RE: Large databases

Quoting Mark Richard <mrichard_at_transurban.com.au>:
> I have a friend her calls herself an Access DBA. I just smile
> politely and
> say nothing. Apparantly you can back them up using Windows
> Explorer (or
> the DOS copy command) and there is a "Compress" option in Access
> for
> tuning... she runs that one each week. I just wish Oracle could
> simplify
> their tuning to a single menu option! :-)
>
> On the plus side I feel safe in the knowledge that if a company
> ever looked
> at "Access DBA" on a resume and didn't laugh then I'm probably
> not
> interested in working there anyway.

Ths is real and happened to me last month.

An "Access DBA" told me after seeing my Oracle/Postgresql database ER Diagram:

"Your database is too big. I took an Access course last year and the instructor mentioned that tables should have no more than 4 columns each."

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