Re: Are Oracle GUIs causing a decline in DBA salaries?

Frank wrote:

> > There are 10 kinds of GUI users in the world*. Those that understand what they are doing, and those that use the
> > blind-folded point and click under the assumption that the GUI developer is smart.
> >
> >
>
> Wizards! How about Wizards? They really make life easier.
> And a monkey can operate them. We all know monkeys are
> cheaper than DBA's (Dik Bil Apen, dutch for Fat Ass Monkeys),
> now that the mercury project is halted.
> Just like pre-server-error triggers; just working out an example
> where the error is actually fixed before it happens.
>

Wizards! Yes, I see them in a card game. I think in a standard deck they are called 'Joker'.

Wizards are very, very useful for getting people to do exactly what the designer intrended to have happen. (Sadly the designer's intention need not coincide with the user's need, but that's a fish of a different colour. At the least the result meets design intent.)

>
> If only I could find a way to call the Tuning Wizard before
> performance drops...
> Anyone knows if there's a pre-performance-drop trigger in 10i?

Now there's a GREAT idea. Let's see what other triggers we could use:

• issue-disk-P.O.-before-space-runs-out
• pre-apply-patch-autotest
• pre-execute-query-rewrite-to-match-users-needs
• pre-9th-instance-on-512M-machine-vendor-call

and of course

• bob-the-CPU-hog-just-signed-on--time-to-offhook-the-phone (oooops - more than 30 char)

ideas? Received on Tue Apr 29 2003 - 19:40:54 CDT