The syntax is still not right. Read the documentation (as I did): No comma in the list within the use_nl hint. Also, according to the documentation, the table (s) listed in the hint "is the name or alias of a table to be used as the inner table of a nested loops join". I know that a list is legal, I just don't know what that is supposed to mean in terms of being the inner table in an NL join. I always use a single alias in the use_nl hint, except I hardly use such hints at all. If the selectivity of the predicate used to select the driving table in the current plan, maybe a better approach would be to collect a histogram so that the optimizer "knows" that. Quoting A Joshi <ajoshi977@xxxxxxxxx>: > Allen, > Yes. I am giving /*+ ordered use_nl in the query. > I did not type properly in the e-mail below. so it is > > /*+ ordered use_nl(a,b,c,d) index(a emp_id) */ > > Sorry. And thanks for your help. > > > "Allen, Brandon" <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That syntax doesn't look right to me - I think it should be "ordered > use_nl(a,b,c,d)" (not ordered_nl) > > > --------------------------------- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of A Joshi > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 8:37 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: ** ordered use_nl question > > > select /*+ ordered_nl(a,b,c,d) index(a emp_id) */ > but it does not seem to work. > > The plan does seem to change a little so the hint is having affect. However > I am not able to get the desired plan. Any suggestions? Thanks for help > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or > attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not > consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions > and other information in this message that do not relate to the official > business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by > it. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta. -- regards Wolfgang Breitling Oracle 7,8,8i,9i OCP DBA Centrex Consulting Corporation www.centrexcc.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l