hi, While testing DBMS_SPM I found that if we use alias in query and copy that plan to original statement, it will not work..Full article can be seen here http://askdba.org/weblog/2011/12/plan-stability-using-sql-profiles-and-sql-plan-management/ Regards Amit On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Wolfgang Breitling > <centrex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: >> And you disabled the original (unhinted) plan? Did you follow the steps in >> Maria's blog ( http://blogs.oracle.com/**optimizer/tags/sql_plan_** >> management <http://blogs.oracle.com/optimizer/tags/sql_plan_management>)? I haven't had a problem substituting a different plan for a sql. My >> problem is that Peoplesoft has too many sql where this technique is not >> applicable ( because they use literals in sql ). >> > > Actually I did use Maria's blog as a reference. > > But, I don't think I disabled the original plan. > > Thanks Wolfgang, that's probably the step I was missing. > > Jared > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l