Hi Paul, Sorry, both of these parameters are a bit over my head. I will need to look into them. We are running on 11.2.0.1 Thanks, Mike From: Paul Drake [mailto:bdbafh@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 9:21 AM To: Michael Schmitt Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Execution plan changing results in "_execution_plan_deterministic"úLSE This feature was introduced in 11g. Perhaps it is worth using in 11.2.0.3. IMHO, It was not worth using in 11.2.0.2. On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Michael Schmitt <mschmitt@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mschmitt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: _optimizer_use_feedback=TRUE From: Paul Drake [mailto:bdbafh@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:bdbafh@xxxxxxxxx>] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 8:46 AM To: Michael Schmitt Cc: Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Execution plan changing SQL> show parameter "_optimizer_use_feedback". -- http://www.completestreets.org/faq.html http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/docs/pamanual.pdf -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l