At 12:54 PM 8/8/2003 -0800, you wrote:
Wolfgang Thank you so much! You spotted something that we had overlooked! The dot/comma was indeed the problem. And thanks to you and everyone else for the help that helped narrow the problem down to this point. It seems that as you pointed out, the hint had a syntax error all along, but CBO was making a good decision anyway for awhile, then for some reason didn't make a good decision anymore.
Wolfgang Breitling Oracle7, 8, 8i, 9i OCP DBA Centrex Consulting Corporation http://www.centrexcc.com
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