your wife's rule wouldn't work in my case... every few years (usually
less than 10 but on occasion 10 works too) I go on a "re-reading
spree". back to old friends, "comfort food" of books.
I'd have to buy all new copies if I threw books out.
I do, on rare occasion, get rid of books. My oracle books that tell me
how to tune Version 7 are one example :)
- Niall Litchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I worked with a really smart guy once whom I won't name for obvious
> reasons. He had previously worked for a software co that said "Our
> product includes an archive routine". It didn't, they never had to
> write
> one because hey disks held 3 times the storage for half the price
> before
> anyone wanted to archive anything - at which point you just bought
> some
> more storage.
>
> I also probably ought to include the ongoing marital dispute that I
> am
> having regarding books, my wife maintains that anything I haven't
> accessed for a decade could be disposed of (think Tolkien, Donaldson,
> Asimov, Shakespeare, Auden). *I* maintain "well we could always buy
> another bookcase". Logic tends to dictate my wifes approach,
> management
> I feel confident would say "ah well doesn't cost much lets buy
> another
> bookcase".
>
> In summary Niall's 2nd rule states that "data always goes in but
> never
> comes out". It's parkinsons law for databases
>
> Niall
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> >
> > That's one thing good about the databases here. Tablespace
> > fragmentation is rarely a problem. Most of the database here
> > are a Database Roach Motel: "Data checks in. It doesn't
> > check out." Somehow, the data purge part of the application
> > -- that they intended to put in "one of these days" -- never
> > got written.
> >
> >
> >
> > (For non-USA dwellers, Roach Motel is a trap for roaches. It
> > has a sticky floor, and the sales motto is "Roaches check in.
> > They don't check out.")
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