This reminds me of a (clean) limeric; There was a young lady from Bight, Whose speed was far faster than light. She went out one day in a relative way, And returned the previous night.
:) Jared "Jonathan Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/23/2002 02:58 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: Oracle invents time machine - optimizer now faster than light. Look carefully at the following (genuine) extract from a 9.0.1.3 trace file, and examine the TIM= entries: PARSING IN CURSOR #2 len=210 dep=1 uid=0 oct=3 lid=0 tim=1019495629365212 hv=787810128 ad='6e0a278' select /*+ rule */ bucket_cnt, row_cnt, cache_cnt, null_cnt, timestamp#, sample_size, minimum, maximum, distcnt, lowval, hival, density, col#, spare1, spare2, avgcln from hist_head$ where obj#=:1 and intcol#=:2 END OF STMT PARSE #2:c=0,e=492,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=3,tim=1019495629365100 Note how Oracle has managed to finish parsing the statement 112 microseconds before it started. Now that's how to pass a benchmark ! Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk Author of: Practical Oracle 8i: Building Efficient Databases Next Seminar - Australia - July/August 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 -- 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: 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).