Re: Is DBA The Best ???

ANSWERED FROM AN MS PERSPECTIVE, OF WHICH, I HAVE NONE. On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, vslabs_at_onwe.co.za wrote:

> Disagree. The real DBA is the one that can telnet

Whats telnet?

> into a box,

Whats a box?

> run SQL*Plus,

Is this a variant of C#?

> track the performance problem. And solve it.

Performance problem? MS fixes those dynamically. Why would I want to use a database that didn't fix Performance problems itself? Come on, get with this century!

> Without having to run screaming "help! help!" to a silly little
> 3rd party tool sporting a fancy GUI and WIMP interface.

But clippy has helped me with a few queries before. Why should I not use the tools available?

> A real DBA is one that is not afraid to roll up his sleeves and
> dig into a problem.

Well, if it doesn't work, I can always reinstall.

> It is not about knowledge. It is about ATTITUDE.

Huh? Its all about knowing where to click.

> The type of attitude that makes a person tackle the problems
> face on, with the basic tools the Oracle manuals

God, you Oracle people live in the dark ages. Nobody reads manuals anymore. Get a REAL database where you don't have to read anything. Its all just there, when you need it.

> and the knowledge that knowledge and experience comes from hard
> work..

Bill has all the knowledge I need.

> not from using silly little front-end tools that allows you to
> mess around with the database, clueless to how the internals
> are working.

What internals. I get a popup box, I answer it. Why should I need to know anything else?

> A real DBA can not be beaten by a database problem as he ALWAYS
> get up and come back for more. No matter how battered and
> bruised.

Like I said, I just reinstall. Why should I spend anytime trying to figure anything out? Just a waste of time and part of old school habits.

> A real DBA is one that makes his own tools. sh scripts.

Whats sh?

> PL/SQL scripts

Whats a script?

> A real DBA drinks real coffee. Not this decaf crap. And _never_
> EVER something like tea or bottled water!

I like Vanilla Hazelnut.

> And of course..
>
> A real DBA rides off into the sunset with the tunes of The
> Magnificent Seven playing in his head.

I spend most of my day listening to tunes, cause MS has it all under control.

NOTE:
Of course, an MS guy wouldn't have been able to actually intermingle his replies as was done here, cause that would have taken a little time in learning how to use some other newsreader as well.

Oh well, back to reading Jonathan, Tom Kyte, Nuno, Howard ...

Talk to ya.

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Galen Boyer
It seems to me, I remember every single thing I know.