Ryan, if you want people on this list to continue to read and respond to your posts, then I think it would be a good idea to respond to their follow-up questions as well. At 08:48 AM 12/7/2004, Post, Ethan wrote: >I think the test cases showed that it does change performance. Can you >post your actual test cases with plans and stats? Regards Wolfgang Breitling Centrex Consulting Corporation http://www.centrexcc.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l