Sadly from the New Features Guide ( http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/server.121/e17906/chapter1.htm#AREANO02540 ) "The following sections describe performance features with zero effort." Still at least the features then described won't find it difficult to exceed my expectations... On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Hans Forbrich <fuzzy.graybeard@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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 > > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l