Re: Rates of change???

From: Anna C. Dent <anacedent_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 11:23:56 -0700
Message-ID: <13lLa.113302$MJ5.44531_at_fed1read03>


Madison Pruet wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there an easy way to determine the rate of change for table? I realize
> that I could do periodic select count(*) from XXX, but that would only
> determine the size of the table. It would ignore updates.
>
> What I'd really like to do would be able to determine the number of non-read
> operations over a table so that I can determine the rate of change for that
> table.
>
> Thanks for any help..
>
>
>

WHY? I can't think of any significant benefit which might result from having these "facts".

Once you had these numbers,
what good would they do you and
what would you do with them?

What problem are you really trying to solve?

What exact metrics exist to prove a problem even exists?

How will you (or anybody else) know conclusively that the problem has been solved? Received on Sat Jun 28 2003 - 20:23:56 CEST

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