Re: Top 10 things a DBA should know

There is a book by Michael Ault, titled "Oracle 8 Administration and Management". There are several sections on hiring DBA's. The topics range from what they should know, to actual interview questions.

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JRStern wrote in message <6jgedc$cgg$1_at_gte2.gte.net>...
>I'm interviewing people for a dba position for a small development
>company. Me and the headhunters and the candidates cannot seem to get
>together. I know that the title "dba" is used very broadly so it's
>hard to find a consensus, but I'm asking anyway: what are the top 10
>things a "dba" should know?
>
>I'm afraid to post my own list right now. Let me just state one thing
>that I *thought* was a reasonable entry: knowledge of first, second,
>and third normal form for database design. Here's another:
>understanding of the difference between optimistic and pessimistic
>locking.
>
>Are these *not* things a "dba" should know? If not, then who on a
>project should know about such things?
>
>I await answers, suggestions, etc.
>
>Joshua Stern
>JRStern_at_gte.net
>
Received on Fri May 15 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT