Re: Which Doc to Read - 10g or 9i ?

>> > I put in 10053 in the tahiti search engine, and it sure didn't get
>> > anything useful. You are just plain wrong, Bob. Put 10053 in the
>> > knowledge browser at metalink, it ought to be obvious why a developer
>> > serious about performance would want to know about such things.
>>
>> There will also be plenty of things you won't find in the books mentioned
>> earlier. Should I go out and buy every book that is available?
>
> No, but some people think what books you have available in your
> workspace and that show use are a reasonable indicator of what level of
> work you do. I don't quite agree with that, since some people might
> have their books at home or on electronic media or have an eidetic
> memory or whatever. But a statement that everything you need is in the
> manual - at best that means your work is limited, at worst you may be
> myth-mongering.

Where was the statement made?

>
> Personally, I do have shelves of Oracle books. Some are crap. I tend
> not to recommend those. Most are used infrequently, a few have little
> nuggets that make them worth having gone through once. The ones
> recommended in this thread are worth their weight in careers.
>

Even crap would weigh something in careers.

>>
>> What problems? Any problems?
>
> Well, this thread started about performance and what developers can do
> right. Simply following the instructions in the manuals may lead to
> problems - for example, where in the manuals does it explain possible
> performance issues with committing in a loop? How about the optimal
> way to perform DDL in a trigger? Where is X$KSQST explained? All
> developers are going to have superstitions and misconceptions about the
> best ways to do things with Oracle. Jeez, someone could write a whole
> book about these kinds of things. Maybe even more than one. The best
> ones demonstrate how even the most experienced developers need to
> question and test their assumptions.
>

It sounds like your expectations of the manuals are far higher than the books. I hope your dream of books covering every tiny details will some day come true. Received on Mon Jul 03 2006 - 20:12:15 CDT