From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Thu Aug 19 15:14:47 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i7JKElb22849 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:14:47 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i7JKEkI22841 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:14:46 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 609A072C0FD; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:19:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01668-18; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:19:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 955E272C7D8; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:19:31 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:18:05 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id DCC8572C515 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:18:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31483-69 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:18:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.205]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 79F4C72C275 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:18:04 -0500 (EST) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 79so235321rnl for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:19:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.79.23 with SMTP id c23mr798096rnb; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:19:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7765c8970408191319703d8fde@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:19:05 +0100 From: Niall Litchfield To: oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: Re: I can see the signs now: "Wanted:Part-time Oracle Patch DBA" In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org X-archive-position: 7919 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: niall.litchfield@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:30:43 -0500, Jesse, Rich wrote: > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1637495,00.asp > But I wonder where the support staff is going to come from to support the testing of these patch bundles? > > Or is it "Test, schmest. Just get monthly downtime on your 24x7x365 (now known as '...x353') DB to apply patches." true story colleague says to wife, "I'm sorry I can't be there - I have a 24/7 operation to support". wife (who knows that he is avoiding the gymkhana) "what 7 hours a day 24 days a month - you've plenty of time" collapse of colleague. It was also suggested to me that a SAP year holds less than 365 days for maintenance reasons. Niall -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------