Paula_Stankus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >Other then use sort_area_size to sort in memory and parallel query what >can be done to optimize a pull of 2 large tables joined together where >most of the rows from both tables are selected??? > > You can put them in a 16K blocksize tablespace. That will speed up the full table scan, but may also have some undesired consequences as Oracle will need to maintain another buffer pool, another set of LRU latches, probably another DBWR and it can be quite an interesting thing in conjunction with workarea_size_policy set to auto. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA Ext. 121 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l