Hey all, This statement from the docs regarding DB_FILE_MULTIBLOCK_READ_COUNT has me thinking: If this parameter is not set explicitly (or is set is 0), the optimizer will use a default value of 8 when costing full table scans and index fast full scans. I see that one of our 10.2.0.2.0 DBs on AIX 5.3 had this set explicitly to 16. Is it possible to "unset" this parameter (or any other) dynamically? Or do I just have to bounce the instance? Yes, I'd check the docs, but tahiti's very slow and/or unresponsive this morning...must find 10g DVD somewhere... TIA, Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l