sounds like it's about time http://db-optimizer.blogspot.com/2010/06/cursorsharing-picture-is-worth-1000.html <http://db-optimizer.blogspot.com/2010/06/cursorsharing-picture-is-worth-1000.html>tried on 11g last week and the results for similar were even worse :) Best Kyle On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Nope, you are not the last. This is news to me, though I always > recommended using either exact or force, depending on the circumstance. > Similar always seemed like the worst of both worlds to me. > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Carol Dacko <dackoc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Maybe I am the last person to the know but Doc ID: 1169017.1 is the >> announcement that cursor_sharing = similar is now deprecated in 11g! And >> the write up is very good. And it is great that they also included in the >> references the Optimizer Team's blog about it too. >> >> So yes, thank you Oracle Support! I really do appreciate this! This will >> now be one more battle I don't need to fight! >> >> Warm regards, >> Carol Dacko >> University of Michigan >> >> >> > > > > -- > Andrew W. Kerber > > 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' >