Thanks for chiming in here Dan. Now I'm really looking forward to this book. As it so happens, I have this one really nasty query that just takes way too long... Jared On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 23:02, Dan Tow wrote: > Hi, this is Dan Tow, the author of SQL Tuning, wading in with a few remarks: > > One of the list members (no, not my editor) let me know of this thread, so I > thought I might clear up a few things with a response. There's been some > speculation regarding the origin of the method I describe in the book. I came > up with it on my own about ten years ago, without a literature search, but > later learned that there was some fairly similar stuff out there in the > academic literature that long predated my entry into the field, so I make no > particular claim to the method being hugely original. However, I believe that > the book is at least original as a *non-academic*, readable, detailed > description of the approach. ... ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------