Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!carbon.eu.sun.com!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: "Jonathan Lewis" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: truncate /*+append*/ Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 00:46:34 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <1141328588.206530.61630@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> <1141331016.239208.326430@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host86-130-246-17.range86-130.btcentralplus.com X-Trace: nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com 1141433194 3861 86.130.246.17 (4 Mar 2006 00:46:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 00:46:34 +0000 (UTC) X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.oracle.server:262769 "Mladen Gogala" wrote in message news:pan.2006.03.03.14.12.22.656863@sbcglobal.net... > nothing personal: I even check things that Jonathan Lewis says, although > he is definitely more then a mere human. > I can confirm that I am, in fact, a mere human; and I am delighted that you check things that I say, because I do try to make it possible for people to check what I say. -- Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/oracle_ace/ace1.html#lewis The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html Cost Based Oracle: Fundamentals http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/cbo_book/ind_book.html