Re: The Steps Taken to be a DBA

From: Paul Brewer <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 21:08:42 +0100
Message-ID: <3d2b4373_1@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>

"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:3d2a9ab9$0$236$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net... <snip>

> What actually happens is often." We've bought this package, it runs on
> oracle, the supplier has customised it beyond belief and the performance
> isn't what we were promised. Please tune the database so it works properly
> because we're doing a demo of the system for the Board this afternoon. The
> documentation should be lying around here somewhere. "
>
>

Of course! We've all been there.
What they're now looking for is Tom Kyte's magic parameter: FAST=TRUE.

P.S. (in relation to an earlier thread): We have now been bullied into creating 40+ instances on one box. Project managers and lead testers are now asking why performance is sub-optimal....

Regards,
Paul Received on Tue Jul 09 2002 - 15:08:42 CDT