SQL> select distinct employee_id,first_name from test1; 107 rows selected. Execution Plan ---------------------------------------------------------- Plan hash value: 255531131 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes |TempSpc| Cost (%CPU)| Time | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 6647K| 158M| | 67481 (1)| 00:13:30 | | 1 | HASH UNIQUE | | 6647K| 158M| 229M| 67481 (1)| 00:13:30 | | 2 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| TEST1 | 6647K| 158M| | 19570 (1)| 00:03:55 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note ----- - dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2) Statistics ---------------------------------------------------------- 4 recursive calls 0 db block gets 142133 consistent gets 71297 physical reads 0 redo size 2749 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client 496 bytes received via SQL*Net from client 9 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client 0 sorts (memory) 0 sorts (disk) 107 rows processed SQL> select employee_id,first_name from test1 group by employee_id,first_name; 107 rows selected. Execution Plan ---------------------------------------------------------- Plan hash value: 1431305903 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 6647K| 158M| 19781 (2)| 00:03:58 | | 1 | HASH GROUP BY | | 6647K| 158M| 19781 (2)| 00:03:58 | | 2 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| TEST1 | 6647K| 158M| 19570 (1)| 00:03:55 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note ----- - dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2) Statistics ---------------------------------------------------------- 4 recursive calls 0 db block gets 142133 consistent gets 71297 physical reads 0 redo size 2749 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client 496 bytes received via SQL*Net from client 9 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client 0 sorts (memory) 0 sorts (disk) 107 rows processed