I believe you have ROWNUM confused with ROWID. --- ltiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Holes in your extents/segments. Normal. You get this after repeated > updates/deletes/inserts. > > ltiu > > 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] > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > >http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: ltiu > 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).
__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Paul Baumgartel 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).
