Re: Statistics for comp.databases.oracle.server

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 04:50:05 +1100
Message-ID: <xUeY9.32321$jM5.82384@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>

Jonathan Lewis wrote:
> Spot on.
>
> Mind you I don't think you should try ANYTHING
> for the first time on a production system. (Say,
> how does this drop table command work ?)

Ah, I think you are sometimes too cautious, Jonathan! Dabbling is fun. Scary dabbling is even funner.

>
> And if the Oracle manual tells you not to try
> it whilst under time pressure, does that mean
> that if the topic appears during the OCM exam
> then the correct response is NOT to do it
> because you are under time pressure ?
>

If my olfactory nerves are still in working order, I think I sniff a double negative here. If the manual tells you not to do it when you're under time pressure, and you're under time pressure, then you are (not to do it)(not to do it), which cancels out to not(not to do it), which simplifies to "What the Hell! Why Not?!"

Worth a go, anyway, I reckon.

Cheers.
HJR Received on Fri Jan 24 2003 - 11:50:05 CST

Re: Statistics for comp.databases.oracle.server - WE 19/1/2003