Re: Book about query processing / query optimization searched
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:52:19 -0700
Message-ID: <1191534739.877760.72590_at_w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
On 4 oct, 19:54, paul c <toledobythe..._at_ooyah.ac> wrote:
> Elcaro Nosille wrote:
> > Cimode schrieb:
>
> >> A total waste of time and money...(it does cost 67$ !!!)
>
> > Why?
>
> >> Except from the first few lines...
> >> *In a relational database, data is organized into table format*
>
> > Do you think you can estimate the quality of a book by evaluating
> > the first lines?
>
> If the first lines make sense, you might want or need to read more but
> if the first line is silly, odds are you don't.
>
> As Groucho Marx said when asked to write a jacket blurb for a supposedly
> humourous book: (something like) "from the moment I picked it up until I
> put it down I couldn't stop laughing. Some day I'm going to read it".
Or when he simply asks a lady in a room with a cigar in his hand *Do
you mind if I don't smoke?*
Received on Thu Oct 04 2007 - 23:52:19 CEST