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- From: NBROOKS@BBN.COM (Nat Brooks)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Controlling "ad hoc" queries
- Message-ID: <lapscgINN8jg@news.bbn.com>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 18:31:44 GMT
- Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc.
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- There are a large number of query tools available today. These tools
- allow end users to formulate their own queries and extract results of the
- query to a file, to a spreadsheet, etc.
- I'm looking for some practical advice on how to keep this "ad hoc" access
- from crippling the
- database. I'm especially concerned about end users creating queries that
- consume vast resources.
-
- Has anyone out there successfully installed and supported an end user
- query tool that was actually used by end users? How did you prevent
- "monster" queries? How did you handle users formulating queries that
- returned misleading results? How did you /will you handle changes in the
- database schema?
-
- Thanks for your help.
-
- - Nat Brooks
- (nbrooks@bbn.com)
-