"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
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> I don't know what your background is, but my experience is that
> developers usually do all the design. That usually results in a
> database without referential integrity, and not even adhering to 1NF,
> let alone to 3NF. Obviously, there is nothing a DBA can do about that.
> However, when the database performs poorly, invariably exactly those
> developers start blaming the DBA.
> When the DBA can make clear, it is not a database problem, but an
> application problem, the developers usually come up with all kind of
> silly assertions about their product, like 'enforcing integrity in the
> application server is much more efficient' and usually flatly refuse
> to repair the flaws and errors demonstrated.
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
I think what you say is often times true, but I don't accept it. If they
want to fire me and get someone else, that is their prerogative.
Received on Sat Jul 02 2005 - 16:18:00 CDT
