Don't forget 'as scalable as possible'. Check the stats I posted earlier. On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 13:19:19 -0600, Post, Ethan <Ethan.Post@xxxxxx> wrote: > I would think ideal is "as fast as possible" and assuming you tell > Oracle the truth about speed of multiblock reads verse single block with > optimizer_index_cost_adj everything should work out fine, even if full > scans are favored. Of course too many scans at the same time and > optimizer_index_cost_adj is no longer valid because IO bandwidth may > effect response times, so I guess this is where system stats has a > supreme advantage. > > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l