How many more of these "undocumented" but seemingly crucial optimizer
parameters has changed from 8i to 9i?  I'd think these are a bit
more important to know about.

Anyone have a list of these changed parameters?  Are they noted in the 9i docs?

boss

> 
> We has problems with another undocumented parameter that changed when we
> migrated to 9i in August last year. _B_TREE_BITMAP_PLANS change from false
> to true and caused a number of issues with sub-optimal execution plans.
> 
> Another possible trap for the unwary ...
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Richard
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> > One of the undocumented init.ora parameters that changed from 8 to 9 is
> > "_UNNEST_SUBQUERY"  (from false to true). You could try if that is the
> > culprit. Of course, since it is an undocumented parameter, get the
> blessing
> > from Oracle support before using it in a production database.
> >
> > At 10:09 AM 10/1/2003, you wrote:
> > >Joan, what is the difference in the plans? What specific feature
> > >made the difference? Are the values of
> > >optimizer_index_cost_adj and optimizer_index_caching same on both
> > >versions? How about histograms? What is with
> > >db_file_multiblock_read_count,sort_area_size and hash_area_size? Is
> > >everything same as in 8i? May be setting of those parameters can be
> > >tweaked to your benefit?
> > >
> > >On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 11:54, Joan Hsieh wrote:
> > > > Kirti,
> > > >
> > > > I had upgraded a database from 8.1.7.4 to 9.2.0.4. Before the upgrade,
> > > > performance is good. After upgrade, one query run time from 2 min to
> 12
> > > > hours. Of course, I re-analyzed all tables and indexes. The explain
> plan
> > > > changed from hash join to nested-loop. All the parameters are same. So
> I
> > > > have to put optimized_feature_enable=8.1.7 to make run normal as
> usual.
> > > > I hate to disable the new feature, but no choose.
> >
> > Wolfgang Breitling
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