Re: How to confirm someone is an OCP?

To quote the immutable (and inimitable) Dr Johnson: Sarcasm is the supreme form of wit because anyone that can do it is a cynical bastard upon whose back it would be unwise to turn. Something like that.

If you keep on like this, Richard, I shall have no recourse but to expose your Minties fetish. And then where will you be??? Huh, huh??

For the record, Richard was the only person that made Performance Tuning even moderately pleasurable. Even if he did get the block size issue wrong, and even if he is wedded to private rollback segments.

He is seeking treatment as we speak at the Retirement Home for Gentlemanly DBA folk with psychotic delusions of Rock Grandeur.

All mail to: "Bewilderment House
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Australia"

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Posters are advised to beware the man that speaks in lyrics (bad ones), with many references to obscure "popular" musicians, such as a certain David Bowie, provenance unknown.

Regards
HJR "Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message news:0PQW8.31798$Hj3.96367_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> Howard, sarcasm just doesn't become you :) Not.
>
> Richard
> "Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message
> news:aggl6l$int$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz...
> > This one is too easy.
> >
> > There are two alternatives.
> >
> > Ask them how many extents a rollback segment should have. If they answer
> > "20", they're OCP. If they answer "what's a rollback segment", it's a
> good
> > chance they're a 9i OCP. If they answer "Have you considered the pro's
and
> > con's of automatic undo management where this is not an issue", they're
> not
> > OCP, but they might be a little too in love with marketing for comfort.
If
> > they answer "6, and I'll point you to the page on Steve Adams' website
> where
> > he demonstrates why this is appropriate", they're definitely not OCP,
and
> > I'd hire them on the spot.
> >
> > The other is just as easy: ask them what an appropriate block size might
> be
> > for a new database you plan to create. If they answer "is this a data
> > warehouse or an OLTP database?", they're OCP. If they answer "What
> operating
> > system", they're not, and I'd nearly hire them on the spot. To warrant
> truly
> > instant hiring, they'd have to append "and are you using raw?"
> >
> > Regards
> > HJR
> >
> > (And no, I'm sorry I don't know the real answer to your question, but my
> > first port of call would be to ring someone at Oracle Univeristy).
> >
> >
> > "Andy" <enzoweb_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:8d4033cd.0207092215.183918a5_at_posting.google.com...
> > > I am going to be looking for a DBA soon, and it's occurred to me that
> > > if someone tells me they are an Oracle Certified Professional I think
> > > I'll want to confirm it.
> > >
> > > Do the Oracle Education people keep a record, and would they tell me
> > > if someone was an OCP if I asked, or would that come under some Data
> > > Protection Act (I'm in Australia)?
> > >
> > > Is there a certificate or letter I can ask to see?
> > >
> > > Not being an OCP myself, I don't know what to look for.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Jul 10 2002 - 08:19:51 CDT