The following features require use of the CBO:
- Partitioned tables and indexes
- Index-organized tables
- Reverse key indexes
- Function-based indexes
- SAMPLE clauses in a SELECT statement
- Parallel query and parallel DML
- Star transformations and star joins
- Extensible optimizer
- Query rewrite with materialized views
- Enterprise Manager progress meter
- Hash joins
- Bitmap indexes and bitmap join indexes
- Index skip scans