Brian Dick wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 22:02:44 GMT, Hans Forbrich wrote:
>
>> Brian Dick wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 07:33:35 GMT, Hans Forbrich wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip/>
>>>
>>>> I just paid $x for Oracle. Why isn't it faster?
>>>
>>> Set the dynamic initialization parameter FAST=true. The default is
>>> FAST=false.
>>>
>>> <snip/>
>>
>> When did they change that to a boolean?
>>
>> Wasn't that a char string with the valid domain {NEVER, PERIODIC,
>> INTERMITTENT, ALWAYS} and the default set to "FAST = INTERMITTENT" to
>> help us consultants???
>>
>> /Hans
>
> The domain values you list were deprecated in 10g under Oracle's push for
> "lights out" operation. I didn't paraphrase the docs completely, though.
> The default I specified is for platforms other than Oracle Imbedded
> running on the Palm Pilot. On the Palm Pilot the default is FAST=true. I
> guess Oracle expects the hardware on the other platforms to compensate for
> the (lack of) internal optimizations.
Recent, then. Good to know. (I'm only 398,467 pages behind in the docco.)
Received on Mon Oct 18 2004 - 09:04:46 CDT
