Re: OT - Advice for the Oracle Newbie

Cary, I you talking about Oracle or sex?

--Walt Weaver
Bozeman, Montana

On 9/18/05, Cary Millsap <Cary.Millsap_at_hotsos.com> wrote:
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> Patty,
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> I would suggest:
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> 1. Don't guess, *measure*.
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> 2. Don't just measure what's easy to measure, measure what you *need*.
>
> 3. When you're thinking about performance, what you need to measure is
> almost always *response time*.
>
> Cary Millsap
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]
> On Behalf Of Patty.Charlebois_at_greenshield.ca
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 5:02 AM
> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Subject: OT - Advice for the Oracle Newbie
>
> I am trying to put together a *Newbie DBA Handbook* to be used for new
> hires at my company and thought I would poll the list for topic suggestions.
>
> So my question to you is, if you could give a new Oracle DBA one piece of
> advice, what would it be?
>
> TIA, Patty
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