gee and my developers think I'm a terrible DBA because I insist on
reviewing the SQL going into the database and because I think it's a
good idea if the DBA sits in on the design meetings, rather than wait
and just accept whatever design they have come up with
- Jacques Kilchoer <Jacques.Kilchoer_at_quest.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Goulet, Dick [mailto:DGoulet_at_vicr.com]
> >
> > Bashing Duhvelopers is a favorite past time of DBA's
> > and I believe for good reason:
>
> A lot of what you say is true, but what is the view from the other
> side of
> the fence? e.g. what are the justifiable complaints developers have
> with
> DBAs?
>
> I think a few are:
> a) Assuming that John Q. Developer knows all the Oracle features and
> is
> aware of what is poor Oracle coding practice.
> b) Not having time for every developer to run up with a question "how
> do I
> write this SQL statement" but then complaining as soon as it's put in
> production.
> c) The Duh-BA forces me to separate data in 10 different tables even
> though
> my query would run a lot faster if everything was in one table.
> d) When I have to write a program to update all the rows in a table
> and ask
> "how do I avoid that 'snapshot too old' thing I've been hearing
> about?" the
> Duh-BA says "maybe you'll get lucky."
> e) Calling me a "duh-veloper" behind my back.
>
> Any others?
>
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