Re: FAQ was Re: Perf Tuning

From: Pablo Sanchez <pablo_at_dev.null>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 09:48:36 -0600
Message-ID: <3ce1302b$1_14@news.teranews.com>

"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:3ce13026$0$8512$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...
> "Pablo Sanchez" <pablo_at_dev.null> wrote in message
> news:3ce12b8c$1_3_at_news.teranews.com...
> >
> > "Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> > news:3CE12990.802493CB_at_exesolutions.com...
> > >
> > > I've got an idea for the group ... how about we get suggestions
of
> > myths, or
> > > suspected myths, that need to be evaluated with 8.1.7 and 9.0.2
and
> > then see
> > > what we can do about setting the record straight. This could be
a
> > great public
> > > service and I volunteer time on one of my servers (8.1.7.3) to
the
> > quest.
> >
> > Daniel,
> >
> > I've been thinking that it makes sense to have a FAQ for the
newsgroup
> > and within that FAQ, it would contain a 'myths/???' section. I'd
also
> > like to see in the FAQ a list of 'answer these questions when
asking
> > your question' so folks can simply point them to the link on the
FAQ.
> > --
> > Pablo Sanchez, High-Performance Database Engineering
> > mailto:pablo_at_hpdbe.com
> > http://www.hpdbe.com
> > Available for short-term and long-term contracts
>
> I agree with the suggestion. There is however already a FAQ
contributed to
> by members of this newsgroup at
> http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html
>
> there are also a number of other faq scattered around the place
google
> returns 73000 hits! Notable ones are

>

> www.orafaq.com
> www.dbasupport.com

>
> and of course technet and metalink. Please lets not create another
one
> though I think that myths could usefully be added to the list hosted
by
> Jonathan at http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/myths.html

I totally agree, if we have an authoritative source, whether it's up to date or not, we should use it. If it's not up to date, it should be spruced up.

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Pablo Sanchez, High-Performance Database Engineering
mailto:pablo_at_hpdbe.com
http://www.hpdbe.com
Available for short-term and long-term contracts

Received on Tue May 14 2002 - 10:48:36 CDT