wow Steve, where have you been? -----Original Message----- From: Steve Adams [mailto:steve.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 02 April 2004 17:55 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [Q] does outer join cause full table scan? Hi All, I can confirm that 10g can now use the deficient row source as the build input. @ Regards, @ Steve Adams @ http://www.ixora.com.au/ - For DBAs @ http://www.christianity.net.au/ - For all=3D20 -----Original Message----- From: Bobak, Mark Is that always true? I seem to remember a discussion a while back on the OakTable list =3D regarding hash outer joins, and that Oracle would not use the deficient row source = =3D as the driving table, though there was no good reason not to. The reply = =3D was that it was true for current Oracle releases, and seemed to imply that = =3D it was going to be fixed in a future release. I haven't tested 10g to see = =3D what it does. -----Original Message----- From: Lex de Haan a small correction: in an outer join, there is no choice for the driving table ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------