Re: why administrator refuse to give permission on PLUSTRACE

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:56:33 -0800
Message-ID: <1195538185.309260@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

Galen Boyer wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007, damorgan_at_psoug.org wrote:

>> Galen Boyer wrote:
>>>> Please let there be something other than mediocrity in the
>>>> workplace.
>>> Management wants the problem figured out and they don't have a DBA
>>> that can do it, but they do have very smart developers.  They aren't
>>> going to care what Daniel Morgan says.
>> I've asked you over and over again to answer one very simple question
>> and you either can't or won't ... which is it?
>>
>> What is your methodology, when given DBA privs in production, to
>> identify performance and scalability problems?
>>
>> You can continue trying to change the subject but I am reasonably
>> tenacious so how about an answer?

>
> As usual, you have a rant and rave that does not fit at all with
> reality. If there isn't a DBA around who can figure things out and
> there is a problem, what exactly is management supposed to do? Go train
> someone? I am talking about right now, this moment. I'm not talking
> about how things should be sometime in the future.

This isn't about whether there is or is not a DBA around. This is about whether developers, generically speaking as there are always exceptions to every rule, are capable of correctly utilizing the privileges and tools required to diagnose performance problems.

If you think you are one of those developers who should be granted the privs and given access then you should be able to easily answer this basic interview question: What methodology do you use to identify problem?

Here ... I'll make it easier for you ... you use the Wait Interface. Now how about fleshing that out for the other developers who don't know as much as you. Explain to them how you do that?

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
Oracle Ace Director & Instructor
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

Received on Mon Nov 19 2007 - 23:56:33 CST