Re: possible nomination for oracle wtf
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:16:32 -0700 (PDT)
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On Jul 19, 1:06 pm, John Hurley <johnbhur..._at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Jul 19, 8:23 am, sybra..._at_hccnet.nl wrote:
>
> snip
>
> > You shouldn't bash her, and even if you would like to bash her you
> > should do that on her blog, not here. It exposes you as a coward.
>
> Perhaps ... just perhaps ... this was already commented on at her
> blog. That would though require you to actually look and check on
> what was said there ... instead of throwing around accusations.
>
> Actually my posting was directed toward a system about to go live with
> time bombs just waiting to potentially cause havoc. I don't know who
> the blogger is either professionally or personally except that they
> are somehow an Oracle ACE.
>
> I would have thought or perhaps wished that any Oracle ACE would have
> been well aware of the dangers in exception handling with the when
> others clause gets invoked. It's not exactly a new concept here.
Quoting from Chen Shapira's blog post you referenced:
"We have this insanely complicated, highly visible, ultra high priority project going live this this Wednsday. The DBA who worked on this project nearly full time for the last 6 month left on 3 weeks vacation on Monday. I’m the replacement."
So, she did NOT work on this system for six months, someone else did. She's an Oracle ACE, and I respect her knowledge and experience. I also respect the fact she stepped into a situation for which she had no prior input and is reporting on the situation as it now stands.
The problem is NOT with the Oracle ACE doing the reporting, it's with the prior DBA (on vacation) who allowed such a situation to exist. Funny you couldn't comprehend that.
David Fitzjarrell Received on Sun Jul 19 2009 - 16:16:32 CDT