Acknowledgments

Carlos Sierra is the author of SQLTXPLAIN. His enthusiasm, patience, and willingness to listen allowed me to enter the world of Oracle SQL tuning with SQLT. Without his help and inspiration, this book would not have been possible. I hope that the text meets his expectations and that I haven’t made any errors in my description of his baby. If I have I apologize. The error was all mine.

Thanks are also due to my first family within Oracle (The Oracle Performance Group), Chris Crocker, and Cathy Scully (who had the good sense to hire a Brit) and Mike Matagranno, whose persistence in getting me to move to Oracle was truly astounding. I hope none of you have regretted that decision. Special mention must go to Mauro Pagano, whose special ...

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