alter session set optimizer_mode=rule ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Goodson, Doris Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 9:56 AM To: oracle-l Subject: Changing from cost to rule bae optimization on the fly Hi List, I am running 9.2.0.2 Oracle on AIX 5.2. My online is acceptable, however COBOL batch is slow. Is there a way that I can switch from cost to rule base optimization for the session running the batch process without having to shut the system down? Thanks, Doris