drop table t; create table t as select rownum a, 'zzz' b from dual connect by level<=1000; create index i on t(a); exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(user,'T',method_opt=>'FOR COLUMNS A SIZE 254'); @sqlt "select * from t where a =" alter session set cursor_sharing = similar; spool c:\tmp\lotsofselects.sql select 'select * from t where a = '||rownum||';' from dual connect by level<=10; spool off @c:\tmp\lotsofselects.sql @hash @sqlt "select * from t where a =" --exec for i in 1 .. 10000 loop execute immediate 'delete t where a = '||to_char(i); end loop; --declare j number; begin for i in 1..1000 loop select count(*) into