FIRST_ROWS would alter the behavior regardless of the number of rows.  

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Jay Wade
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:44 PM
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Hello:

I was looking through some OCP questions posted on the web and came across 
the one below.
I believe the answer is (D), because the join type would be dependent on the 
number of rows within the table.  Is this correct or does the OPTIMIZER_MODE 
set to FIRST_ROWS alter this behavior?


The cost-based optimizer can choose between a nested loops join and a sort 
merge join operation. All tables are analyzed and the OPTIMIZER_MODE is set 
to FIRST_ROWS. Which execution plan will be the result?

a.         The sort-merge join.

b.         The nested loops join.

c.         This depends on some sort parameter values.

d.         This depends on the number of rows in each table.

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