Comments on: Is It A Problem? https://thomaslarock.com/2010/08/is-it-a-problem/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:53:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2010/08/is-it-a-problem/#comment-1759 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:53:20 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=4645#comment-1759 In reply to Jen McCown.

Jen,

My talk is about helping people develop an overall performance tuning process, of which ‘define’ is but one part. The other parts are mostly bacon and awesomesauce, but I may be offering an impartial view.

]]> By: Jen McCown https://thomaslarock.com/2010/08/is-it-a-problem/#comment-1758 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:49:46 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=4645#comment-1758 It’s a good point, and one that I’ve lost and gained sight of several times even in this current job (BUT THE QUERY TAKES 30s TO RETURN!! 30S!!! “But the users don’t care.” Oh, well…)

I’m going to presume that the rest of your talk goes into other factors that qualify, oh, let’s say a *multilevel nested view structure* as a problem…like supportability. (Readability IS important. I know you know that, but….gah.) I’ll be interested in seeing that talk some time, or hearing more about it around here.

Happy days,
Jen

]]> By: Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2010/08/is-it-a-problem/#comment-1757 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:49:21 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=4645#comment-1757 In reply to Fatherjack.

Thanks Jonathan, I also believe there are times where our jobs are more art than science. And without having defined things as issues or not, it is hard to have discussions with people without them feeling persecuted. It is a delicate balance.

]]> By: Fatherjack https://thomaslarock.com/2010/08/is-it-a-problem/#comment-1756 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:43:01 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=4645#comment-1756 Great to see this reasoning be voiced. I have seen the queries with 11 tables here and, after a very quick look to see if there are any easy wins, have taken a deep breath and moved along to the next problem. There is a lot to be said for being guided by the users needs, so long as once in a while you do check to see that there isnt a big population suffering in silence because they dont know it could be better. I guess this is where being a DBA is more art that science.

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