I must confess that I always have, and always will, call it a ten thousand (and) forty-six trace OR, for people who don't understand, I use the following variations: The deep trace The real trace The extended trace The extended, the real, the deep, the only trace. I kind of like the military version, though: (On the phone with customer): Customer: "Now what do I do?" Me: "Well, I'd like to do a One Zero Zero Four Six Tango Romeo Alpha Charlie Echo. It's the extended Sierra Quebec Lima one, you know." Mogens Mark W. Farnham wrote: > If you're asking how to pronounce the number, IMHO standard British and > American English both require "Ten thousand forty-six." Since we can't even > agree on simple issues like hood/bonnet, boot/trunk, and lift/elevator, when > we're in agreement it is probably worth abiding by, unless you're French, in > which case you get to snub us both with one shot by ignoring the convention. > > If you were asking about 10053, I'd just call it a Wolfgang. > > But between Mogens, Virag, Anjo, and too many others, it is pretty hard to > pick one. > > "To check what resources are being consumed and waits endured that might be > worthy of spending time reducing for an individual query, I like to do an > event ten thousand forty-six trace." > > is probably too long to actually say, but it is what I think you mean. > > I actually like to take a quick analytical look first. For example the > fellow who noticed that a likely to be unique predicate getting indexed was > probably the key to making a particular join dramatically better. Of course > there's little reason not to overlap the ten thousand forty-six trace with a > bit of time spent in analysis. > > That will help you either avoid or gain certification, depending whether > you're speaking British or American English. > > mwf > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lee Lee > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:52 AM > To: oracle-l > Subject: 10046 Trace Pronunciation > > > Hi Gurus, > > When explaining to another person that I am going to > do a 10046 trace what is the best why to say it? > > "For performance tuning I like to do a one, zero, > zero, four, six trace." > > "For performance tuning I like to do a one hundred, > forty-six trace." > > "For performance tuning I like to do a ten, Oh, > forty-six trace" > > Thank you! > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------