A few years ago, I consulted for client that knew Don personally and the advice that was given was a tad bit unusual ... I would guess that the newer ways of looking at Oracle must be cutting into his bottom line a little bit or he wouldn't be writing articles like this one. The 'myth busters' are certainly helping the databases I've been working on improve performance exponentially, and it's wonderful to be able to actually show someone why their systems will perform better and by how much BEFORE the changes are made. Robyn On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 06:48:53 -0500, bill thater <shrek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I'd say "lightly referenced" as being more correct. Don has the smarts = > > not to call anyone out by name. But I will agree with his one = > > statement, and I quote: > > > > The standard answer to almost every Oracle question is, "It Depends." > > hey! that's MY line.;-) > > -- > Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA > shrek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine (Song of > Solomon 6:3) > > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------