hi. im using the sql procedure to retrieve data from an oracle server, and im trying to use Hints . The problem is that the proc sql is inside a macro. When i run the SQL procedure not as part of the  macro statement it works just fine , but when it is inside the macro it looks like the Oracle query optimizer is ignoring the Hints. Is there a problem to use  preserve_comments inside a macro ? or am i doing anything wrong? thanks gil ... View more