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- From: NBROOKS@BBN.COM (Nat Brooks)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Summary: Controlling "ad hoc" queries
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- Date: 10 Sep 92 13:27:48 GMT
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- In article <lapscgINN8jg@news.bbn.com> Nat Brooks, NBROOKS@BBN.COM writes:
- >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?
-
- That's what I asked a few days ago. The summary is that there is no
- summary. I did get asked to post a summary of responses, so here it is.
- Noone has replied with stories of success.
-
- Now that I've taken care of that piece of business, I'll open the
- question up a little:
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- Are "user query tools" a dead end, due to inadequate protection against
- "incorrect" queries?
- If so, what are the alternatives (rapid development of query
- applications, improved report
- writing tools...)?. If not, how are they best used (only with heavy
- training for users, small databases only, on extracted "reporting"
- databases...)?
-
- My intention here is to stimulate discussion. Speculate away!
-
- - Nat Brooks
-