Re: No future for DB2 - slightly off-topic, discusses what people are being taught at uni

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 13:24:14 -0600, "Mark A" <nobody_at_nowhere.com> wrote:

>Unfortunately, most "DBA's" don't understand the nature of the application
>well enough, and they don't understand enough about how optimizers work, to
>make these decisions on a case by case basis. Many DBA's are looking for a
>single rule they can follow in every circumstance. IMO, these people are not
>real DBA's, and should consider becoming a UNIX/Linux Administrator.

If you are involved in remote maintenance, the customer bought the application, the application is just a black box. Yet, when there are performance problems invariably the DBA is blamed, while the vendor plays the usual cover your ass game.

IMO, you are -as usual- generalizing way too much, and even worse, your judgement of DBAs must be considered as offending and insulting. But then of course you are only 'nobody_at_nowhere.com'

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA