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Re: Fav. Urban Legend...

From: Stephane Faroult <sfaroult_at_oriole.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:48:18 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0042B536.20020316004818@fatcity.com>


Jonathan Lewis wrote:
>
> Just remembered this one:
>
> If you update a column which has a bitmap
> index, then the entire index is locked,
> which means the entire table is locked.
>
> And here's a prediction for Urban Legends 2003/4
> Always, always, always use bind variables.
>

You're cheating. Most advice containing 'always', even only once, stands a big chance of becoming a legend very soon.

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