Now now Deepak, don't go about and start logging bugs about Oracle generously using RULE hint in various views etc. C'mon .. give them a break ... some of dem developers haven't yet read the manuals that say 1. rule is deprecated, don't use it and (my favorite) 2. don't use long, use CLOB. he he he he 8:) Raj On 3/29/06, Deepak Sharma <sharmakdeep_oracle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I agree that Oracle must have a reason to put that > hint in, but I need to confirm if it is expected > behaviour or a Bug. > -- ---------------------------------------------- Got RAC? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l