Cost-Based Oracle Fundamentals

Acknowledgments

First and foremost, I have to thank my wife and children for putting up with my distant expressions, long silences, and my habit of being physically present while mentally absent. They have been very patient with my mantra to "give me just five more minutes."

I would like to thank those Oracle experts and adventurers around the world who (knowingly or unknowingly) have extended my knowledge of the database. In particular, though not exclusively, I owe thanks to (in alphabetical order) Steve Adams, Wolfgang Breitling, Julian Dyke, K. Gopalakrishnan, Stephan Haisley, Anjo Kolk, Tom Kyte, James Morle, and Richmond Shee. Each of them has, at various times, supplied me with insights that have allowed me to open up whole new areas ...