Re: What makes an Oracle Programmer a DBA?
Date: 1995/08/14
Message-ID: <40o784$g3l_at_ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>#1/1
It was noted that Frustrated wrote:
>I pose the question what makes an Oracle Programmer a DBA?
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I would hate you to go on being frustrated so here is a clarification for you...
You are confusing two seperate jobs... you may as well ask how much experience a programmer needs before he can fly a jumbo jet!
NOW THEN... there are some people who *can* do both jobs... and there are some people who are *required* to do both jobs, but they are still seperate skills. Clearly though, someone who can do both things should be more valuable to an employer. Furthermore, personally I believe that a really good programmer should learn some DBA stuff along the way. Just my opinion dont_ya_know....
The Oracle books could give you some excellent there is one entitled "The DBA's Handbook" (I think) which explains the role of the DBA properly...
Simon Paul
Maverick Computing
Oracle & Oracle Financials Consultants
phone 305 592 9990 fax: 305 592 9974
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Received on Mon Aug 14 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST