Re: Are Oracle DBAs trivialized?

>So is partitioning option. But any DBA that doesn't have EE installed
>on a machine at home, or a laptop so that they can study the
technology
>is not doing their job. To return to my physician analogy ... you
don't
>learn about neurosurgery after the patient is on the gurney.

I am now picturing Dr. Frankenstein practicing his neurosurgery at home.

I don't have time to go "shopping" (ie checking wrong linux compatibility lists, taking incorrect firewire advice, and on anon, not to mention actually _buying_ one) for a PC that could run EE because I'm too busy working on it at work.

jg

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personality traits to make a good dba. Those traits are AS IMPORTANT as
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