No, there is new oracle hint in the RDBMS 11i. It goes like this: select /*+ don't do it */ sysdate from dual; That turns on the non-deterministic optimizer which takes into account the current mood of the computer as well as the local superstitions. BTW, if we have a ton of books helping dummies to understand computers, shouldn't we have at least one which would help computers understand dummies? It's a larger problem then you think... On 04/01/2004 04:33:05 PM, Gudmundur Bjarni Josepsson wrote: > > Best hint of all, DON'T. > > Of course it is, the fastest way to do something is not to do it :-) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------