Can you post more detail about the table and index.
At 10:09 AM 11/5/2003, you wrote:
Hi List,
Does someone throw ligts on the following index behavior
Note a)"name" is an unique index column b) table and index has been analyzed b4 running the query
1) select id from table1 where name like 'ABC%'; FULL Table scan
1) select id from table1 where name like 'AB%'; Index scan
"name" is an unique index column
Wolfgang Breitling
Oracle7, 8, 8i, 9i OCP DBA
Centrex Consulting Corporation
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