RE: odd explain plan

Gene, what's the next step in the explain plan? Can you post it? Are the dimension tables small?

Lisa Koivu
Oracle Database Tank.
Fairfield Resorts, Inc.
954-935-4117

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> From: Gene Gurevich [SMTP:g_u_r_e_v_i_c_h_at_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 4:26 PM
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> Subject: odd explain plan
>
> Hi.
>
> I am tuning a query that runs against a star schema
> and a few dimension tables. The plan shows that the
> first step is two join two dimension tables via a
> cartesian join. Why would Oracle does that instead of
> joining the dimensions to the fact table one after
> another? Can anyone offer an explanation?
>
> thank you
>
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