Oracle-L: RE: Tough Oracle DBA experience

From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 18:29:32 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005CCBF4.20030823182932@fatcity.com>

Raj - Some people I know would think it was great to be paid to watch football. A lot of them watch it for free. Of course, I suppose you can't drink beer while you watch, so it probably loses something.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 3:59 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Create a new top 5 list ... it is fun

It stinks to be in office on Sat, but it is the start of College Football season, and I have to _watch_ the games till 11pm tonight, while sitting in office.

Raj

Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art !

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Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 4:49 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

how about DBAs with attitude problems? DBAs who refuse developers access to v$ views. DBAs who refuse to listen to developers. DBAs who who refuse to explain any decisions to developers. DBAs who are pure production DBAs and have no knowledge of development and cant even write PL/SQL?

Ive worked with quite a few DBAs who only know a fraction of what they think they do. Same holds true for developers and managers. So its not one way. Attitude is harder to overcome than competence. Someone with a good attitude can learn. Someone who knows and has a bad attitude can be intolerable.

The worst kind though is the jack of all trades who thinks he/she knows everything about everything yet only knows a little about everything. Those are the worst.

Original Message ----- To: Multiple <mailto:ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 4:24 PM

Top 5 problems ...

Developers (who think they know everything)
Developers (who think, others think they know everything)
Developers (who think but just not coherently)
Developers (who DON'T think at all)
Developers (these work for Oracle)

Raj

Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art !

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<mailto:rajuveera_at_satyam.com> ]
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 9:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Dear All,

I am collecting (Just writing in a book ) of all tough problems , great issues handled with Oracle RDBMS as a DBA.

Request you kindly send us the Top 5 Problems , Difficult scenarios(the most

tough problems , with solution u did.)you faced so far in your DBA life.

Hope to see many responses to this , atleast by Monday. Thanks a lot.

Regards
Rajuveera

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