On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Stephane Faroult <sfaroult@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > Thanks for having read my rant so far ;-) > > But as usual, a rant well worth reading. Regarding your travails with poorly coded functions and procedures: At least in this case, the hapless DBA charged with improving application performance has a better chance of making a solid recommendation as to a performance improving enhancement. That however is no guarantee that you will be allowed to implement it. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com