what about select * from my_40_million_row_table where last_update_date between trunc(sysdate) and (trunc(sysdate)+(86399/86400)) / ?? Raj > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wes Brooks > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 6:13 AM > To: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: SQL Tunning > > > Hello expert, > > I have a table with 40 millions records and the last update date is indexed. > But when we use the > following where clause, it takes forever to run the report. > > WHERE TRUNC(last_update_date) = TRUNC(SYSDATE - 1) > > How to improve the performance? Do I need to create a new index field on > the table with TRUNC(last_update_date)? ===== Best Regards Raj --------------------------------------------------------- select mandatory_disclaimer from company_requirements; __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------