Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!canisius!pavlov From: pavlov@canisius.UUCP (Greg Pavlov) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: how bad is oracle? Message-ID: <3176@canisius.UUCP> Date: 8 Feb 91 04:10:24 GMT References: <10737@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1991Feb3.182558.14411@oracle.com> <1991Feb6.144339.10316@lgc.com> Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo N.Y. 14208 Lines: 14 In article <1991Feb6.144339.10316@lgc.com>, rubi@lgc.com ( Ernest Rubi) writes: > > .... The rumor mill has it that Oracle is > preparing a statistically-based optimizer. I would not be surprise if this > optimizer comes to be regarded as the most effective in the industry. > --- I would be interested in knowing what this assessment/prediction is based on. thanks, greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny pavlov@stewart.fstrf.org