Re: Oracle 10g - Diminishing DBA roles ...

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:39:30 -0700
Message-ID: <1095730842.245977@yasure>

Michael D. Long wrote:

> "Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:73e20c6c.0409200633.1bc4ecdf_at_posting.google.com...
>

>>Ah yes.  And don't forget: if the app server is at 100% CPU usage
>>and the db server is idling at 5% IO and 10% CPU, the performance
>>problem "must be with bloody Oracle".  Or so the mantra goes
>>with "perfect" Java developers...

>
>
> A perfect symptom of bad application coding if I've ever seen one. Good
> developers (regardless of language) are few and far between, and those that
> really understand scalable applications and bottleneck elimination are even
> fewer. I've often debated whether software development shouldn't be a
> licensed profession.

It should be.

But unlike medicine, law, and engineering, it may be too late to take the necessary steps.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Mon Sep 20 2004 - 20:39:30 CDT