Paul,
Um, would it be possible to get a copy of that "book"?
I just save all the really good messages on this list in my inbox. And
the email addresses of all the people I know who are really good.
The interview for this job, I knew I was doing well when the person
interviewing me (it was obvious he was asking about the problems he was
having on his current system) started saying "wait, I should be writing
this all down"
Rachel
- "Sherman, Paul R." <PSherman_at_elcom.com> wrote:
> For what it's worth:
>
> I have maintained an Oracle/UNIX/Oracle Apps 'how to' two-column word
> table
> document for years and years and... If I ever have to go to another
> job
> interview, my gut feeling is that I should take this 'book' with me,
> as I
> too, need help remembering the syntax (just wait until you are over
> 50).
> When called for, I save an object into the table row in question (a
> description of the issue/subject goes into the 1st column) that may
> include
> screenshots along with the full explanation. The book is now many
> pages
> long, so it helps to have a fast PC.
>
> And here's the best part: some of the better stuff from the 'list'
> has made
> its way into the book, with the originator's name. So, if you ever
> find
> yourself interviewing someone, who, when asked a question, refers to
> his
> laptop, saying, "just a second, I know that one", chances are very
> good that
> its me. Have mercy. And now that I think about it, perhaps not such a
> bad
> idea to say, "oh yeah, and I got that information from Rachael, or
> Tom, or
> Dick, etc., or Jared (better mention him, eh?).
>
> Thank you,
>
> Paul Sherman
> DBA Elcom, Inc.
> voice - 781-501-4143 (direct #)
> fax - 781-278-8341 (secure)
> email - psherman_at_elcom.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 3:15 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> OH MY GOD, someone remembers what I said? thank goodness it worked.
>
> I've learned that my first, panicked reaction is almost invariably,
> if
> not wrong, certainly not the best way to fix something. Taking time
> to
> THINK instead of jumping in and mucking about is usually best.
>
> you can now see how bad *my* memory is, I can't remember what that
> magic command was :) Was it the alter datafile out of backup mode
> one?
>
> (see, I NEVER remember the exact SQL statement, I always hit the
> reference manual for syntax. There is limited storage space in my
> brain, if I memorize syntax I have to forget something else... like
> how
> to think logically)
>
>
>
> --- "Baker, Barbara" <bbaker_at_denvernewspaperagency.com> wrote:
> > Hmmmmm.
> > these are almost verbatim the instructions I got from Rachel
> > Charmichael
> > after we lost a disk drive and I'd been trying to recover a
> database
> > for
> > nearly 20 hours. (That was immediately before she steered me
> towards
> > the
> > magic command that recovered the database.)
> >
> > -------------------------------
> >
> > > Question: You have a database crash at 6AM, what do you do.
> > > Answer: Get a cup of coffee first, then look in recovery
> > manual.
> > >
> > > We hired the guy, he's still here 2 years later and just recently
> > got his
> > > OCP.
> > >
> > > Dick Goulet
> > >
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