RE: CBO not using the index even though it is faster when hinted

Mike,

> several Direct_Path_Write and Read waits with large elasped times
> are showing up in the 10046 trace data on this query due to the
> full table scan.

This is not to distract you from the original problem, but Direct Path Reads/Writes is I/O that bypass the Db block buffers to read directly into PGA, and is typical of sort I/O and PQ (among many other reasons). I mention this as your original query does have a sort at the end... (Apparently, Direct read/writes is also used when async I/O is configured and used, but I will let the gurus address that!)

John Kanagaraj
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