Using Case Insensitive Searches and Setting NLS_SORT to Anything Other than BINARY (e.g. BINARY_CI) with NLS_COMP set to ANSI or LINGUISTIC Causes Full Table Scans Instead of Using Indexes
(Doc ID 2008186.1)
Last updated on JULY 20, 2023
Applies to:
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and laterOracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.1.0.6 and later
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Symptoms
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- Queries are performing more slowly following the introduction of case insensitive searches (in this case using NLS_SORT=BINARY_CI) in the database
- With NLS_SORT set to anything other than BINARY (here NLS_SORT=BINARY_CI), queries are perform full table scans and ignore index based searches.
- NLS_COMP is set to ANSI or LINGUISTIC
Cause
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