so in your opinion hints cannot be ignored?
>
> From: "Cary Millsap" <cary.millsap_at_hotsos.com>
> Date: 2004/03/09 Tue AM 11:02:24 EST
> To: <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> Subject: RE: oracle can ignore hints
>
> For what it's worth, after spending time with Jonathan Lewis and Connor
> McDonald in the past two days, I am deeply and thoroughly convinced that
> hints are directives, not suggestions.
>
>
> Cary Millsap
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of R Zijlstra
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 7:55 AM
> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Subject: RE: oracle can ignore hints
>
> Excellent indeed...
> As far as I now understand, Oracle can use a hint or it can use it not.
> The
> 'hinting behaviour' is not predictable, but it doesn't seem to hinder
> 'normal (?)' execution of sql.
>
> Might it be possible, that hints are somehow tied in with a marketing
> policy
> when Oracle needed something to talk about??
>
> Rob Zijlstra
> -----------------------------
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Cary Millsap
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 2:39 PM
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> Subject: RE: oracle can ignore hints
>
> Excellent!
>
>
> Cary Millsap
> Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd.
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Dan Tow
> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 10:32 PM
> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Subject: RE: oracle can ignore hints
>
> Actually, I was told by reliable sources (and this is consistent with
> events
> I've observed) that it *tends* to be the later-created index, but in
> reality it
> is just whichever index the optimizer happens to find first, which is
> not
> strictly predictable, so apparently you cannot strictly count on the tie
>
> continuing to break the same way it has in the past, or in any way you
> can
> control, as long as there is a tie. This of course means that awkward
> things
> can sometimes happen at awkward times, say a few hours before your
> end-of-
> quarter. I've seen this happen, though it appears to be very rare.
>
> Tie breaking on the CBO is much more sensibly predictable, favoring the
> lower-
> sorted index based on the alphabetical order of the index names. Ties
> should
> also be rarer in the CBO, though they are not as rare as you might
> imagine,
> owing to rounding.
>
> Dan Tow
> dantow_at_singingsql.com
> 650-858-1557
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>
>
> Quoting Cary Millsap <cary.millsap_at_hotsos.com>:
>
> > It's "later."
> >
> >
> > Cary Millsap
> > Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd.
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> >
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> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
> > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Lim, Binley
> > Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 8:44 PM
> > To: 'oracle-l_at_freelists.org'
> > Subject: RE: oracle can ignore hints
> >
> >
> > IIRC, RBO had that thing where in the event of an index-tie (2 indexes
> > qualify equally according to the rules), the index with a later
> creation
> > date(or is it earlier?) is picked.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jared Still [SMTP:jkstill_at_cybcon.com]
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 3:58 AM
> > > To: Oracle-L Freelists
> > > Subject: Re: oracle can ignore hints
> > >
> > > I have had that exact same experience.
> > >
> > > Two Sun servers, different number of CPU's and RAM,
> > > same versions of Oracle 7 down to the patch level,
> > > data exported from one database into the other.
> > >
> > > Strictly RBO, two very different execution paths.
> > >
> > > Very frustrating, wish I could recall the solution we used.
> > >
> > > Jared
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 00:41, Kresimir Fabijanic wrote:
> > > > Hi Ryan
> > > >
> > > > What version of Oracle and OS are you running? What hint did you
> > try to
> > >
> > > > use? How complex was query?
> > > >
> > > > I have seen a case (OK it was 7.3.4.0 in 1999 on Sun's OS) where
> two
> >
> > > > databases - same version, same OS same Oracle and OS patches on
> both
> > -
> > > > hardware configuration was slightly different (not 100% sure but
> > there
> > > > were differences in RAM (1G vs 2G or 4G) and number of CPUs - (2
> vs
> > 4)
> > > > and some disk layout differences) both databases running RULE
> > (software
> > > > vendor requested [Keystone - if you have ever heard of it]) -
> > identical
> > > > statement (cut and paste between two terminal sessions (and back))
>
> > > > generating very different execution plans.
> > > >
> > > > I tried to verify few times and results were consistently
> different.
> >
> > > > Nothing would surprise me any more.
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards
> > > >
> > > > Kresimir Fabijanic
> > > >
> > > > ryan.gaffuri_at_cox.net wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >We had a discussion on here regarding hints. some of you stated
> > that
> > > Oracle cannot ignore a proper hint. I have a TAR open and asked
> about
> > > this. Here is the response.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >"A hint simply adds weight to a cost estimation, it can still be
> > > overridden by the CBO if the values aren't seen as useful."
> > > > >
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