You mean all this time my hints like the following: select * from table where /*+ LET_ME_CHOOSE_THE_ORDER */ /*+ DO_ME_FIRST */ col1 = 12 and /*+ NOT_ME_YET */ col2 = 13 and /*+ WHEN_YOU_GET_A_MOMENT_TRY_ME */ col3 = 14
isn't going to work ? :-) --- Jonathan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you have a favourite (or favorite) joke in the > Oracle manuals. I've been reading the Oracle 9 > SQL reference manual - as one does from time > to time - and spotted this gem on p. 2-97: > > <quote> > /*+ ordered_predicates */ > Use this hint in the WHERE clause of SELECT > statements. > </quote> > > Can I propose this one for urban legend status > for 2004 ? > > > > Jonathan Lewis > http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk > > Next Seminar - UK, April 3rd - 5th > http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html > > Host to The Co-Operative Oracle Users' FAQ > http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html > > Author of: > Practical Oracle 8i: Building Efficient Databases > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Jonathan Lewis > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). ===== Connor McDonald http://www.oracledba.co.uk (mirrored at http://www.oradba.freeserve.co.uk) "Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Connor=20McDonald?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
