Comments on: Understanding http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/understanding/ Just another Oracle weblog Fri, 24 May 2013 13:27:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: yavor http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/understanding/#comment-34689 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:18:06 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/?p=2384#comment-34689 I have such a work pattern: If it is a complex system, I prefer to “feel” it – how it works.
Oracle is very complex system. The more I get to read, watch, listen (thank you, Jonathan, for your wonderful sessions in Sofia – it’s been a honor to me to be there and listen), the more easy for me is to “feel”, to “predict” how it will react in various occasions. The more day-to-day work i do, the more I dig in it, the less I need to memorize.
For example, when I understand the logic behind tablespaces and datafiles, I can easily write some “alter tablespace” statement which I have never done nor seen before.
The same, by the way, works very nicely with every complex project I get evolved in. For example, when I participated in the project for building Bulgarian e-government, with every meeting I’ve been to, with every detail I got to know, I got a deeper feeling about the subject. Until at one moment I seemed to know more technical details (not only about the database, but also for the communication protocol, the interfaces, the hardware setup, etc.), than the project manager – not because I have memorized them, but because I had the feeling about the system we were building.

]]> By: Boneist http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/understanding/#comment-34682 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:07:33 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/?p=2384#comment-34682 @Flado

I think the point is that if you understand something, you’re less likely to need to spend time memorising, as you’ll retain the information anyway, as it just fits into your mental picture. Less time spent memorising, because you already know it.

Although, having said that, Google is my friend *{;-)

]]> By: Flado http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/understanding/#comment-34679 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:43:53 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/?p=2384#comment-34679 True as this is, I do find it useful to be able to remember a formula instead of having to derive it from first principles, or from the the nearest thing I *can* remember :-)

]]> By: Jonathan Lewis http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/understanding/#comment-34674 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:49:50 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/?p=2384#comment-34674 Flado,
As another one of those “inspirational” comments on my front-page says:

“Trouble is, just because things are obvious doesn’t mean they’re true.”
Granny Weatherwax (author: Terry Pratchett)

]]> By: Flado http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/understanding/#comment-34673 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:15:22 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/?p=2384#comment-34673 Sure it is wise, but I’ve always thought it was obvious :-)

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