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It would be useful to see the index definitions and
the execution plans.
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Jonathan Lewis
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Lee Miller wrote in message <#VQeGmuc#GA.115_at_upnetnews02.moswest.msn.net>...
>Hello, I recently ran a test comparing queries that have bitmap indexes on
>multi-million row table and then converting them back to non-bitmap
indexes.
>The columns seemed to be good candidates for bitmap (ie. year_month, also
>another on brand). However, I noticed that the query performance was
pretty
>much identical. I reviewed the query plans and confirmed that the indexes
>were indeed being used. We are using 8.0.4.1 on HPUX. Are there specific
>initora parameters that I should review?
Received on Sat Mar 20 1999 - 10:23:57 CST