Re[2]: That crazy CBO.....

Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 4:57:01 PM, Bobak, Mark 
(Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
BM> AAAAARRRRRRGGGHHHHH!

BM> Bitten by AUTOTRACE again!  It LIED to me!

<snippage>

BM> Ok, ok, I should know better by now, AUTOTRACE CANNOT BE TRUSTED!!

BM> It should be removed from the database!  It's too tempting, due to ease
BM> of use! =20

I'd argue that Oracle should fix it. One shouldn't have to
bother with something as cumbersome as 10046 trace just to
see an execution plan. I don't even like having to query the
plan table (or use dbms_xplan) from SQL*Plus. The front end
should do all that crud for me. Just MHO.

Best regards,

Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are
http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx

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