If you read my post you should have seen that the extract from the tkprof output of my testcases showed the query plans and it was a FTS in both cases. There was no other plan available anyway since the single table in the sql didn't have any indexes. ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > To those of you who posted test cases with different level of performance > based on the DFMRC. Did your query plan change? I know this parameter can > affect query plans, but if you are doing a straight full table scan, I did > not notice any performance difference with different settings. I only noticed > differences if my plan changed. > I was looking to test whether it actually increases the pipe to the hard > drive. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Regards Wolfgang Breitling Centrex Consulting Corporation www.centrexcc.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l