equality_preds colX = 99 equijoin_preds t1.colX = t2.coly The table is used by Oracle in its attempts to do automatic selection of columns that could use histograms. It's on my to-do list to see if it could be helpful for anything else. The main problem with it for analyzing indexing strategies is that you get no clue about multi-column predicates. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html Public Appearances - schedule updated Dec 23rd 2004 ----- Original Message ----- From: "rjamya" <rjamya@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Oracle Discussion List" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 7:06 PM Subject: sys.col_usage$ question Maybe I am being little bit clueless (blame that on Eggnog) but what's the difference between the columns equality_preds and equijoin_preds in sys.col_usage$?? Has anyone attempted better indexing methodology based on this table? We have got a bit of re-engineering going on and came to this table when analyzing index usage. TIA Raj ------------------------------ select standard_disclaimer from company_requirements where category = 'MANDATORY'; -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l