Re: oracle can ignore hints

  • From: Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Oracle-L Freelists <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 06:57:39 -0800

I have had that exact same experience.

Two Sun servers, different number of CPU's and RAM,
same versions of Oracle 7 down to the patch level,
data exported from one database into the other.

Strictly RBO, two very different execution paths.

Very frustrating, wish I could recall the solution we used.

Jared




On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 00:41, Kresimir Fabijanic wrote:
> Hi Ryan
> 
> What version of Oracle and OS are you running?  What hint did you try to 
> use?  How complex was query?
> 
> I have seen a case (OK it was 7.3.4.0 in 1999 on Sun's OS) where two 
> databases - same version, same OS same Oracle and OS patches on both - 
> hardware configuration was slightly different (not 100% sure but there 
> were differences in RAM (1G vs 2G or 4G) and number of CPUs - (2 vs 4) 
> and some disk layout differences) both databases running RULE (software 
> vendor requested [Keystone - if you have ever heard of it]) - identical 
> statement (cut and paste between two terminal sessions (and back)) 
> generating very different execution plans.
> 
> I tried to verify few times and results were consistently different.  
> Nothing would surprise me any more.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Kresimir Fabijanic
> 
> ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >We had a discussion on here regarding hints. some of you stated that Oracle 
> >cannot ignore a proper hint. I have a TAR open and asked about this. Here is 
> >the response.
> >
> >
> >
> >"A hint simply adds weight to a cost estimation, it can still be overridden 
> >by the CBO if the values aren't seen as useful."
> >
> >
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