Note in-line Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html March 2004 Hotsos Symposium - The Burden of Proof Dynamic Sampling - an investigation March 2004 Charlotte OUG (www.cltoug.org) CBO Tutorial April 2004 Iceland June 2004 UK - Optimising Oracle Seminar > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > When you supply them with the correct set of hints, that > > doesn't prove that Oracle didn't ignore the original hint; > > and anyway, there's always another person in the queue > > with another example where Oracle 'ignored the hint'. > > True, but as with the theory of general relativity as the number of observations > in accordance with the theory grows the weight one can attach to the theory increases. But how many times do people post to the newsgroup to say - I gave Oracle some hints and it obeyed them ? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------