> An even better solution would be to fix the optimizer.

If I had a dollar for every time I got smacked
for arguing for this I have a lot of dollars!!

> Plans were introduced as a work around for a busted optimizer.

Funny, Marketing seemed to think it was a feature. ;-)

>

The solution is to fix the optimizer.
The solution is to fix the optimizer.
The solution is to fix the optimizer.
The solution is to fix the optimizer.
The solution is to fix the optimizer.

Not much has changed out here. Glad to see
that good people are still working on IB.

Markus