From: "Billy Verreynne" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: Is DBA The Best ??? Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:25:49 +0200 Organization: The South African Internet Exchange Lines: 32 Message-ID: <9kr7rg$3qv$1@ctb-nnrp1.saix.net> References: <9kqm4b$mjh$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net> <3b70efad$1@pull.gecm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.54.202.209 X-Trace: ctb-nnrp1.saix.net 997270192 3935 198.54.202.209 (8 Aug 2001 11:29:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@saix.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Aug 2001 11:29:52 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 "George Barbour" wrote > We' lllll...... hummmm...., somtimes productivity is to be gained by > using mousey tools. Not saying otherwise George. However, that should not be used as a crutch to lean on because you are too damn lazy to read the Oracle Perfomance Tuning manual. How many kids we see that get into Oracle after SQL-Server and the first thing they complain about is having to use svrmgrl. > > A real DBA drinks real coffee. Not this decaf crap. And _never_ EVER > > something like tea or bottled water! > > Errrr? depends, old brown java man myself. It is by coffee alone I set my mind in motion, it is by the beans of java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire trembling, the trembling becomes a warning. It is by coffee alone I set my mind in motion. > > A real DBA rides off into the sunset with the tunes of The Magnificent > > Seven playing in his head. > > I think .............were beginning to lose it now? Not if you're rollbacks are large enough. -- Billy