Sounds more and more like a "if a tree falls in the forest and no-one is there" kind of discussion..
We're getting to the stage where there is an indeterminate number of untraceable but deliberate reasons for the optimizer to 'avoid' a hint. Without access to the source code, that's getting pretty close to the statement: "the optimizer ignored my hint" :-) --- Jonathan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snip > > BTW - I still believe quite firmly that hints are > never ignored. They may be syntactically incorrect, > there may be bugs, they may never become relevant; > but I don't think they are ignored. However, I will > agree > that there are more and more grey areas in 9.2 where > the increased scope for (internal) query rewrites is > so > extensive that it is becoming a lot harder to decide > why > a hint appears to have been ignored. > > ===== Connor McDonald web: http://www.oracledba.co.uk web: http://www.oaktable.net email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "GIVE a man a fish and he will eat for a day. But TEACH him how to fish, and...he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Connor=20McDonald?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
