Missed one important point. You can disable that by setting _b_tree_bitmap_plans to FALSE. Deleting the stats may not be a right apporach as that may screwup some other plans.
Sorry for missing the important one.. KG ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:39 PM > John: > > Optimizer is a smart boy!!! He knows the column has few distinct values > and decides the BITMAP access would be appropriate and making BITMAP > plans from the BTree indexes. If you delete the stats for that index, > you will get the old behavior. > > KG > > > > ===== > Have a nice day !! > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Best Regards, > K Gopalakrishnan, > Bangalore, INDIA. > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: K Gopalakrishnan > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: K Gopalakrishnan INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).