Re: Is DBA The Best ???

I got a tear in my eye ;)

On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 08:23:33 +0200, "Billy Verreynne" <vslabs_at_onwe.co.za> wrote:

>Disagree. The real DBA is the one that can telnet into a box, run SQL*Plus,
>track the performance problem. And solve it. Without having to run screaming
>"help! help!" to a silly little 3rd party tool sporting a fancy GUI and WIMP
>interface.
>
>A real DBA is one that is not afraid to roll up his sleeves and dig into a
>problem. It is not about knowledge. It is about ATTITUDE. The type of attitude
>that makes a person tackle the problems face on, with the basic tools the Oracle
>manuals and the knowledge that knowledge and experience comes from hard work..
>not from using silly little front-end tools that allows you to mess around with
>the database, clueless to how the internals are working.
>
>A real DBA can not be beaten by a database problem as he ALWAYS get up and come
>back for more. No matter how battered and bruised.
>
>A real DBA is one that makes his own tools. sh scripts. PL/SQL scripts.
>
>A real DBA drinks real coffee. Not this decaf crap. And _never_ EVER something
>like tea or bottled water!
>
>And of course..
>
>A real DBA rides off into the sunset with the tunes of The Magnificent Seven
>playing in his head.
  Received on Wed Aug 08 2001 - 09:27:55 CDT