No, there is new oracle hint in the RDBMS 11i. It goes like this:

select /*+ don't do it */ sysdate from dual;

That turns on the non-deterministic optimizer which takes into account
the current mood of the computer as well as the local superstitions.
BTW, if we have a ton of books helping dummies to understand computers,
shouldn't we have at least one which would help computers understand dummies?
It's a larger problem then you think...


On 04/01/2004 04:33:05 PM, Gudmundur Bjarni Josepsson wrote:
> > Best hint of all, DON'T.
>
> Of course it is, the fastest way to do something is not to do it :-)
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