RE: raid 5 disaster

> Mike,
> 
> Explain to them that they are using a screwdriver to drive nails.  They
> chose the wrong tool for the job.  It is not a database issue.  It is an
> application issue.
> 
> That being said,  show them how to spool data via a select statement 
rather
> than using dbms_output.  I would even convert one "report" for them and 
run
> the two versions with timing turned on to show them how much faster it 
is.
> 
Or use a Perl script to create an excel spreadsheet ( .xls, not .csv ) 
with
output organized on separate worksheets. ( surprisingly easy )

Did that this morning in about an hour, the final bit of my SarbOx oracle
database difference reporting app.

See, SarbOx doesn't have to be completely dull and boring.  :)

Jared


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