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CBO vs RBO Explain plan [message #65972] Fri, 11 February 2005 00:39
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Folks,

I know this is an old chestnut .... but here we go ..

I have one piece of SQL. If I run this with a /*+ RULE */ hint then it chooses an explain plan that is different to when I run it without the /*+ RULE */ hint. - Nothing too surprising in that, but what I am not sure about is why the explain plan produced with the /*+ RULE */ hint should be orders of magnitude faster than without the /*+ RULE */ hint.

I seem to remember being at various conference sessions where the black art of CBO is discussed. What I really want to know is ... Has anyone written a white paper or "How to" on solving these sort of problems. i.e. a sort of checklist or system process of what you should check and when, in the order of likely culpability?

I know that with these problems, one starts by checking stats on tables, then looking at differences in the explain plans, but I am sure there are many other things that one would look for after these.

So ... in summary, Does anyone know of a document that provides a framework for working through unexpected CBO vs RBO performance differences?
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