Re: Book Review: "SQL Tuning" by Dan Tow

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 12:48:16 -0800
Message-ID: <1073076409.318723@yasure>

Mikito Harakiri wrote:

> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:1073054761.934477_at_yasure...
>

>>If this gets any more toady please move the thread to c.d.o.marketplace.
>>
>>I'm not arguing that the book isn't valuable. But this verbiage has
>>clearly crossed the line into sales promotion and that has no place in a
>>book review or in these usenet groups.
>>
>>BTW: A review isn't just about pointing out the strengths it is also
>>about pointing out the weaknesses. Try some objectivity and help your
>>group readers by identifying some of them.

>
>
> Let me get this straight. I entered review because a year ago I was thinking
> about writing very similar book. The main book theme was supposed to be "How
> to file a bug against oracle optimizer":-), but the other ideas were very
> similar to Dan's. Incidentally, I submited book proposal to the same
> publisher!

What I wrote should not have been hard to understand. The verbiage used in the review was fine. The verbiage most recently posted "The book on sql tuning is the only ine you should be looking for..if you are looking for sql tuning" is pure toadying.

It quite frankly isn't any more than any single book is the only book anyone needs. Lets kill the hyperbole and regain balance with some critical thinking.

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