EXPLAIN SELECT /*+ MAPJOIN(z) */ subq.key1, z.value FROM (SELECT /*+ MAPJOIN(x) */ x.key as key1, x.value as value1, y.key as key2, y.value as value2 FROM src1 x JOIN src y ON (x.key = y.key)) subq JOIN srcpart z ON (subq.key1 = z.key and z.ds='2008-04-08' and z.hr=11); SELECT /*+ MAPJOIN(z) */ subq.key1, z.value FROM (SELECT /*+ MAPJOIN(x) */ x.key as key1, x.value as value1, y.key as key2, y.value as value2 FROM src1 x JOIN src y ON (x.key = y.key)) subq JOIN srcpart z ON (subq.key1 = z.key and z.ds='2008-04-08' and z.hr=11); EXPLAIN SELECT /*+ MAPJOIN(z) */ subq.key1, z.value FROM (SELECT /*+ MAPJOIN(x) */ x.key as key1, x.value as value1, y.key as key2, y.value as value2 FROM src1 x JOIN src y ON (x.key = y.key)) subq JOIN srcpart z ON (subq.key1 = z.key and z.ds='2008-04-08' and z.hr=11) order by subq.key1; SELECT /*+ MAPJOIN(z) */ subq.key1, z.value FROM (SELECT /*+ MAPJOIN(x) */ x.key as key1, x.value as value1, y.key as key2, y.value as value2 FROM src1 x JOIN src y ON (x.key = y.key)) subq JOIN srcpart z ON (subq.key1 = z.key and z.ds='2008-04-08' and z.hr=11) order by subq.key1;