Re: Why are my indexes being ignored?

"Carle, William T (Bill), NLCIO" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I created an index on a table. The table has about 83,000 rows. The
> index is a simple index on one field, 35 different values of the index. I
> analyzed the table and I analyzed the index, trying it both with a histogram
> and without a histogram. No matter how I do it, it does a full table scan.
> Any ideas why? I know I can use a hint, but it seems to me that it ought to
> use the index.

how many rows are you returning? if i remember right, and if i don't i'm sure i'll be reminded;-), if you return more than a certain % of the table it does a full table scan even if there are indexes.

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