Re: Designing database tables for performance?

On Feb 28, 4:57 pm, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> > Date of course is well known and deserves a lot of respect. Has a
> > great ability to take tough subjects and produce readable and
> > interesting sources of knowledge.
> >
> > Not sure exactly who the other person is.
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> Fabian Pascal. His _Practical Issues..._ book is one of the best
> database management books ever written. (IMHO)

Reviews in amazon make it look interesting. Ok it's on order now.

Professionally it should be second on my need to read list. Jonathan Lewis is in town this summer for a seminar and I need to re-read his book on the cost based optimizer ... it's next after that.

Now if only Alastair Reynold's new book Prefect was shipping!

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> > Joel's usually pretty reasonable but gets somewhat excited and
> > sometimes hostile about the changing nature of IT employment in terms
> > of contractors and work being moved off shore.
>
> Not relevant to this discussion.
Received on Wed Feb 28 2007 - 23:25:27 CET