Found the answer to my own question, p. 349 of "Effective Oracle by Design," Tom Kyte: In Oracle 9i, query rewrite enabled is not necessary for built-in functions such as UPPER or LOWER. Adam Adam Donahue wrote: >Folks, > >Most documentation I've seen suggests that the following two parameters >must be set to enable function-based indexes: > > query_rewrite_enabled=true > query_rewrite_integrity=trusted > >On Oracle 9.2.0, though, I thought I read somewhere (perhaps Tom Kyte's >book) that these are no longer required for FBIs on native Oracle >functions, e.g., upper(). (My tests confirmed that the CBO, at least, >generates a plan to use an FBI on upper() even when these parameters are >disabled.) > >Does anyone have a pointer to official documentation confirming the above? > >Thanks, > >Adam > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >---------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. >-- >Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ >FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------