Hi All, We're having a debate at work this morning about a space in a hint,... not clear so far, read on... I remember from a few years back that if a hint was specified without a space after the plus sign it was ignored, so /*+full(t) */ didn't work, but /*+ full(t) */ was good. Was this the case a few releases back as it doesn't seem to be now,.. was it ever the case. I feel sure it was and have always used the space since - and for the last few years when reviewing code have always rejected code with hints without this space. Cheers Tony