Re: Reviews of Dan Tow's "SQL Tuning"?
From: hpuxrac <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:44:46 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <09db929d-a2ac-46b3-80fd-2b2d05ca69f6_at_t39g2000prh.googlegroups.com>
On Jan 14, 3:14 am, mathewbutler <mathewbut..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> I liked Dan Tows book. Although I only made it three quarters through
> due to pressure of work and a change of role. It presents a useful
> means of conceptualising what the optimizer does without requiring as
> much analytical maths as Jonathans book. As it deals with concepts,
> it is not Oracle specific, but Oracle does get a few mentions. I
> read this after Cost Based Oracle : Fundamentals. I found I enjoyed
> CBOF more, though Dan Tows book gave me a different and useful way of
> thinking about the SQL optimization problem, as well as a graphical
> means of query representation . I'd recommend to someone new to
> Databases optimisers and even someone with experience looking to read
> around the subject.
>
> I plan to go back and finish it off, but it's in the queue behind
> Opitimizng Oracle Performance, forecasting Oracle Performance and a re-
> read of Cost Based Oracle - that is unless CBOF part two doesn't make
> it to the bookshelves in the meantime :0)
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:44:46 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <09db929d-a2ac-46b3-80fd-2b2d05ca69f6_at_t39g2000prh.googlegroups.com>
On Jan 14, 3:14 am, mathewbutler <mathewbut..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> I liked Dan Tows book. Although I only made it three quarters through
> due to pressure of work and a change of role. It presents a useful
> means of conceptualising what the optimizer does without requiring as
> much analytical maths as Jonathans book. As it deals with concepts,
> it is not Oracle specific, but Oracle does get a few mentions. I
> read this after Cost Based Oracle : Fundamentals. I found I enjoyed
> CBOF more, though Dan Tows book gave me a different and useful way of
> thinking about the SQL optimization problem, as well as a graphical
> means of query representation . I'd recommend to someone new to
> Databases optimisers and even someone with experience looking to read
> around the subject.
>
> I plan to go back and finish it off, but it's in the queue behind
> Opitimizng Oracle Performance, forecasting Oracle Performance and a re-
> read of Cost Based Oracle - that is unless CBOF part two doesn't make
> it to the bookshelves in the meantime :0)
I am under the impression that if Jonathan has not totally canned the idea of CBOF #2 it is way way on the back burner. Received on Wed Jan 14 2009 - 07:44:46 CST