I have global indexes on my one partitioned table. I tried local indexes and the application ran like a snail so we switched back and everything is ok again. I started with global because that was the default when I partitioned the table, years ago and switched because OEM index tuning wizard suggested it. Bad idea! HTH, Ruth -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ryan Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:34 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Local vs. Global Indexes I pretty much only use local indexes. Do any of you use global indexes on partitioned tables and why?