RE: major blunders

From: Freeman, Donald <dofreeman_at_state.pa.us>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 11:46:56 -0400
Message-ID: <55264C4C0484A547B34C0B1A28E219EA3B0CB924BF_at_ENHBGMBX01.PA.LCL>

Well, I always use a script to place the database name into the sql prompt. Making changes on the wrong database can ruin your whole day (or life).

So you need "do's" and "don'ts"

Donald Freeman
Database Administrator II
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Health
Bureau of Information Technology
2150 Herr Street
Harrisburg, PA 17103
dofreeman_at_state.pa.us  

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of April Sims Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 11:42 AM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: major blunders

Compiling a list of major blunders to avoid:

Don't use the number 8 for scripting or ORACLE_SID due to the wild card character * above it. Don't use rm *.*
....

Anyone else have some to contribute?

thanks

April Sims
SELECT IOUG Contributing Editor
http://aprilcsims.wordpress.com
OCP 8i, 9i, 10g DBA
Southern Utah University
sims_at_suu.edu
940-484-4276

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http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Received on Wed Oct 07 2009 - 10:46:56 CDT