Re: How big are Oracle databases?

joel-garry_at_home.com wrote:

> I saw an online form job app that asked how many rows was in the
> biggest database you've worked on (or something like that). It stumped
> me, I didn't really know, and later when I looked at a database I saw I
> actually put a wrong answer, too small by far. The usual issue is how
> big is the db or how many rows are in some particularly big tables. Is
> it a stupid question? Stupid questions on job apps really irk me, more
> so than stupid OCP questions.

Perhaps a stupid question: Perhaps not. I've sometimes asked similar questions, though not that one, just to help determine whether someone was really knowledgeable about an application they claimed to have worked on or had just sat in on a few meetings.

These days asking for references is meaningless: Everyone can find a surrogate or two to say anything they want. Sometimes you have to dig to identify posers.

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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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