RE: Re[2]: Re[2]: Re[2]: Re[2]: RMAN: I don't trust it

> From: Lyndon Tiu [mailto:ltiu_at_alumni.sfu.ca]
>
>
> Quoting dgoulet_at_vicr.com:
>
> > Lyndon,
> >
> > I take it from your reply that 1) your not the primary DBA and
> >
>
> I work with Oracle and PostGreSQL, but not as a DBA. I'm a
> "wannabe" DBA but will most probably never be a real DBA since:
>
> 1) I do not have B.Sc. in Comp. Sci.

Ha! Just stop putting your education on your resume.

> 2) I got into Hi-Tech right after the bubble burst.

?

What's that to do with becoming a DBA?

> But I do admin(solely me and me alone) exactly one PostGreSQL
> development soon to be a production database so does that
> make me a DBA?

If you say so. Seriously.

> > 2) everyone
> > is using Personal Oracle or Standard edition on their desktop.
> > Sounds like one
> > heck of a mess.
> >
>
> More like people are developing software on a database running on
> development machines.

The best advice I can give, in this case: develop a set of db create scripts, make sure they are bullet-proof and that configurations are automated, and release them to the developer public. Then you won't have to fix all of the teeny-weenie db's on them dev boxes.

> Look at the number of [Re]'s on the subject line of this email!!!

Re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-spect, gotta gettabit...

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