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? > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l