Riyaj, Yes. I had seen this note. It is applicable for when we have two outlines one good one bad and then exchange. In my case : I cannot change query etc and create outline since it is indirect query. So I need to create outline and then change it. Another problem is my OEM is not working for which I sent another mail. So any help is welcome. Thanks --- On Wed, 3/18/09, Riyaj Shamsudeen <riyaj.shamsudeen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Riyaj Shamsudeen <riyaj.shamsudeen@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: ** outline change To: ajoshi977@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 11:07 AM Hi Joshi Have you reviewed document 730062.1? That document is the correct way to manipulate outlines. -- Cheers Riyaj Shamsudeen Principal DBA, Ora!nternals - http://www.orainternals.com Specialists in Performance, Recovery and EBS11i Blog: http://orainternals.wordpress.com On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:12 AM, A Joshi <ajoshi977@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi, I want to update a stored outline to change the join method. Is there a way it can be done from sqlplus instead of from OEM or tool. Using just unix sqlplus access. I looked at DBMS_OUTLN package but nothing in it. I do see tables like outln.ol$hints and the outline in it but I do not want to do a sqlplus update on it without knowing the full impact. I cannot change the query with hint etc since it is a indirect query. So I cannot give hint etc and exchange plan. Thanks for help. In TOAD : it says there is outline management but I cannot find it. Thanks