On 03/07/2013 9:21 AM, Hemant K Chitale wrote: > >From the 12c SQL Tuning Guide > · Because of the existence of GUI-based tools, it is possible to > create applications and administer a database without knowing SQL. However, > it is impossible to tune applications or a database without knowing SQL. > Brilliant. "Like" Yet when I think of a discussion with one of the creators of a Java persistence framework, when I asked why it was created, the answer was "because I don't understand how to code in SQL, and I don't want to." Hans -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l