Re: A question about UPDATE. How smart is oracle

Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:<5rmr81hiiule2n9mpmmkq2htfafb50s5nb_at_4ax.com>...

> You contradict yourself. On the one hand you state 'unfortunately' you
> don't have a DBA, on the other hand you state you don't need him/her.
> Obviously, the decision not to hire a DBA is pennywise poundfoolish,
> especially as you are using a third party product to query the
> database. And what if your database crashes?
>

You are of course right. Luckily i have never experienced a database crash, and i hope i newer will. If our database crashes, we have a 4-hours on-site-support agreement. Hopefully a DBA will arrive within 4 hours, and solve the problem.

This means, that for 4 hours, our ERP-program will not run, which means no invoicing, no orderprocessing, no pick jobs in the warehouse etc. It will probaly cost us several thousand euros in lost workhours, since we are 500 employees in the company. But our management thinks, that this is an OK solution.

So that's the way it is.

Regards,

Ole Received on Sat May 21 2005 - 14:57:06 CDT