Re: SQL tuning

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 11:10:08 +1100
Message-Id: <419550b0$0$24380$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

Access wrote:

>
> It's not a troll, nor spam ... it was just a simple question : what about
> the book <...>

It's awful. Straight answer to a straight question.

> I'm not that long active in this newsgroup (and I don't
> know if I will be, considering the replies), so I wasn't aware of the
> Donald K. Burleson "myth".

It's not a "myth". It happens to be demonstrable fact that Don Burleson knows not very much about the latest versions of Oracle, but has a book publishing career to promote. That's fine, too, actually. He only ticks people off so much because he's the world's greatest claimer of expertise which he doesn't actually possess.

> I'm just looking around for a good book on SQL
> tuning, and I did like his "Unix for Oracle DBAs" pocket reference. I
> learnt a lot from it and I keep it with me all the time.

Well, alright then... just because it is demonstrably the case that Don knows remarkably little about Oracle, that doesn't mean you aren't able or entitled to form your own opinions about things. And those opinions are as valid as any other. So if Don does it for you, that's fine.

But since you are asking the group for their opinion, be prepared for rather different ones than yours.

Regards
HJR Received on Fri Nov 12 2004 - 18:10:08 CST