RE: How to get a ora dba job

Rachel wrote
> Now, I don't know that I would bother asking "what is the
> default password for sys" but I might ask "what is the
> current password for sys in your production database?" I
> don't care if they know what the default is (and with connect
> / as sysdba you don't really need to know
> anyway) but I do care if they have CHANGED it

Presumably with the expected answer 'You must be kidding if you think I'd tell you that'.

On another tack I do have a srt of problem with the 'default password is change_on_install' since, although this is technically still true, the creation assistants will *make* you change it as of 9i. So if you use the standard Oracle tools the answer should be in my opinion anyway 'it depends'. It's a bit like saying that the default system tablespace in 9.2 is locally managed, it isn't, but the Oracle tools default to the syntax that creates it locally managed.

Niall

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