Re: separate data/inidex

In article <aa83v9029oi_at_drn.newsguy.com>, you said (and I quote):
> >
> >This myth has been around for a long time - and unfortunately was actually
> >started by an Oracle consultant (who will remain nameless).
>
> And it wasn't me!

Proof?
:-D

Narh, I think I know who it was. Mind you, back then it probably made a lot of sense. Problem with all these "gospel" statements is that they tend to be self-perpetuating. Which in a technical arena like IT is a recipe for disaster! Like Jonathan recognizes in his book, there is no such thing as a technical recommendation that remains valid ad infinitum.

Reminds me of many "benchmarks", heavily promoted here as the be-all-and- end-all of performance evaluations. These were originally developed to make a Version 5 Oracle database run fast in a mainframe, period. Never meant to be then sold as "tests" for V6 and V7 databases. For obvious reasons. Yet they were sold as such, and promoted as the ultimate by all and sundry including Oracle Consultancy!

Oh well, one day people will learn not to look for silver bullets...

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Cheers
Nuno Souto
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