It was supposed to be humour.

> -----Original Message-----
> Tim Johnston
>
> Jacques Kilchoer wrote:
>
> >The execution plan with the smallest total cost will also be
> the execution plan that runs fastest due to the excellence of
> the algorithm used by the Oracle database engine.
> >
> >
> >
> Um... I hate blanket statements like that... I can think of
> too many
> exceptions... Like, assuming the the optimizer has accurate
> statistics
> to properly evaluate the statement...
>
> Tim Johnston
>
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