I Have seen some multi-table joins which return a small subset of records using hash joins. To test results, I hinted them to do nested loop joins and found response time to be alot slower and consistent gets to be much higher. what types of cases make hash joins superior to nested loops? I see them alot in batch processing when I need to join most of the rows, but I am see them now when I return a small subset of rows. has anyone experienced this? ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------