I was just going, off the top of my head, from names I remember seeing
post. And I was hoping I was wrong!
:)
- Jared Still <jkstill_at_cybcon.com> wrote:
>
> It's quite a few more than that.
>
> Reading the first 50 lines of the subscription roster,
> 11 of the subscribers have obviously female names.
>
> Jared
>
> On Friday 20 December 2002 06:04, Rachel Carmichael wrote:
> > I'm sure if Jared had time, energy or inclination, he could do a
> guess
> > from the membership list. However, some names are not intuitively
> > obvious as to gender.
> >
> > Not counting lurkers, since I can't tell who they are, I think
> there
> > are at least 10 women on the list....
> >
> > I'm more interested in the numbers to see if this field is less
> > male-centric than others.
> >
> > --- "Panicker, Thankam S." <tspanicker_at_cooperstandard.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks to all for responding to my post on Oracle and Peoplesoft.
> I
> > > will be
> > > making the move this
> > > New Year. I wish I had found out about this List earlier. It is
> great
> > > to see
> > > people sharing their knowledge.
> > > Happy Holidays to every one!!
> > >
> > > Rachael, I have all my shopping done and gifts packed. :-)
> > > Wish we had a count of our kind on the list.(You know - orawoman
> > > kind.)
> > >
> > > Sumathy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 11:35 AM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I would agree with Joan - we spend lots of time refreshing
> databases
> > > here.
> > > We were responsible for all of the application servers, web
> servers,
> > > process schedulers, etc. until a technical architecture team was
> > > formed.
> > > That has helped tremendously since my team can concentrate on the
> > > Oracle
> > > side. We have a very large Peoplesoft Financials environment
> here
> > > (along with HR and budgets) so we have lots to keep busy with and
> > > opportunities to use additional Oracle functionality (we have a
> large
> > > replicated environment, use lots of partitioning, etc) . I
> would
> > > also
> > > recommend you at least take a PeopleTools course or one of the
> > > administration courses mentioned by Joan so you understand how
> > > Peoplesoft
> > > stores and uses metadata. As far as book recommendations the
> only
> > > decent
> > > book that I have is the "Peoplesoft Administrator's Guide" by
> Darrell
> > > Bilbrey which is good for someone new to Peoplesoft. We
> really
> > > do most
> > > of the normal functions that any DBA would do regardless of
> > > Peoplesoft.
> > > Database still has to be backed up, tuned, and maintained like
> any
> > > other
> > > Oracle database - I consider myself to be an Oracle/Peoplesoft
> DBA,
> > > not a
> > > Peoplesoft/Oracle DBA if that helps you any.
> > >
> > > You will also learn to hate PS Query if your users have ad-hoc
> query
> > > access. :-)
> > >
> > > John Dailey
> > > Oracle DBA
> > > ING Americas - Application Services
> > > Atlanta, GA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Joan Hsieh"
> > >
> > > <joan.hsieh_at_tufts To:
> "Multiple
> > > recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > > .edu> cc: (bcc:
> John
> > > Dailey/NAC/ING-FSI-NA)
> > > Sent by: Subject: Re:
> Oracle
> > > and
> > > Peoplesoft
> > > root_at_fatcity.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 12/19/2002 09:45
> > >
> > > AM
> > >
> > > Please respond to
> > >
> > > ORACLE-L
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Sumathy,
> > >
> > > It is not too much different from oracle peoplesoft and regular
> dba.
> > > Except you have to know more about peoplesoft components,
> peoplesoft
> > > application server, process schedular, web server,weblogic..
> there
> > > are
> > > some peoplesoft courses I am highly recommend you to take,
> > > "Configuration and Administration" " Data Management Tools" and
> > > another
> > > one " peoplesoft server administration on Unix/Oracle". They has
> a
> > > website just like metlink. you need a customer id to access it. I
> > > feel
> > > like as long as peoplesoft infrastucture setup correctly in the
> > > beginning. It save a lot of time to troubleshoot later. As a
> > > oracle/peoplesoft dba, you have to constantly deal with upgrade
> > > poeplesoft tools, application, oracle. so clone the production
> > > database
> > > is major thing to do. we are constantly refresh testing databases
> > > from
> > > production. so automate those scripts are very helpful.
> > >
> > > Joan
> > >
> > > "Panicker, Thankam S." wrote:
> > > > How different is an Oracle Peoplesoft database from a regular
> > >
> > > database?
> > > Or
> > >
> > > > in other words what all extra tasks
> > > > does an Oracle Peoplesoft DBA do? How easy/difficult is it for
> a an
> > >
> > > Oracle
> > >
> > > > DBA to transition into a Peoplesoft environment?
> > > >
> > > > Are there any good books/ websites on this subject?
> > > >
> > > > I would highly appreciate your comments and suggestions.
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > > Sumathy Thankam
> > > > --
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> > > > --
> > > > Author: Panicker, Thankam S.
> > > > INET: tspanicker_at_cooperstandard.com
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