{"id":980,"date":"2005-04-08T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=980"},"modified":"2005-04-08T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-08T12:00:00","slug":"essential-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/08\/essential-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d like to point you towards several articles around the ongoing Oracle bun-fights I mentioned in a previous posting. I don&#8217;t think I should add any comment other than I hope lots of people get to read these different thoughts and decide for themselves who they want to trust.<\/p>\n<p>First, what Tom Kyte suggested could be considered a trilogy (only two parts so far, but I&#8217;m waiting enthusiastically for the third)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk\/thinking.html\">Can we have a sensible debate ?<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/asktom.oracle.com\/pls\/ask\/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:38264759390157\">Tom Kyte Thread on &#8216;Proof&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, some of the threads that inspired these responses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dba-oracle.com\/oracle_tips_ault_proofs.htm\"> Understand the Oracle \ufffdproof??? Myth<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/dba.ipbhost.com\/index.php?showtopic=1396\">Do single-user scripts &#8220;prove&#8221; Oracle Performance?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the latter seems to have been edited during the time I&#8217;ve been following it, but you should still manage to get the gist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d like to point you towards several articles around the ongoing Oracle bun-fights I mentioned in a previous posting. I don&#8217;t think I should add any comment other than I hope lots of people get to read these different thoughts and decide for themselves who they want to trust. First, what Tom Kyte suggested could&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/08\/essential-reading\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Essential Reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1259,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/26\/what-im-buying-tom-kyte-for-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":980,"position":0},"title":"What I&#8217;m buying Tom Kyte for Christmas","date":"April 26, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest mind-reading tool for Oracle questions!Thanks to Andy Campbell for that one \ud83d\ude09","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":890,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/21\/i-want-my-thomas-kyte-effect\/","url_meta":{"origin":980,"position":1},"title":"I want my &#8216;Thomas Kyte Effect&#8217;!","date":"December 21, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Rob Vollman blogged about the Thomas Kyte Effect. 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