Re: Pinning packages

Frank Hubeny wrote:

> Since Oracle documentation refers to the term "pin", it is reasonable to
> consider the term "correct".
>
> See Designing and Tuning for Performance, Oracle 8.1.6 (a76992.pdf) Chapter 13,
> Managing Shared SQL and PL/SQL Areas, page 380:
>
> "To use the DBMS_SHARED_POOL package to pin a SQL or PL/SQL area, complete
> the following steps."
>
> Frank Hubeny
>
> "Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
>
> > First, and just to be pedantic, it's called 'keeping' packages, not
> > 'pinning' (though since everyone and his dog uses the incorrect term, I
> > guess I'm just fighting a losing battle)...
> >

Frank,

oh boy.
Have you seen some of Howard's posts about the Oracle Docs never being wrong?

this will get interesting.

Paul Received on Mon Jul 09 2001 - 21:21:38 CDT