Re: new sql tuning book - Author's response

  • From: "Ryan" <ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 14:30:02 -0500

I have a feeling your going to sell alot of books dan... I think the fact
that your book is so different many people want to see others go through it
first before investing the time. Sounds like your the real deal to me.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Tow" <dantow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 12:14 PM
Subject: RE: new sql tuning book - Author's response


> Aargh, I'm so sorry, everyone - this was meant to be a personal, kidding
reply
> to Jared, not a crass advertisement to the whole group - I could have
*sworn* I
> hit Reply, not Reply-to-all...
>
> Dan Tow
>
>
> Quoting Dan Tow <dantow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Thanks, Jared, now if I can just get as much interest from the rest of
the
> > list
> > in buying the book as there obviously is for that 50-page paper that
Mogens
> > referenced;-)
> >
> > Dan Tow
> > dantow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 650-858-1557
> > www.singingsql.com
> > We make SQL sing!
> >
> >
> > Quoting Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > > 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.
> > > ...
> > >
> > >
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