Re: Unacceptable behaviour of ORACLE optimizer

From: Venkatesan N R <nrvenkat_at_cup.hp.com>
Date: 15 Sep 1994 17:02:35 GMT
Message-ID: <359unb$8sa_at_hpscit.sc.hp.com>


Venkatesan N R (nrvenkat_at_cup.hp.com) wrote:
: I think ORACLE has a strong opinion that RAW columns will not be used in

       ^^^^^^

: tables, much less in the WHERE clause of a SELECT statement.

On perusal of my article, I found this mistake and also the article bit caustic.

It should read "ORACLE optimizer" instead of "ORACLE".

I sincerely regret the caustic remarks in the article which are unwarranted but still the essence of the article holds that ORACLE optimizer should choose index scan in the case I am presenting.

Venkatesan N R
Contract Employee
Hewlett-Packard
Cupertino.

Opinions expressed are my own. Received on Thu Sep 15 1994 - 19:02:35 CEST

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