Re: Which Oracle book was this?

On Oct 25, 8:43 am, dba_..._at_yahoo.com wrote:
> Years ago, I skimmed an Oracle book at the bookstore.
> I'm sure it was written by Tom Kyte.
>
> In it, he critiqued a system that would store data in
> rows, instead of simple columns!  And, it performed very badly.
>
> So, instead of a typical table structure:
>
> field1
> field2
> field3
> field4
>
> There was a lookup table with field codes, and what they meant.
>
> Fieldcode_id
> Fieldcode_name
>
> The "data" table would be structured:
>
> Fieldcode_id
> value
> etc.
>
> I remember reading words to the effect:
> "How did it perform?  Horribly, pathetically, awfully!"
>
> I'm unfortunately dealing with such a system now,
> and would like to show this critique to the brass.
>
> Which book can I find this in please?
>
> Thanks a lot!

you could ask Tom himself? And let the brass read the article in the 'Oracle Insights - tales of the Oak Table' , which is on url:

www.simple-talk.com/opinion/opinion-pieces/bad-carma/

a large read, but part of every Oracle DBA's education. Received on Mon Oct 27 2008 - 02:00:38 CDT