Re: Cost vs Rule

> keep sql ANSI compliant due to cross-platform issues
> (want to be able to run the app on multiple db's)

They are telling you not to solve performance problems with hints. They want to be ANSI compliant and run on multiple db's.

But it's OK solve performance problems by flipping the switch to RBO?

RBO isn't part of the ANSI standard, so I don't think you're allowed to use it either. ;-)

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