Are the indexes statistics up to date?

Also, post the query, query plan, and indexes stats.

Carlos
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ACacacfs> Hello,

ACacacfs> In a select statement there are two tables joined by a single
ACacacfs> matching field, with search conditions in both of them. One of them has
ACacacfs> roughly 130000 records, while the other has 600.

ACacacfs> Inspecting the plan generated by the optimizer, I realized that it
ACacacfs> uses the shorter one as the controlling stream instead of the longer one
ACacacfs> (i.e. the shorter table is at the left side).

ACacacfs> Using a PLAN expression with the corresponding indexes to bypass
ACacacfs> the plan deviced by the optimizer in order to switch the order of the
ACacacfs> streams, the performance is boosted (nearly three times faster).

ACacacfs> What can cause the optimizer to pick a shorter table as the
ACacacfs> controlling stream ?

ACacacfs> Is there a workaround to induce the optimizer to select the streams
ACacacfs> in a fixed way or should I have to resort to a manually imposed PLAN ?

ACacacfs> Thanks,
ACacacfs> Aldo