Re: Expense of 'over ... partition by'

2003-12-05 Thread Jonathan Lewis
Jared, I think what you've discovered is just a repeat of the fact that different functionality is appropriate in different circumstances. Imagine replacing your v$sql_workarea_histogram with a chunky SQL statement that crunched through a massive table producing a small result set. In those

Re: Expense of 'over ... partition by'

2003-12-05 Thread Jared . Still
PROTECTED] 12/05/2003 01:14 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To:Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Expense of 'over ... partition by' Jared, I think what you've discovered is just a repeat of the fact that different functionality

Expense of 'over ... partition by'

2003-12-04 Thread Jared . Still
While working on some scripts to monitor PGA usage on 9i, I came across something interesting while experimenting with different forms of SQL. I have recently been forcing myself to make use of 'OVER..PARTITION BY' in SQL so as to be more comfortable in using it. Can't add new tools to the box