Re: why there is cost when I am running with RULE hint or optimizer_goal=RULE

In article <d983391a.0205201226.3548039b_at_posting.google.com>, d.rodri_at_consultant.com says...
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>Hi
>
>I have this problem, I run a pretty big query under choose and rule
>and both shows costs in explain plan. I thought in RULE we dont see
>costs whatsoever?
>Also under RULE the explain plan shows hash join but then again I
>thought hash join can only be used in CBO?
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>Am I missing something?

You are using some feature that forces CBO such as:

o table with non-default degree of paralellism o partitioned table
o index organized table
...

or you might have a query with a hint in it.

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