Re: query's explain plan different in 8i and 9i?

2003-10-22 Thread Daniel Fink
Guang, One of the problems with 8 - 9 is that there are quite a few 'hidden' parameters that are introduced or have different default values. One of these _b_tree_bitmap_plans may be causing the problem. I'm not 100% on this (Wolfgang Breitling is the man to provide the definitive answer), but it

Re: query's explain plan different in 8i and 9i?

2003-10-22 Thread Richard Foote
I've just posted the answer to this question at the comp.databases.oracle.server newsgroup !! Here it is again. If you look closely at the execution plans, they're performing a BITMAP CONVERSION rather than using bitmap indexes per se. This where Oracle converts btree indexes to bitmaps on the

Re: query's explain plan different in 8i and 9i?

2003-10-22 Thread Guang Mei
Thanks. It is working now after I made the change. Guang On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Richard Foote wrote: I've just posted the answer to this question at the comp.databases.oracle.server newsgroup !! Here it is again. If you look closely at the execution plans, they're performing a BITMAP