Why does my count(*) query time out but the inline view whose records it is counting does not?

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Published on 2010-05-11T15:36:47Z Indexed on 2010/05/11 15:44 UTC
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Can't figure this one out... when I execute a select query it shows an explain plan cost of ~4500 and takes ~3 seconds to return. When I wrap that query (no changes) inside of:

select count(*) from (
 /*query here*/
)

It times out. It's at 5 minutes and counting now.

I tried this in SQL Developer and Aqua Data Studio -- same results.

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