ak_tiredofspam_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> Daniel, I did not mena to offend you, and if I did, please accept my
> apologies.
>
> Let me re-word my point: the approach that Steve if describing could
> actually work out quite well. I've seen it succeed.
>
> Right now they seem to be evaluating feasability of migration and/or
> choosing the platform to port to. That does not mean that he need to
> think about performance of every query at this stage. If they do decide
> to migrate, they are quite likely to bring in expert(s) anyway.
>
> It is quite possible that even an expert will not optimize the query
> that uses CAST, if that query is not run frequently
Not offended at all. This is the usenet ... no place for those with
thin skin. The point I would make is that, no matter what language you
move from and to, a failure to optimize to the new language or platform
is a guarantee of mediocrity.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)
Received on Sat Feb 26 2005 - 20:58:22 CST
