http://andrewpeters.net/2006/09/28/quote-of-the-day-from-oracles-ask-tom/ C# & .NET Development, NHaml, LightSpeed, PowerShell Gadget, Inflector.NET... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:24:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://andrewpeters.net/2006/09/28/quote-of-the-day-from-oracles-ask-tom/#comment-10 andrewpeters Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:54:03 +0000 http://andrewpeters.net/archives/5#comment-10 Hi James, thanks for commenting. Although perhaps not directly related to the quote, he does point out that the two approaches can result in different answers. He also makes a good point about premature optimization - Strive to the clearest, most intention revealing code and let the optimizer (or compiler) figure out how to make it fast. Hi James, thanks for commenting. Although perhaps not directly related to the quote, he does point out that the two approaches can result in different answers. He also makes a good point about premature optimization - Strive to the clearest, most intention revealing code and let the optimizer (or compiler) figure out how to make it fast.

]]> http://andrewpeters.net/2006/09/28/quote-of-the-day-from-oracles-ask-tom/#comment-9 James Newton-King Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:38:45 +0000 http://andrewpeters.net/archives/5#comment-9 It is a good quote, although I think it is ironic that Tom then doesn't actually say why a subquery is better than a join when no columns from the table are needed in the second :) It is a good quote, although I think it is ironic that Tom then doesn’t actually say why a subquery is better than a join when no columns from the table are needed in the second :)

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