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Care to share why...?
Robert G. Freeman
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I don't agree with "don't" #1 and #5.
>From: "Stephane Faroult" <sfaroult_at_oriolecorp.com>
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>Subject: RE: RE: Top 10 DBA Do's and Don'ts anyone - Here is my list,
>comments
>Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:23:37 -0800
>
> >Here is the list of top 10 do's and don't that I
> >came up with.
> >
> >#1 - Do Maintain your Expertise
> >#2 - Do Use the DBMS_STATS Package to Collect
> >Statistics
> >#3 - Do Use Bind Variables
> >#4 - Do Put your Production Database in ARCHIVELOG
> >Mode
> >#5 - Do Use Locally Managed Tablespaces
> >#6 - Do Monitor Your Database
> >#7 - Do Practice Recoveries
> >#8 - Do Get Involved with User Groups and Other
> >Resources
> >#9 - Do Establish Standards and Change Control
> >Processes
> >#10 - Do Think Ahead
> >
> >Bonus! - Do tune to Reduce Logical IO's Not
> >Physical IO's.
> >(With regards to Cary!)
> >
> >Oracle Database Top 10 Don'ts
> >#1 - Don't Waste Time Re-Organizing Your Databases
> >#2 - Don't Use .Log or Other Common Extensions For
> >Your Database File Names
> >#3 - Don't Leave Your Database Open To Attack
> >#4 - Don't Decide Against Hot Backups
> >#5 - Don't Use ASSM
> >#6 - Don't Forget the 80/20 Rule
> >#7 - Don't Stack Views
> >#8 - Don't Be a Normalization Bigot
> >#9 - Don't Forget to Document Everything
> >#10 - Do Not Use Products You are Not Licensed For.
> >
> >
> >Bonus!! - Do Not Assume A Good or Bad Hit Ratio
> >Means Anything
> >
> >Ok, anyone wanna comment?
> >
> >
> >Robert G. Freeman
> >Technical Management Consultant
> >TUSC - The Oracle Experts www.tusc.com
> >904.708.5076 Cell (It's everywhere that I am!)
> >Author of several books you can find on Amazon.com!
> >
>
>Robert,
>
> DO #3 and DON'T #7 are developer stuff, not DBA stuff ...
>I would gladly replace DO #3 by 'Relentlessly preach good practice to
>developers'. I can hardly talk to a developer without mentioning
>DBMA_APPLICATION_INFO in the first 30 seconds :-).
>
>Regards,
>
>Stephane Faroult
>Oriole
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