Re: bitmap conversion on a index that is not bitmapped ???

Missed one important point. You can disable that by setting _b_tree_bitmap_plans to FALSE. Deleting the stats may not be a right apporach as that may screwup some other plans.

Sorry for missing the important one..

KG

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> John:
>
> Optimizer is a smart boy!!! He knows the column has few distinct values
> and decides the BITMAP access would be appropriate and making BITMAP
> plans from the BTree indexes. If you delete the stats for that index,
> you will get the old behavior.
>
> KG
>
>
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