No Luck there. Here is the revised Plan. SELECT * FROM ( SELECT tmp.*, rownum rnum FROM ( SELECT /*+ opt_param('_optimizer_native_full_outer_join', 'off') use_nl no_native_full_outer_join */ c.customerId, subscriberId, name, city, phone1, email1, a.actId FROM Accounts a FULL JOIN Customer c ON a.customerid = c.customerid ORDER BY c.name, a.actId ) tmp WHERE rownum <= 10 ) WHERE rnum >= 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes |TempSpc| Cost (%CPU)| Time | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | | | | 547K(100)| | |* 1 | VIEW | | 30 | 22230 | | 547K (1)| 01:49:36 | |* 2 | COUNT STOPKEY | | | | | | | | 3 | VIEW | | 2940K| 2041M| | 547K (1)| 01:49:36 | |* 4 | SORT ORDER BY STOPKEY | | 2940K| 2439M| 2552M| 547K (1)| 01:49:36 | | 5 | VIEW | | 2940K| 2439M| | 8147 (7)| 00:01:38 | | 6 | UNION-ALL | | | | | | | | 7 | NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 2940K| 1777M| | 8146 (7)| 00:01:38 | | 8 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | ACCOUNTS | 2940K| 187M| | 8146 (7)| 00:01:38 | | 9 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| CUSTOMER | 1 | 567 | | 0 (0)| | |* 10 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | CT_CUSTOMER_PK | 1 | | | 0 (0)| | | 11 | MERGE JOIN ANTI | | 1 | 580 | | 1 (100)| 00:00:01 | | 12 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| CUSTOMER | 1 | 567 | | 0 (0)| | | 13 | INDEX FULL SCAN | CT_CUSTOMER_PK | 1 | | | 0 (0)| | |* 14 | SORT UNIQUE | | 1 | 13 | | 1 (100)| 00:00:01 | |* 15 | INDEX FULL SCAN | IX_ACCT_CUSTOMER | 1 | 13 | | 0 (0)| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Predicate Information (identified by operation id): --------------------------------------------------- 1 - filter("RNUM">=1) 2 - filter(ROWNUM<=10) 4 - filter(ROWNUM<=10) 10 - access("A"."CUSTOMERID"="C"."CUSTOMERID") 14 - access("A"."CUSTOMERID"="C"."CUSTOMERID") filter("A"."CUSTOMERID"="C"."CUSTOMERID") 15 - filter("A"."CUSTOMERID" IS NOT NULL) -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l