RE: Your new book

Maybe your memory is suffering. Wasn't it a 42? :)

Pete
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Steve McClure
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

>If you gave me a quiz on relational algebra today, I'd probably flunk
>it, like many people that daily work with relational databases. But
>that doesn't stop us from making use of the fruits of the theory.
>Similarly, I don't think we need to understand Part II in detail to
>successfully use Cary's methods to tune an Oracle database.
>
>Dennis Williams
>DBA
I certainly hope this is a correct assessment. I will never forget a college course called Math 144 'Discrete Functions in Mathematics'. It was essentially Relational Algebra. I was confident that I had done well on the very first test of the semester. Then I got it back. I had scored a 32. That is out of 100. Apparently I didn't have quite the grasp on relational theory that I had hoped. I doubt the rest of the semester, nor the intervening years, have changed things much. So I certainly hope to be able put Cary's book to good use without relying too heavilly on my mathematical background. I don't dare say I am confident of it though, I still remember that 32.

Steve McClure

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