On 5/21/05, amit.poddar@xxxxxxxx <amit.poddar@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Agreed > > But there is no guarantee that > the plan showed in explain plan (by using explain=<>) was really used by > the process. > There is no guarantee, that's true, but the number of times the two do not match is actually quite small. On the other hand I am seeing more and more occasions where the STAT lines don't get dumped :( -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l