But what about hints like: AND_EQUAL(T1 I1 I2) INDEX_COMBINE(T1 BI1 BI2 BI3) Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html April 2004 Iceland http://www.index.is/oracleday.php June 2004 UK - Optimising Oracle Seminar ----- Original Message ----- From: "R Zijlstra" <rmsah@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 7:31 AM Subject: RE: sql question Igor, I think it should be: select SUBSTR(hint, INSTR(hint,' ') + 1, LENGTH(hint) - INSTR(hint,' ') - 1), count(*) from dba_outline_hints where hint like '%INDEX%' GROUP BY (SUBSTR(hint, INSTR(hint,' ') + 1, LENGTH(hint) - INSTR(hint,' ') - 1)); ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------