Re: Oracle versus MS Sql Server

You didn't answer the question. What PCTFREE are you going to use when you create your tables, and what are the thought processes you will go through to arrive at it.

You do *know* what pctfree is, don't you?

HJR

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"Michael G. Schneider" <mgs_at_mgs-software.de> wrote in message
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> "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag

> news:3bd9df1e$0$8358$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...

> > Funny: I thought of those immediately after I hit the send button.

> >

> > How does getting those right fit in with Mr, Schneider's design

> methodlogy?

> >

> > "I will issue the create table statements knowing nothing about them,

and


> > you will monitor performance going through the floor as a result of the

> > enormous amounts of row migration that will ensue".

>
>


> It is a pity, that several posters in this newsgroup react by trying to

make


> other posters look ridiculous. Not all succeed with this.

>
>


> If you had read this thread carefully, you would have recognized that much

> of the discussion has been created by the inexact definition of the word

> "DBA". It was my understanding that DBAs are just responsible for

> "administering the database". Some of the DBAs, which are present here,

> obviously are not happy with the "A" in their title. They do more than

just


> "administration".

>


> I am thankfull to Mr. Suoto, as he pointed out, that in the past a "DBA"

> really meant more than just "administering the database". However, for

> several years this is no longer the case. Obviously Design Methodlogies is

> no longer a subject in the DBA-courses. So maybe a currently educated DBA

is


> similar to what I intuitively thought.

>


> As I learned, there are others, who do much more than just "administering

> the database". But maybe this not perfectly expressed in the abbreviation

> "DBA".

>


> Michael G. Schneider

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