Re: Why an organization would need an enterprise DB team

From: Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:40:06 -0700
Message-ID: <bf46380703191140n3c46740dt77b674d061eb1590@mail.gmail.com>

On 3/19/07, Kerber, Andrew W. <Andrew.Kerber_at_umb.com> wrote:
>
> I think it would be more accurate to say that developers don't really
> have time to figure out how the database really works, and dba's don't
> really have time to figure out how the developers are programming.
>

Maybe, maybe not. A developer does not need to know in depth how the database works, but do need to know how certain features work, such as undo and redo.

A developer should know why it is bad to do simple DML in a loop, and why issuing COMMIT frequently is a bad idea.

If they are unable/unwilling to learn, then they need to trust the DBA.

That trust works both ways of course.

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Jared Still
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Received on Mon Mar 19 2007 - 13:40:06 CDT