Exactly. I don't want to micromanage how the RDBMS executes each and every query. My job is to tell it what kind of results I want, and its job is to get me tho

Exactly. I don't want to micromanage how the RDBMS executes each and every query. My job is to tell it what kind of results I want, and its job is to get me those results. I don't care how it does its job as long as its gets the job done quickly and efficiently. I wonder if there's a large intersection between people who like to micromanage their query plans and people who like to micromanage their employees.