Re: SQL tuning

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:59:50 -0800
Message-ID: <1100393911.429557@yasure>

Access wrote:

> "Holger Baer" <holger.baer_at_science-computing.de> wrote in message
> news:cn1s93$nu9$1_at_news.BelWue.DE...
>

>>Richard Kuhler wrote:
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>>>Access wrote:
>>><snip>
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>>>>What about this one : (I saw it in a local book store) :
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Oracle High-Performance SQL Tuning (Donald K. Burleson)
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>I'm guessing this is just a troll but have a look at the thread "A
>>>Voodoo Masterpiece" just in case it isn't.  I wouldn't expect too many
>>>glowing reviews from this group.
>>>
>>>-- 
>>>Richard Kuhler
>>>
>>
>>He certainly is: who on earth goes to a local bookstore, sees a book that
>>he thinks might be of interest, copies down the booklet, asks in a

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> somewhat
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>>biased newsgroup about tuning books in general and, when the expected

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> answer
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>>dosn't come out even repeats the booklet here? That's not trolling, that's
>>spam!
>>
>>Cheers
>>Holger

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

Rightly or wrongly some people here consider the use of that Burleson's name the equivalent of yelling "pile on" in the schoolyard. For some of us it is about as tiring as watching Omlet's nonsense. And no doubt some feel the same way about some of my posts: So live and let live.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Sat Nov 13 2004 - 18:59:50 CST