RE: Poor performance after moving Extempore database from 7.3.4 to 8.1.7

>>then set the parameter OPTIMIZER_MODE to RULE. Your performance
>>will be normal again and programmers will be able to override the
parameter
>>By specifying any hint except /*+ RULE */.

Is this really the case. I used to think this was the case, but somewhere along the way to studying for the OCP exams, I read and accepted that NO hints were available if you were using the RULE based optimizer. I guess I need to fire up my test instance later today, and figure this out.

Steve McClure

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