Views are a valuable tool for the SQL Server Developer, because they hide complexity and allow for a readable style of SQL expression. They aren't there for reasons of performance, and so indexed views are designed to remedy this shortcoming. They're great in certain circumstances but they represent a trade-off, and they come with considerable 'small print'. Jes Borland explains.… Read more
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. – Albert Einstein In part 1 we looked at the result cache for PL/SQL Code We can also use this same technique when our function depends on tables (or views). Let’s create a simple table, add some data and a simple, slow function: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION… Read more
