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deja vu..
story of our lives around here.
greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Boivin, Patrice J [mailto:BoivinP@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 11:10 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: DBA tasks
That was funny.
Thanks, I needed that.
: )
Another funny thread might be silly instance names people use for
development databases, but then oops! The database is now production.
Patrice
-----Original Message-----
Sent: January 8, 2004 9:34 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
I had one like that:
I created a database under our 7.1.6, because "We need an Oracle database
for development." "When?" "Yesterday!"
I gave them usernames and passwords and made sure that TNSNAMES was
configured.
In monitoring a few weeks later, I noticed no activity, so I asked them,
"That database you wanted right away isn't being used, is there a problem."
"No problem, we just had a delay, we're going to be starting any day now."
Two years later, I was upgrading some databases to 8. The database had
still not been used, other than a few objects created. "Should I upgrade
this database?", I asked. "Oh no, don't bother, we're not using it." "Can
I delete it?" "No, please keep it around. We're going to need it anytime
now."
A year later, I backed it up with export to tape, in case I ever wanted it
back, and deleted it (along with Oracle home for 7.1.6). Five years later,
I don't think anyone ever noticed that it was gone. The tape is in a drawer
somewhere.
Most troublefree database I've ever had.
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