Re: Oracle 11g new features

Matthias Hoys wrote:
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> >
> > You've got my vote.
> >
> > And while they are at it perhaps announce a real kill date for
> > LONG, LONG RAW, UNIQUE, and numerous other bits of superfluous syntax
> > and legacy functionality.
> > --
> > Daniel A. Morgan
> > University of Washington
> > damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> > (replace x with u to respond)
> > Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
> > www.psoug.org
>
> NOOOOOOOO !!! Don't take the RBO away please !!!!! Aaaaaarrgrggghhhhh ....
>
> /*+ RULE */ hints forever :-)

I love the marketing hype "Oracle 10g is 100% cbo" until you trace the data dictionary queries, which have a remarkably high frequency of:

select /*+ rule */ ....

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Connor McDonald
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