Re: Are Oracle DBAs trivialized?

DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote:

>> Just curious, why does the presence of correlated subqueries or NOT
>> EXISTS clauses equate to a poorly written query? As a DBA & developer,
>> I've used them quite frequently and they perform just fine. Is there a
>> more efficient alternative?

>No. Certainly they are not the silver bullet solution usable in ALL
>situations ... but no.

But haven't you been told that partitioning tables is a "silver bullet"? 8-)

Paul...

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