RE: Microsoft VS Oracle (again)

Hey, you beat me to it. We also did that. The issue I had with the db admin class was nothing to do with admin tasks (whih are pretty simple) but the whole "now hif you measure x,y and z (including ratios :( ) then you can see that there is a performance issue. Me: So then what do you do? Ans: Ah well you will need to attend the developers class for that where they go through things like "explain plan" etc.

GRRR. As if developers optimize code :(

Niall

P.S. Nice to see you here Nuno.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com] On
> Behalf Of david davis
> Sent: 03 July 2003 01:01
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: Microsoft VS Oracle (again)
>
>
> Well, I am not particularly fond of SQL Server, but it does
> point in time
> recovery and online recovery. At least we did it in the DB
> Admin class for
> SQL Server 2000.
>
> Docn isn't that great (except maybe the IT Professional series).
>
> >From: "Nuno Souto" <nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au>
> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> >Subject: Re: Microsoft VS Oracle (again)
> >Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 23:45:30 -0800
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >
> > >
> > > Any comments?
> >
> >Yes. got that one last year. Still got it.
> >Installed the doco in my PC at work so I could
> >read it in peace and quiet (!). Installed the s/w
> >as well so I could play with it.
> >
> >Went straight to their recovery manual. Basically,
> >it reads like this:
> >"restore all db files"
> >"apply saved logs"
> >
> >No partial recovery, no online recovery, no
> >PITR, nothing. Put me off the whole thing straight
> >away.
> >
> >But if I may quote dubya: "make no mistake", they'll
> >fix it. And then it will be quite interesting...
> >
> >Cheers
> >Nuno Souto
> >nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au
> >
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