From: Kirt Thomas Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: Is DBA The Best ??? Organization: Evil Order of the Dark Duck Reply-To: kremovethisspamthingthomas@gfsiinc.com Message-ID: References: <9kqm4b$mjh$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 30 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 09:27:55 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.162.49.134 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sky.net X-Trace: alpha.sky.net 997280859 205.162.49.134 (Wed, 08 Aug 2001 09:27:39 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 09:27:39 CDT I got a tear in my eye ;) On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 08:23:33 +0200, "Billy Verreynne" 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.