Re: NVL and index usage

[Shaleen]

Title: NVL and index usage

In a quick test on 9013 it changed the index which it was using and went from Range scan to fast full scan.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Jamadagni, Rajendra To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 9:48 AM Subject: NVL and index usage Does anyone know off hand if using NVL on an indexed column negate use of an index in CBO? This is 9202 ... and the column will be a varchar2(1). Raj ______________________________________________________ Rajendra Jamadagni              MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that of ESPN Inc. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, but having an opinion is an art!