Re: Why DBA?

From: Jonathan Lewis <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:29:22 +0100
Message-ID: <998565993.21821.0.nnrp-13.9e984b29@news.demon.co.uk>

My grandfather got his first car and
started driving without a driving licence, a driving test, or any statutory tests of the soundness of his vehicle (M.O.T in the UK).

Why do I have to take a test, have a driving licence, 3rd party insurance as a minimum, and put my car through an MOT every year after the first year ?

Seriously, I think there is a degree of
similarity between the two questions.
The technology, the environment, and
the (other) road-users have changed in
the given time-scale.

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Dino Hsu wrote in message ...


>Dear all,

>

>My company is going to replace the order managment system with an ERP

>package and Oracle database. We have been using this system for 15

>years, we write RPG programs accessing the S36 file system on an

>AS/400 machine, which rarely requires any database administration

>except for backup. Quite naturally, people wonder why we need a DBA

>for the new system. What does an DBA do that programmers cannot do?

>Why aren't an DBA necessary for AS/400 packages? Any comments are

>highly appreciated.

>

>Dino

>

Received on Thu Aug 23 2001 - 06:29:22 CDT