Original Query ************************************************************************* SELECT CONSUMER_TRAN.TRAN_REF_ID , CONSUMER_TRAN.SND_TRAN_DATE , CONSUMER_MERGE_XREF_S.PRM_CNSMR_ID FROM CONSUMER_TRAN , CONSUMER_MERGE_XREF_S WHERE CONSUMER_MERGE_XREF_S.CNSMR_ID = CONSUMER_TRAN.SND_CNSMR_ID AND CONSUMER_MERGE_XREF_S.PRM_CNSMR_ID <> CONSUMER_MERGE_XREF_S.CNSMR_ID AND CONSUMER_TRAN.LYLTY_PGM_MBSHP_ID is null ************************************************************************************ Tuned Query ******************************************************************************* SELECT /*+ first_rows(10) */ CONSUMER_TRAN.TRAN_REF_ID , CONSUMER_TRAN.SND_TRAN_DATE , CONSUMER_MERGE_XREF_S.PRM_CNSMR_ID FROM CONSUMER_TRAN , CONSUMER_MERGE_XREF_S WHERE CONSUMER_MERGE_XREF_S.CNSMR_ID = CONSUMER_TRAN.SND_CNSMR_ID AND CONSUMER_MERGE_XREF_S.PRM_CNSMR_ID <> CONSUMER_MERGE_XREF_S.CNSMR_ID AND SYS_OP_MAP_NONNULL(CONSUMER_TRAN.LYLTY_PGM_MBSHP_ID) is not null *********************************************************************************