Lennart wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
>> The incompetent DBA is not doing backups or not verifying that their
>> backups can be used to restore and recover. The mediocre DBA is writing
>> shell scripts to do backup and tested it once. The average DBA is using
>> RMAN but doesn't really know the tool except to repeat, day after day,
>> what they did the day before. The proficient DBA, like Sybrand for
>> example, has knowledge of the underlying built-in packages and the
>> tables storing metadata in the repository. The expert writes RMAN
>> scripts, without the aide of websites or books, capable of making
>> the tool sing and dance.
>
> Seems a bit harsh that anyone not using oracle is at best mediocre ;-)
>
>
> /Lennart
Written in comp.databases.oracle.server so it is an appropriate analogy.
There is an equally valid analogy for every other technology or field of
endeavour.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Sun Jul 01 2007 - 16:52:05 CDT
