordering in the execution plan which doesn't seem related to "prefetch". Henry > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Cary > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 5:28 AM > To: henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Wrong Results - Bad Execution Plan > > > > I had something similar on 10.2.0.2 where a query returned > the wrong set of > results. It was a known bug with pretech and can be worked around by > setting the following hidden parameters. > > _table_lookup_prefetch_size=0 > _table_lookup_prefetch_thresh=<a large number> 20000000 > worked for me > > If you need any further a Metalink lookup with a search string of > "prefetch" (knowing what to look for helps :) ) gives quite a few > references to queries returning wrong results. > > Cheers, > > Ian > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l