Ok, you caught me in somewhat of a touchy mood after a day of arguing against 100+ GB mount points (in our environment, unfortunately, backups are a single thread per mount point (new issue altogether)), and arguing against using 'select *' in a view. Anyway, I was mostly taking exception to the "work smarter" part when I often have to fight to be allowed to do that. I apologize for being snappy and welcome your comments offline. ----- Original Message ----- From: "rob zijlstra" <rmsah@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 1:41 AM Subject: RE: DBA Hacks Book > Darrell, sorry if the tone of the message offended you. Was certainly not > the intention. For the rest, I could answer your points, but I think it > would be pointless to start a discussion here that is rather OT. > Greetings, > Rob Zijlstra > ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------