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Forcing a Known Plan Using Hints (Doc ID 221970.1)

Last updated on JULY 23, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Personal Edition - Version 7.1.4.0 and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 6.0.0.0 and later
Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 7.0.16.0 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

This Article explains how to use an existing explain plan to generate hints that will force this plan on another system or in a changing
environment. It is especially useful where a plan has changed after an upgrade.

Scope

 Analysts wishing to force a plan

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