On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 11:12, Jonathan Lewis wrote: Jonathan, Any thoughts on how to temper the CBO's desire to use this access path, short of cutting it off alltogether, via _btree_bitmap_plans=FALSE? -Mark <much good info about btree bitmap plans deleted to avoid overquoting> > The default value is FALSE in 8i, and true in 9i, > and some people have reported performance > problems because there setup started doing this > conversion too frequently in inappropriate cases. > > > Regards > > Jonathan Lewis > > http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html > The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ > > http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html > Public Appearances - schedule updated Dec 23rd 2004 > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 3:54 PM > Subject: bitmap conversion to rowids operation with btree indexes? > > > I see this operation in plans occasionally when I'm using btree indexes and > there are not any bitmaps. I also see: > BITMAP OR > > when using 2 btree indexes in the plan. > > does oracle do some conversion to bits to optimize certain plans even > without bitmap indexes? > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- Mark J. Bobak mark@xxxxxxxxx "Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." --Richard P. Feynman -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l