Re: histograms, buckets, and bind variables

  • From: Ganesh Raja <ganesh.raja@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:27:25 +0000

During an Hard Parse the Histogram does make a difference but it
should not after that if you are using Bind variables ...

So if you see a diffeent plan everytime it is Hard Parsed with
different values then yes that is valid. If you set an Event and Run a
Query i think it is always hard parsed.

Rgds
Ganesh


On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:06:40 +0000, ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx
<ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I could have swarn I read that if you use bind variables oracle ignores 
> histograms. We are noticing different query plans based on the number of 
> buckets our histograms have while our queries are using bind variables.
> One of the guys did a 10053 trace and added up the cost oracle is calculating 
> and it is changing based on number of buckets even when bind variables are 
> used.
> 
> anyone else notice this?
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