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Rachel:
>the trick is to admit it and know how to recover from it
No, no, no! That's no trick. That's honesty.
"Marge! Leave the boy alone. Weaseling out of things is an important lesson to learn. It's what separates us from the animals - except the Weasels, of course."
(I'm sure most can guess from where this quotation originates. ;-) )
Colin.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel Carmichael [mailto:carmichr_at_hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 7:15 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Big Whoops
me....
logged into two terminals, one was production, one was test. In both the tablespaces had the same names. So I think I am going to drop the two tablespaces in test, so I can recreate from production.
I do alter tablespace <xxx> offline;
drop tablespace <xxx> including contents;
and then scream as I realize I dropped a production tablespace. I go into my
user's office and tell him he can kill me later, this is what I did, how does he want me to proceed to fix it. fortunately the production one was static data, and could be recreated. we do so.
he then tells me I have used up all my screw-ups for the next 5 years.
everyone does stupid stuff. the trick is to admit it and know how to recover
from it
Rachel
>From: "Steve Boyd" <pimaco_oracle_at_hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re: Re[2]: Big Whoops
>Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 07:38:38 -0800
>
>I'd like to post a question for everyone on the list.
>
>How many of you have ever dropped a table, or done something like that in
>the wrong database(thinking you were connected to say the test DB), and
>hosed production?
>
>Steve Boyd
>
>>From: dgoulet_at_vicr.com
>>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>>Subject: Re[2]: Big Whoops
>>Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 06:40:46 -0800
>>
>>A couple of years ago I was trying to create a new instance on one of our
>>Unix
>>boxes to support an additional manufacturing line. Since the first
>>instance was
>>well tuned, I copied the init.ora file to a new name & did the little
>>editing
>>that I believed necessary, like a new db_name. What I forgot was the
>>control_file line. You can guess what happen next, yes the control files
>>got
>>trashed and the original instance terminated with errors. We had to
>>recover
>>that one from tape since I hadn't backed up the control files to trace for
>>some
>>time, but I do now at every shutdown. We live & learn from our mistakes,
>>hopefully NOT on a production server.
>>
>>
>>BTW: My advice to any new DBA out there is that when an emergency hits
>>you,
>>or
>>an AW SH%$. First step in the process is to step back, take a deep breath
>>&
>>calm down. Adrenaline and instant reaction are your worst enemies.
>>
>>Dick Goulet
>>Senior Oracle DBA
>>Vicor Corporation
>>
>>____________________Reply Separator____________________
>>Author: "Rachel Carmichael" <carmichr_at_hotmail.com>
>>Date: 5/24/00 6:16 PM
>>
>>Lisa,
>>
>>You have backups? Restore from backup. Otherwise..... recreate and import
>>is
>>the way to go.
>>
>>I gotta say, the fact that you did this, figured out how to fix it, and
>>didn't freak out about it, would impress me MUCH more on an interview than
>>the fact that you have your OCP :)
>>
>>Rachel
>>
>>
>> >From: Lisa_Koivu_at_gelco.com
>> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>> >Subject: Big Whoops
>> >Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 14:44:29 -0800
>> >
>> >This is by far the funniest thing I have ever done. I began running the
>> >create
>> >database scripts (ON A TEST MACHINE) when the $ORACLE_SID was set to a
>> >currently
>> >running database. It's now completely and totally hosed. I'm just
>> >wondering if
>> >there is any possible way of recovering from this. I am just recreating
>> >the
>> >database and reimporting the data - it's not a big deal, but for future
>> >reference, I wonder if this really does mean THE END OF THE DATABASE AS
>>WE
>> >KNOW
>> >IT. My gut feel is YES.
>> >
>> >I just can't stop laughing. I finish my OCP exams and completely TRASH
>>a
>> >large
>> >database in the same day (and dump pink ice cream on my white sweater
>> >simultaneously)! Like Kirti said, Who *WANTS* to be a DBA? Are you out
>>of
>> >your
>> >mind? you better be!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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