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. > > ... > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------