Why would you want to re-write it? This concatenation on the right side of ws_id = 'S'||userenv('SESSIONID') doesn't prevent from using index on "ws_id" (if there is one, and that's your concern). Of cource, it'd be different story, if it would be the other way around, i.e.: Ws_id || 'S' = userenv('SESSIONID') Igor -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of The Human Fly Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:37 AM To: Wolfgang Breitling Cc: oracle-l Subject: Re: tuning query with concat string. I think my question was littble confused. Okay, following is the query that I wanted to write, select max(start_time) from fm_audit_form where ws_id = 'S'||userenv('SESSIONID') Is there any way that I can rewrite this query? Long time ago, I have read that we can rewrite queries that has concat in the where clause values. On 3/21/06, Wolfgang Breitling <breitliw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > SELECT ...... FROM where COLUMN = 'SVALUE2'; > > :-) > > Quoting The Human Fly <sjaffarhussain@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > How can I rewrite the query which uses concatination in the where > > clause? For an example, > > > > SELECT ...... FROM where COLUMN = 'S'||'VALUE2'; > > > -- > regards > > Wolfgang Breitling > Oracle 7,8,8i,9i OCP DBA > Centrex Consulting Corporation > www.centrexcc.com > > -- Best Regards, Syed Jaffar Hussain 8i,9i & 10g, OCP DBA Banque Saudi Fransi, Saudi Arabia http://jaffardba.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- "Winners don't do different things. They do things differently." -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l