Re: Interpreting cost on EXPLAIN PLAN

Jonathan Lewis wrote:

> According to the extract on Don Burleson's website, Chapter 3
> of the book written by Kim Floss starts with my article, preceded
> by an introduction that includes the lines:
> The problem here is that a hint is more like a suggestion than
> issuing a directive. The optimizer doesn't have to follow your
> hint if it doesn't want to ... The basics of the Oracle hints can
> be most easily understood using a series of examples, provided
> by Oracle-SQL Expert, Jonathan Lewis
>
> I don't really understand how Kimberley Floss merited a position as
> the author when so much of it was other peoples' (old) work. And
> I don't expect much of the book if the author and editor can't manage
> to spot such a flat contradiction in the space of about 10 lines.

Unfortunately: I do.

I have reviewed a couple of books Burleson has published and they were, I say this with regret but it is what it is, extracts from OTN and metalink: Sometimes not even reworded. That combined with the planted book reviews at Amazon.com and readers can draw their own conclusions.

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