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"Marcel Kraupp" <marcel.kraupp_at_gmx.ch> wrote in message
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> > Why in the world would you worry so much about the x$, v$ and X$ tables
when
> > Oracle Corp. explicitly discourages everybody from dealing with these
> > objects directly?
> >
> > Roel
>
>
> Exactly for the same reason that a child worries so much about
> a) painting on walls, b) touching boiling water, c) eating salad
> befor going to bed, d) anything else that is not specifally
> forbidden and needs the profound ability of a child's
> imagination although the parents explicitlely discourage the chld from
dealing
> with these issues: because these views are there, because I want
> to discover, even more because I am discouraged to discover, and
> because I expected an answer like yours.
>
> MK
Yes, but we're expected to behave like adults. Look by all means; but don't touch.
Paul Received on Wed May 29 2002 - 13:02:53 CDT