I just wanted to pass along that I ran the test case I wrote in the thread against a 11.2.0.1 installation and I received different results then 10.2.0.4. Fortunately the result was the more efficient execution plan. I highlighted this in my most recent response to the thread.

Thanks!

There are many discussions that appear on OTN and the newsgroup which rate a mention – and I ought to try and highlight them more often. I think that discussion (when there isn’t too much garbage flung in around the edges) is one of the best ways for people to learn the how to examine the facts.

Thanks for the comments about reading the stuff I publish.

Thank you very much for taking notice of this. I try to take these oddities and use them as a learning experience and the folks on the OTN Forum (Timur, Charles, and Tubby) provided really great insight. I also wanted to add that my initial analysis wouldn’t have been possible without your excellent book.

Thanks again, and as always I truly enjoy reading about your experiences in any medium (book, blog, whatever!).