joel garry wrote:
>> Cary Millsap's book is currently the state of the art in regards to how
>> to approach this area.
>
> I agree, and yet, even it has some shortcomings. Sometimes ordering
> everything by business priority misses technical problems (for example,
> rating the 15th most important problem as identified by the
> methodology, when in actuality it should be a topper), and there are
> perhaps some unspoken assumptions in the methodology.
I think Tom Kyte has addressed the issue of trusting the experts on
more than a few occasions. Cary's book is definitely one of the most
valuable resources available. But synapses must be applied to his
advice in order to best use it.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
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Received on Thu Nov 09 2006 - 10:51:48 CST
