"GreyBeard" <Fuzzy.GreyBeard_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.03.17.05.12.02.116542_at_gmail.com...
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:59:08 -0800, Jim Kennedy wrote:
>
> > In Oracle readers don't block writers. Sounds like a SQLServer DBA
> > thinks they understand how Oracle works.
> > Jim
>
> That was my first reaction as well.
>
> Then I realized the DBA might be trying to use 'statistics' to get the OP
> to conform to the BrioQuery model instead of going off on a tangent using
> Access and data extracts. Statements like "because I need to update the
> data in our local DB" and "I don't could use Brioquery because it is
> cumbersome" together with the response sounds a bit like politics and "I
> can do it better than IT" positioning.
>
> So - under normal operations, the DBA's answer (or at least OP's
> interpretation of the answer) appears to be nonsense. The OP's
> operations, however, could be causing performance issues if there are
> insufficient or competing resources (CPU, memory, disk contention, etc.)
>
> /FGB
Absolutely agree.
Jim
Received on Thu Mar 17 2005 - 09:12:56 CST
