Syntax options: COMPLIANCE MANDATORY | COMPLIANCE OPTIONAL Specifies the compliance level for this outline. MANDATORY indicates that all outline directives such as table order and index usage should be followed as specified. If the optimizer is unable to follow any outline directive, an exception is raised. OPTIONAL indicates that all outline directives are optional and that if they cannot be followed, no exception should be raised. If OPTIONAL is specified, the strategy chosen by the optimizer to carry out the underlying request may not match the strategy specified within the outline. Use MANDATORY when the strategy that the optimizer chooses must be followed exactly as specified from version to version of Oracle Rdb even if the optimizer finds a more efficient strategy in a future version of Oracle Rdb. The default is COMPLIANCE OPTIONAL.