Quoting Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco <jreyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi > In Oracle 8 i remember you have more limitations to get an index used. > 1) If I'm noyt wrong columns must be in the same order (including the > function) That is at best an urban legend. It may have been true for the RBO at some point, but certainly not for 8i CBO. -- regards Wolfgang Breitling Oracle 7,8,8i,9i OCP DBA Centrex Consulting Corporation www.centrexcc.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 -----------------------------------------------------------------