Re: Corrupt current redo log file

DA Morgan wrote:
> hpuxrac wrote:
> > DA Morgan wrote:
> >> 1. Don't top post.
> >> 2. Work on your resume. Any organization that will let a database go
> >> down and then not get a metalink account for someone until they've been
> >> in pain for 6 months is not an employer you want to stay with.
> >
> > Some places hire people that may not be there very long. Some places
> > do not give immediate access to metalink.
> >
> > It's a test system that he apparently shot a hole in.
>
> I'm not saying there are no organizations with thinking so muddled but a
> metalink administrator can create and drop access accounts on-the-fly.

This is the part that gets me. The metalink administrator _can_ create effectively read-only accounts just by a checkbox disallowing create SR. Maybe the OP's dba just doesn't know that? Or maybe he does...

>
> If I have someone working on a project what do I gain by saying "here is
> access to my data and databases but I am going to deny you access to a
> valuable resource until you've been here 6 months and proven you don't
> need it."

Perhaps the OP isn't on track to be a DBA as far as his org is concerned, but they don't have a problem with him learning on his own machine. But they might have a problem with him spending way too much time on metalink. I'm inclined to agree with the postings that ascribe a worse intent to the organization, though.

>
> Does anyone work in a shop that thinks this way? I'm interested.

I've joked in the past about "you will get fired for cause due to "surfing the net"
to metalink, comp.databases.oracle.* and orafaq, rather than working," but sadly, I've seen places where it is true. I tend to make sure it is OK with the IS department for what I do, and generally try to hide it from the rest, since they have no idea what I do and some people are just mean backstabbing... whatevers. I haven't seen any place specifically disallow dba's from metalink, but I have seen places where the dba team just don't seem to understand the value of it in general (for example, a large shop with unlimited access to, say, OCP training materials). Sometimes they are just happy to have someone else deal with downloads and SR's :-)

jg

--
@home.com is bogus.
Squeeze my lemon, baby.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060818/news_1b18saic.html