Re: Deadly sins againts database performance/scalability

From: Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com>
Date: 28 Nov 2003 06:34:23 -0600
Message-ID: <u4qwobrov.fsf@standardandpoors.com>

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, forbrich_at_yahoo.net wrote:

> Galen Boyer wrote:

>>
>> On 25 Nov 2003, joel-garry_at_home.com wrote:
>>
>> > Letting developers into the production database.
>>
>> Having DBA's make decisions about an application's database
>> when they haven't been involved in the datamodeling or coding
>> effort.
>>

>
> Avoiding DBA (or at least data architect) input during design.

That's the point. There are too many places where the DBA's aren't involved in anything but locking down the database. They shouldn't even be involved in that if that's all they do.

> Having developers with no datamodeling experience dictate table > and column definitions.

Having DBA's that no nothing about the application development dictate coding policies.

-- 
Galen Boyer

Received on Fri Nov 28 2003 - 06:34:23 CST