Re: Oracle 911 Article

  • From: "Carel-Jan Engel" <cjpengel.dbalert@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 19:16:43 +0100 (CET)

I don't know Don's rate's, but my signature (quoting Derek Bok) gets more
strength. Look at the end of this message.

> Jonathan Lewis wrote:
>
>> Given that "The problem started when she wanted to
>> know the average row length for a table." I think we
>> can assume that the immediate fix to the problem was to
>> get rid of the stats from the one table, so the database
>> would go back to using RBO across the board.
>
> It seems to me that the real problem is a DBA who did not know how to
> retrieve
> average row length using SQL functions and did not understand the
> implications
> of analyzing only one table in a schema. This may be the result of a
> company not
> spending money on training, a person not taking the time to educate
> themselves,
> etc. Sure, the symptom is fixed, but what happens when this DBA begins to
> add
> db_block_buffers to achieve a 99.999% BCHR?
>
> Dan
>
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Regards, Carel-Jan

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If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok)
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