RE: DB Design and Views

2001-12-11 Thread John Kanagaraj
above are entirely my own and not those of my employer or clients ** > -Original Message- > From: Kimberly Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 6:40 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: DB Design and Views > > > I

RE: DB Design and Views

2001-12-11 Thread Kimberly Smith
I would avoid views based on view. As well, I would avoid using views where you will later turn around and throw a distinct or a group by or anything else on it (especially if you are dealing with a lot of data). Basically, You cannot be assured that the optimizer will pick the proper path once t

Re: DB Design and Views

2001-12-11 Thread Jared Still
Forget the optimizer, what about the developer? This just doesn't seem like a good idea, or in the words of Wayne Brady 'That is just wrong on so many levels'. Jared On Tuesday 11 December 2001 04:30, Stefan Jahnke wrote: > Hi, > > as I remember, it was always recommended to avoid the use of

RE: DB Design and Views

2001-12-11 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Uh Oh ... I have a forms application that is built on views that are built on views that are built on views ... up to 5 levels deep. The fun part is we have to go to CBO now ... and the tables underlying the views range from 10 rows to 20M rows. Talk about fun ... Raj __