SQL> select * from v$version;

BANNER
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Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE    10.2.0.1.0      Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production

SELECT /*+ gather_plan_statistics */ OBJECT_ID, OBJECT_NAME
FROM
(
SELECT ROWNUM RN, OBJECT_ID, OBJECT_NAME
FROM
(
SELECT OBJECT_ID, OBJECT_NAME FROM T ORDER BY OBJECT_NAME
)
WHERE ROWNUM <= 3000
 )
 WHERE RN >= 2990

SQL> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display_cursor(null,null,'iostats'));

PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
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SQL_ID  gtm8xfbtqdwac, child number 0
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SELECT /*+ gather_plan_statistics */ OBJECT_ID, OBJECT_NAME FROM ( SELECT ROWNUM
RN, OBJECT_ID, OBJECT_NAME FROM ( SELECT OBJECT_ID, OBJECT_NAME FROM T ORDER BY
OBJECT_NAME ) WHERE ROWNUM <= 3000  )  WHERE RN >= 2990

Plan hash value: 882605040

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| Id  | Operation                | Name | Starts | E-Rows | A-Rows |   A-Time   | Buffers |
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|*  1 |  VIEW                    |      |      1 |   3000 |     11 |00:00:00.02 |     696 |
|*  2 |   COUNT STOPKEY          |      |      1 |        |   3000 |00:00:00.03 |     696 |
|   3 |    VIEW                  |      |      1 |  50325 |   3000 |00:00:00.03 |     696 |
|*  4 |     SORT ORDER BY STOPKEY|      |      1 |  50325 |   3000 |00:00:00.03 |     696 |
|   5 |      TABLE ACCESS FULL   | T    |      1 |  50325 |  50325 |00:00:00.05 |     696 |
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Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
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   1 - filter("RN">=2990)
   2 - filter(ROWNUM<=3000)
   4 - filter(ROWNUM<=3000)

看ID=4的A-ROWS ,E-ROWS。