[Dbix-class] How I hate (some) DBAs

[Ian]

Jon
I don't think the DBAs concern is about the overhead of DBIC, but the 
efficiency of the database calls. i.e he wants to ensure that the SQL is 
optimised and indexed correctly. He does not believe he can do that when 
DBIC is generating the SQL because he 'has no visibility' of the code.

IMO he is doing premature optimisation in that the database is very 
small in Oracle terms and he can always be given sight of the actual SQL 
queries generated.

I suppose next he will say we can't use a high level language because he 
can't be sure that optimising compilers generate absolutely the most 
efficient machine code!

Regards
Ian

Jon Schutz wrote:
> Hi Ian,
> 
> Have you profiled your code to demonstrate that the calls to DBIC are an
> insignificant component of the overall request cycle time, and as such
> choosing a more "efficient" technology is a waste of time, effort and money?
> 
> I have used PL/SQL.  Dark, terrible days, those.
> 
> Regards,
>