v$segment_statistics will only give you a clue about your index use, after all, the index will have to be traversed for every insert, update, delete and RI check. This means you will see logical I/Os, even when no execution plans take advantage of the index. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html Public Appearances - schedule updated Jan 21st 2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanel Põder" <tanel.poder.003@xxxxxxx> To: "ORACLE-L" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 3:39 PM Subject: Re: v$object_usage: anyone have bad experience with it? Hi, You might also want to check from v$segment_statistics whether anyone is actually using your indes (logical reads, segment scans) if your statistics level allows segment-level statistics gathering. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l