Re: Hints in Practice

joel garry wrote:

> I read that as Oracle Applications (the products, not applications in
> general). In which case, I'd say, a lot of the code predated optimizer
> features and bugfixes, and perhaps some was written in ignorance of,
> well, what Oracle experts know now. That could be said of any large
> system that's been around for a while, so for Bob to use it to imply
> that since Oracle does it, Oracle is saying everyone should, is wrong.
> Aside from that, it is a good point, unless Oracle is rewriting every
> application. Wouldn't that be the "Fusion" thing Larry goes on about?
>
> jg

Much of that code was written for the RBO. Probably almost all of it.

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