RE: Application Server

David wrote:
>
> no its not the DBA's job, a dba is a DATABASE administrator. An
Oracle
> dba won't know about every single product oracle makes, why should
they
> automatically know about the the app server? The only similarity in
the
> installer is that it looks the same, the options are all different.
>
> The responsibility lies with the administrator of the application
server,
> whoever that may be. People shouldnt assume a DBA shuold know just
> becuase it has the word Oracle in it

What if you worked at a shop where this mythical administrator you describe does not exist. Such being the case, wouldn't an existing Oracle DBA be more likely to adopt to the position than, say, a janitor, and developer or a reporting person?

Also, isn't a database backend with a catalog which has a lot of similarities to the RDBMS catalog and it's objects heavily involved in AS administration. If no one else, wouldn't a person with Oracle DBA experience at least have a head start?

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