I have never used hash partitions. are there performance problems with hash partitions and full table scans? It actually took longer do do a 'count(*)' on a table with 16 hash partitions than it did to create a global index on the same table. noone else is online? also what does the following mean in my explain plan: 1 0 PARTITION HASH (ALL) next line is table access (full). ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------