- dynamic sampling - session parameters (multi-block read, sort size, optimizer_ind_...., optimizer_mode) If you run an explain with event 10053 set, the top part of the trace dumps out a list of parameters that may have had an influencing effect hth connor On 5/20/05, Terry Barnett <tbarne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >=20 >=20 > I am having issues with execution plans changing even though the > statistics on tables are kept static. Can anyone give me any information > on the dynamic factors which are taken into account by the CBO when > determining an execution plan and how one could detect that a plan may > be about to change. >=20 > Regards, > Terry >=20 >=20 >=20 --=20 Connor McDonald =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D email: connor_mcdonald@xxxxxxxxx web: http://www.oracledba.co.uk "Semper in excremento, sole profundum qui variat" -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l