I would start with checking the parameters: select name as parameter ,decode (p.type ,1,'boolean' ,2,'string' ,3,'number' ,4,'file' ,6,'size(bytes)' ,'Unknown: '||p.type) type ,description ,decode(p.type,6,p.display_value,p.value) as value ,update_comment ,ISMODIFIED ,ISADJUSTED ,ISDEPRECATED ,ISBASIC ,ISSES_MODIFIABLE ,ISSYS_MODIFIABLE ,ISINSTANCE_MODIFIABLE from v$parameter p where p.isdefault='FALSE' and p.name not like 'log_archive_dest%' / -- Best regards, Sayan Malakshinov http://orasql.org > 2014-05-08 8:39 GMT+02:00 Bheemsen Aitha <baitha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > ...Some of the queries have differences in plan (FTS to index scans on small tables) > when compared to QA environment. We gathered stats with default auto > sample size and default method_opt options. > Thanks > BA >