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19c: Slow Performance For A Query Caused By Wrong Type Of Join Chosen (NESTED LOOPS Instead of HASH JOIN) Under First K Rows Mode (Doc ID 3080303.1)

Last updated on APRIL 10, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.20.0.0.0 and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

A query with a join gets bad performance under First K Rows mode (e.g.rownum predicate) due to choice of NESTED LOOPS join with excessively low cost.

Changes

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Cause

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