Thanks, I'm fairly sure he doesn't remember... but just wants clarification. He works offsite, so I'd like to just be able to respond. Joel Patterson Database Administrator joel.patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx x72546 904 727-2546 -----Original Message----- From: Alex Gorbachev [mailto:gorbyx@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:56 AM To: Patterson, Joel; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle CBO question The answer is simlpe - ask him where he read this. ;-) On 6/7/07, Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx <Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have received a question from a consultant developer - below. Can > anyone answer? > > > > I was once told that the CBO can only handle a certain number of tables > in a query (16 iirc). Do you know what the CBO does when there are > more? Try to optimize based on knowledge of the first 16 tables in the > Where clause? > > > > > > -- Best regards, Alex Gorbachev http://www.oracloid.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l