Re: Select statement tuning - help required

On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:25:55 -0700, Charles Hooper <hooperc2000_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Nov 1, 4:29 pm, "Matthias Hoys" <a..._at_spam.com> wrote:
>> Charles,
>> You are both IT Manager and DBA ? I want your job :-)
>>
>> Matthias
>
>Yes, I have held both titles for the last 5+ years. The arguments
>between the DBA and the primary programmer are brutal at times... Did
>I mention that I have been the primary programmer even longer. :-)
>It's nice not having to guess who is responsible for fixing problems
>when they occur (and being able to rectify the problems quickly),
>whether it is a problem with the Oracle database, Microsoft Exchange,
>a Fanuc control on a CNC machine that no longer communicatees with a
>computer, a computer hardware problem, or a phone system problem.
>
>A bit further off topic: Is it just me, or is suprisingly difficult
>finding/hiring a

> VB programmer

Isn't that an oxymoron?

The *real* programmers that do use VB usually would not want to admit it. :)

>who can tune a SQL statement running on an Oracle database.
>
>Charles Hooper
>IT Manager/Oracle DBA
>K&M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.

It is my experience as well. Which worked out as the coders just wanted to use stored PROCEDUREs anyway, which i (re)wrote and had a nice speed-up in operations.

B. Received on Wed Nov 07 2007 - 08:20:10 CST