There was a question about the notorious dba_extents view on the comp.databases.oracle.server newsgroup a little while ago.
This is a view that has been popularly abused over the years despite warnings such as a note of mine in 2006 and even back as far as 2001 this one from Connor McDonald.
There are many reasons why this is a nasty view – and the number of reasons has grown as Oracle has evolved – but David FitzJarell has highlighted an important point in one of his blog postings that was worth a mention. So here it is.
