Re: Fav. Urban Legend...take two

Funny, I was just told that by a Network Appliance rep today.

Had to set him straight. :)

I hate doing that. ;)

Jared

On Thursday 14 March 2002 12:42, Rachel Carmichael wrote:
> it's still the one about Oracle not writing to the datafiles if a
> tablespace is in hot backup mode :0
>
> --- "Freeman, Robert " <Robert_Freeman_at_csx.com> wrote:
> > Ok... one of my favorite Urban Legends is this one:
> >
> > The book is always right. In other words, if it's written down
> > in a book we bought off of Amazon, it must be so.
> >
> > So, I'd like to ask, without anyone taking potshots at
> > specific authors, what is the dumbest, silliest, or most
> > technically incorrect thing you have ever seen in an
> > Oracle book?
> >
> > RF
> >
> > Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP
> > Oracle DBA Technical Lead
> > CSX Midtier Database Administration
> >
> > The Cigarette Smoking Man: Anyone who can appease a man's conscience
> > can
> > take his freedom away from him.
> >
> >
> > --
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> > --
> > Author: Freeman, Robert
> > INET: Robert_Freeman_at_csx.com
> >
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