Paul Baumgartel wrote: > > I've been given a query to investigate. The performance varies > extremely depending on whether the entire result set is fetched or a > ROWNUM < n clause is attached; that makes sense to me. What doesn't > make sense is the following: if we add WHERE ROWNUM < 50, the query > returns 24 rows. If we add WHERE ROWNUM < 1000, the query returns 336 > rows! > > I don't know the size of the entire result set (I'm running a count > right now), but if the result set consists of at least 336 rows, > shouldn't WHERE ROWNUM < 50 return 49 rows? > > TIA! > > ===== > Paul Baumgartel, Adept Computer Associates, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Wow! a nice case ! Could you please post the query ? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Stephane Faroult INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
