oh goodie, now I can stop feeling badly over it :)
I've learned that whenever I log into a database as a superuser
(connect internal or / as sysdba) the FIRST command I issue is "select
* from v$database" so that I confirm that I am in the database I think
I'm in.
just a habit, but one that stopped me cold from shutting down the
forward-facing database, which would have effectively shutdown the
website.
- "Jesse, Rich" <Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com> wrote:
> That happens even to us SAs who are also DBAs (or vice versa). About
> five
> years ago, I was explaining DCL and VMS to a new co-worker and
> describing
> how I help protect against accidental file deletion by having
> "DEL*ETE :==
> DELETE/LOG/CONFIRM" in my SYS$LOGIN:LOGIN.COM. So, I confidently
> issued a
> "DEL *.*.*" -- in SYS$LIBRARY -- after running AUTOGEN. Seasoned VMS
> SAs
> know that AUTOGEN quietly deletes all global symbols, including those
> protecting accidental file deletes.
>
> After a "Putz!" comment from our Operations group, the files were
> given an
> emergency restore. The thing is that I knew better. Doing DBA work
> in
> Oracle, however, has made me even more paranoid. Hasn't happened
> since and
> I don't rely on site addons to protect me from myself.
>
> "Now I know, and knowing is half the battle."
> -- G.I.Joe, a real American Hero
>
> :)
>
> Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
> Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech International, Sussex,
> WI USA
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rachel Carmichael [mailto:wisernet100_at_yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:14 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re:RE: Rant
> >
> >
> > you betcha.
> >
> > okay, I'll tell a story on myself. I really am usually very careful
> > about doing something that is a sweeping change without
> > checking either
> > the directory I'm in or doing it so that I have to confirm.
> >
> > VAX/VMS, in my home directory. I could have SWORN I was in a temp
> > directory, my login was supposed to be set up to tell me the
> directory
> > I was in. It wasn't, 'cause I did the VMS equivalent of "rm *" and
> > deleted EVERYTHING in my home directory (scripts, notes,
> > login profile)
> >
> > I very meekly called the data center and asked them to please
> please
> > restore my directory from the prior night's backup tape. After they
> > stopped laughing, they made it a rush. See, I used to buy
> > them pizza if
> > I had to ask them to work late and do extra stuff.
> >
> > I know my limitations. I'm a pretty good general DBA but I ain't an
> SA
> >
> > Rachel
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