i cant attach the 10053 trace. it has proprietary info. There isnt much in analytic 
explain plan either. 

does anyone know in general why a full scan would be faster than a fast full scan? 
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> Date: 2003/10/23 Thu PM 03:09:26 EDT
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: index full scan over an index fast full scan in an analytic function?
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> I have an index on the two columns used in this query. Why would the optimizer 
> choose an index full scan over an index fast full scan? 
> 
> My question isnt why an index is used, but the type of index scan? 
> 
> select *
>     from (select col1, col2,
>           dense_rank()
>           over (partition by col1
>                 order by col2 desc)tab
>           from mytable)
>    where tab = 1
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