"The lord (specialist) has spoken! - Question not (though, you already have
with this post) - or I shall abandon thee to mere (salaried) slaves!".

You (salaried - I presume) should question all, and take nothing for
granted. A good (and humble) DBA also knows when and where to use 'HOW' and
'WHY' along with the keywords 'SELECT', 'WHERE' etc.

regards

Ravji Patel
Senior Database Administrator
Remote Managed Services
IBM UK. Integrated technology Services

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