Greg made an excellent point, and I'll add that your cardinality estimates can still be way off, even with estimate_percent=> 100, if you have skewed data and no histograms (or inaccurate histograms) or various other conditions, so it would still be a good idea to verify your cardinality estimates. Regards, Brandon From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Kodner I'm using estimate_percent=>100 and method_opt=>'FOR ALL COLUMNS SIZE 1' for these tables ________________________________ Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.