The guesses only take place when the IOT access is via a secondary index which first seeks the logical rowid location. If you are accessing the IOT by PK then the 'guess factor' is not an issue. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 1:16 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: RE: Index-Organized Table experiences We have alot of many to many relationships. IOTs sound like a good option. However, our many to many relationships are in a high transaction database. I remember reading that Oracle has to 'guess' the location of IOTs and that if you perform alot of DML those guesses can be inaccurate. anyone have experience with this? ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------