Great point. I had recently created a DB file and forgot to put the ".dbf"
extension on it. If someone didn't query the DD of the DB first, they might
have thought it was a junk/temp file (they would have to ignore the file's
timestamp) and deleted it.
Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ji, Richard [mailto:Richard.Ji_at_MobileSpring.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:03 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Seeking opinions
>
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> How's going?
>
> What if someone on the dba group make a mistake (typo or whatever)
> and put the data file in the wrong place? And other DBAs didn't
> notice it and work on something. I don't like the idea people
> assume things will be in the right place because the rule says so.
> I'd rather trust data dictionary than somethng that has 16 DBA's hands
> on it.
>
> Do they also write they scripts assuming everything is where it
> should be?
>
> Richard Ji
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