Re: XMLType performance

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:33:16 -0700
Message-ID: <1176521589.169729@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

Serge Rielau wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:

>> And when you write: "I don't think that any major DBMS vendor wants to 
>> see ...." You should be able, after all of our exchanges, to know
>> exactly how much I care about what any DBMS vendor wants. My comments
>> are with respect to what makes most sense for that vendor's customers.

> Well, I tried my best. I think you are misguided in what's best for
> customers. Surely there were plenty of folks around who dismissed the
> value of relational back in the days. Just a fad. Or those distributed
> systems. Running databases on Unix servers.. ridiculous.... ;-)
>
> Cheers
> Serge

When you leave IBM I'll get you a work permit here in the States and you can work on a project with a TB+ database storing XML while trying to meet the SLA.

Bet you find yourself shredding that XML about as quickly as I do.

BTW: When you work on customer's sites you work with the hardware they have ... not the hardware you wish they had. <g>

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

Received on Fri Apr 13 2007 - 22:33:16 CDT