> there are other ways to do this, and there are some subtleties which could
> make code that looks almost exactly like this not work -- so if the
> candidates answers are being reviewed by a non-technical person, you
really
> won't know if he/she supplied valid code
>
> also, hopefully your dba candidate will recognize that the sample table
> design hold derived data that is not maintained by this trigger (ie
> oldquantity)
>
> and hopefully you will have a way of determining if the dba can do
> dba-related tasks -- this is really a developer skill, although i would
> expect a dba to have be have an excellent grasp on it
>
> ;-{ mcs
>
>
Just one question out of many that may be asked the applicant, just want
to check the person overall knowledge.
Received on Sun Mar 21 2004 - 08:22:59 CST
