RE: OT moment of doubt

From: William B Ferguson <wbfergus_at_usgs.gov>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:12:59 -0600
Message-ID: <OF6EE9582D.087512B8-ON06257021.00694B14@usgs.gov>

Not quite sure what it's called, but I've done it myself.

I remember when I first started out with Oracle I was transitioning from dBase II and III programming. I did a directory listing on the Prime computer, and saw all these .dbf files. I said to myself, "What the heck are all these dBase files doing out here!", and promptly deleted them all!

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> What would you call that moment in time after you do "rm
> *.dbf" on all your database files, where you suddenly panic
> about whther you're on the right server or not?
>
> This happens to me all the time, even after checking, even
> after 17 yrs of DBA-ing. Kinda like that feeling you get when
> your chair starts to tip over backwards but you catch yourself.
>
> :P
>
> Joe
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