Steve Adams www.ixora.com.au
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"sdg" <nospan_at_noway.org> wrote in message
news:3E9D65EF.F4819BE8_at_noway.org...
> Got the first two JL and TK but can not figure out SA.
>
> Howard Rogers wrote:
>
> > "Nuno Souto" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:73e20c6c.0304151750.3eae81dc_at_posting.google.com...
> > > "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:<5T%ma.15205$1s1.240230_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
> > >
> > > > Online Redo Logs:
> > > > snipperoo...
> > > > Scary, huh?
> > >
> > >
> > > Don't even know where to start...
> > >
> > >
> > > > I wouldn't mind, but the organisation that has this for download
proudly
> > > > boasts on its home page that it is an Oracle Approved Training
Centre.
> > >
> > >
> > > Shows how much that endorsement is worth, doesn't it?
> > > Ah yes I forgot: it's all about revenue!
> > > Certainly not about *training*...
> > >
> >
> > You might certainly think that, but I couldn't possibly comment....
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Sometimes, I despair. There really seems, sometimes, very little
point
> > in
> > > > trying to learn (or teach) this stuff properly when this nonsense is
> > doing
> > > > the rounds, or certain well-known authors promote their rubbish ad
> > nauseum.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Howard, one of the reasons I gave up on being a full time DBA
> > > was that for nearly 14 years I was bombarded with this kind
> > > of rubbish. By whomever Oracle decided to promote as
> > > "expert du jour".
> > >
> > > On and on, relentlessly, I had to put up with this sort of rubbish
> > > and a LOT MORE. And *NOT ONCE* did Oracle EVER support me in getting
> > > this ignorance off the market. Quite the opposite, in fact.
> > > Dunno about you, but it gets sort of "under the skin" after a while...
> >
> > Very much so. I practically tore the head off one student two weeks' ago
who
> > disagreed with my explanation of Block Sizes ... 'it says in <insert
name of
> > well known book here> that big blocks are for Warehouses and small ones
are
> > for OLTP'. I give up.
> >
> > The whole thing is marketing gone utterly mad. I wouldn't mind the
Peddlar's
> > peddling as hard as they do if they for one moment would shut up about
how
> > 'expert', 'respected' and 'leading' they are. But they don't, because
> > they're only interested in leveraging their publishability for increased
> > consulting fees. I don't see JL, TK and SA doing that (and of course
they
> > still make mistakes, as we all do), but somehow the market doesn't see
the
> > difference.
> >
> > It's not just a shame, it's abysmal. And absurd.
> >
> > Maybe I should try to care less. Dunno. I've tried it, and maybe its
just
> > the Catholic boy in me, but there *is* a right and wrong answer, and try
as
> > hard as I might, I can't bring myself to let the wrong answer... the
totally
> > incompetent answer... lie on the record.
> >
> > Meanwhile, the Peddlars get rich and I get an ulcer.
> >
> > God clearly hates scientific DBAs.
> >
> > I'm thinking of taking up a much less stressful occupation, such as
> > 'housewife'.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > (Oh, and incidentally, this is all contained in their "helpful"
> > exam-cram
> > > > for 8i OCP Backup and Recovery exam. I wonder if any of their
students
> > ever
> > > > passed?).
> > >
> > > Of course they passed! I've met heaps of them around...
> >
> > None from my courses, I assure you!!
> >
> > Regards
> > HJR
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Nuno Souto
> > > wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam
>
Received on Wed Apr 16 2003 - 09:29:51 CDT
