So I have this query : SELECT A.e_cd "INFLATE" , A.ccgpt "1" , ( SELECT J.comp FROM JBB J WHERE J.e_cd=A.e_cd AND emplo_RCD=:1 AND J.Dte = ( SELECT MAX(J1.Dte) FROM JBB J1 WHERE J.e_cd=J1.e_cd AND TO_CHAR(J1.Dte,'MM') <=A.mth_to AND TO_CHAR(J1.Dte,'YYYY') <=A.year ) AND J.seq = ( SELECT MAX(J2.seq) FROM PS_JOB J2 WHERE J2.e_cd=J.e_cd AND J2.Dte=J.Dte)) "Company" FROM PPS A WHERE orcd=:2 AND rcd=:3 AND tx_cd=:4 AND year=:5 With this one : SELECT A.e_cd "INFLATE" , A.ccgpt "1" , ( SELECT J.comp FROM JBB J WHERE J.e_cd=A.e_cd AND emplo_RCD=:1 AND J.Dte = ( SELECT MAX(J1.Dte) FROM JBB J1 WHERE J.e_cd=J1.e_cd AND TO_CHAR(J1.Dte,'MM') <=A.mth_to AND TO_CHAR(J1.Dte,'YYYY') <=A.year ) AND J.seq = ( SELECT MAX(J1.seq) **FROM PS_JOB J1 WHERE J1.e_cd=J.e_cd AND J1.Dte=J.Dte**)) "Company" FROM PPS A WHERE orcd=:2 AND rcd=:3 AND tx_cd=:4 AND year=:5 The 1st query run for about 3.20 sec with buffer gets 8,134 and for the 2nd query it run for about 1.73 sec with buffer gets 7,006. So, is the table alias somehow has an impact on the execution time / buffer gets? Thanks in advance!