In Thomas' original post, he included the tkprof explain plan, but not the Row Source Operation. The explain plan claims that the unique key is being used, but the wait events show clearly that full scans are occurring. The Row Source Operation info is the one to rely on to determine what actually happened during the trace. --Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobak, Mark" <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 8:30 AM Subject: RE: Slow UPDATE Note that regardless of whether the EXPLAIN=3D option is passed to tkprof, the execution plan from the STAT lines in the tracefile will be reported under "Row Source Operation" in the tkprof=20 output. If EXPLAIN=3D option is specified, then in addition to "Row Source Operation", you'll have "Execution Plan" followed by the explain plan that was executed at tkprof runtime, using the userid/password specified. -Mark -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tanel P=F5der Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:12 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Slow UPDATE But if you don't specify EXPLAIN=3D option then tkprof will read the execution plans directly from STAT lines in the tracefile.=20 ...some stuff deleted.... ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------