Quote Originally Posted by maheshwar
Hi,

Is there any harm if I change the value of hidden parameter "_PUSH_JOIN_PREDICATE" to false in oracle 9i. Because my query is taking almost 45 min to get results if _PUSH_JOIN_PREDICATE=true and less than a min when _PUSH_JOIN_PREDICATE=false. I am changing the value of _PUSH_JOIN_PREDICATE in my session using alter session.

Please help, Maheshwar
Instead of changing the underscore parameter, why don't you tune the SQL statement?

Tamil