Don Granaman wrote:
>
> Do these qualify?
> * Far too much emphasis on Oracle's GUI tools (OEM, DBCA, etc.)
> * Too little emphasis on understanding & too much on "knowledge" (i.e. rote
> memorization)
> * Treating ratios as the holy grail of tuning
> * etc...
>
> Don Granaman
> [certifiable OraSaurus]
>
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> >
> > My boss (one of those scarey-smart people) was taking some
> > certification test, when someone mused, "I wonder how many questions he
> > will answer 'incorrectly' in order to get a higher score?" This is
> > because he knows how it really works unlike those that made up the
> > test.
> >
> > Made me wonder how many misconceptions are ingrained in the
> > OCP test stack. Do you know of any?
> > ===============================================================
> > Ray Stell stellr_at_vt.edu (540) 231-4109 KE4TJC 28^D
How true, but not a uniquely Oracle bias. Reminds me of an internal IBM
quiz more than 15 years ago (an anecdote for Caerulei Sauri :-)), where
the question was 'what hardware would you sell to an IBM 34 customer
wanting to upgrade'. The (then) "correct" answer was supposed to be 36
and 38 systems (which made sense) ... and PC RT, their first attempt at
chasing on the VAX ground of scientific mini computers. I omitted this
one, and got it wrong. And how many SQL trainers do you see who have
never practiced on anything bigger than EMP/DEPT and to whom the right
solution is the one returning the right rows.
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