Re: Oracle vs Sybase (clarification please)

From: Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 11:18:50 GMT
Message-ID: <3b2b3dd6.1663564@news-server>

On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:16:39 GMT, tuomas.hosia_at_helsoft.fi (Tuomas Hosia) wrote:

>
>I don't know of your definition of 'babysitting', but production
>database runs usually several months without DBA-work.
>

I find this old chestnut about ORACLE requiring "babysitting" quite funny too. Used to have a 7.3 database on NT. Peoplesoft HR. Had it on-line for 5 years. Once a year we re-organized it, more for the fun than the need. Other than that, just had to re-boot when NT went South. Nothing else to do.

Most of the problems of "babysitting" are actually caused by morons with no clue whatsoever on how to setup a system or a database for minimal maintenance. Particularly when doing so requires a little bit more knowledge about IT than the one needed to use a "multimedia rich interface"...

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_bigpond.net.au.nospam
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html Received on Sat Jun 16 2001 - 06:18:50 CDT