RE: unexpected query plan

  • From: "Christian Antognini" <Christian.Antognini@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:57:15 +0100

Paul

> What is this indexjoin operation?  

To save a table access the query optimizer is able to get the data by
joining two indexes on the same table (based on the ROWID that can be
found in both segments). Of course this is only possible when all
referenced attributes are indexed.

> I have never seen it.  

FYI: this is not something "new". Here a link to the 8.1.5 where it is
documented...
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/F49540_01/DOC/server.815/a67781/c2
0b_ops.htm#1164



HTH
Chris
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