Rob, You are right of course. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of R Zijlstra Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 1:32 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: sql question Igor, I think it should be: select SUBSTR(hint, INSTR(hint,' ') + 1, LENGTH(hint) - INSTR(hint,' ') - 1), count(*) from dba_outline_hints where hint like '%INDEX%' GROUP BY (SUBSTR(hint, INSTR(hint,' ') + 1, LENGTH(hint) - INSTR(hint,' ') - 1)); --List of indices not used: Select index_name from user_indexes where index_name not in ( Select distinct SUBSTR(hint, INSTR(hint,' ') + 1, LENGTH(hint) - INSTR(hint,' ') - 1) from dba_outline_hints where hint like '%INDEX%' ) (INSTR changed) Rob -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------