Yes (as far as I know). I was thinking about that when I was writing up the problem, but I couldn't figure out how to confirm. I couldn't find a parameter or V$ view that would tell me for sure. Wayne On Fri Apr 13 17:54 , "Tony Aponte" sent: >I apologize for asking the obvious but is USE_STORED_OUTLINES set to the >same value on both instances? > >Tony Aponte > >-----Original Message----- >From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx','','','')">oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wayne Adams >Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 3:55 PM >To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: outline not working on 1 instance of RAC cluster > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l