um, they actually did #4 at a job I once worked at. It did work, for a while :)
"why do we need a DBA? nothing ever goes wrong" and my favorite generalized programming one (yes, I had a boss who really said this) "I hate to waste time on design, I think we should just start coding" --- "Jamadagni, Rajendra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My humble suggestions > > 1. CBO doesn't work ... (well it failed 3 years ago when I compiled a > Forms > 3.0 form against 803 database, so it is STILL true). > > 2. Writing reusable code is not good, it is waste of time. > > 3. Exception handling ... Oracle is pretty good are reporting them > ... > > 4. We need to get a larger box with 32 CPUs and 16TB of disk and 32GB > of > RAM, that will make our application run faster > > 5. Application code is already optimal since I wrote it in 7.2, no > need to > revisit the code for our upgrade to 9i, it will optimize itself. > > 6. You DBA guys are overly overrated ... > > 7. Once Table with 32 columns, 28 are indexed in 17 different indexes > on the > table and this (highly transactional inserts, updates) table is used > by > at-least 10 users at any given time ... the developer thinks "this > design is > perfect" > > Whew ... I feel better now ... > Raj > ______________________________________________________ > Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. > Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com > Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that of > ESPN Inc. > > QOTD: Any clod can have facts, but having an opinion is an art! > > *******************************************************************************1 > > This e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the named > recipient(s) above and may contain information that is privileged, > attorney work product or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. > If you have received this message in error, or are not the named > recipient(s), please immediately notify ESPN at (860) 766-2000 and > delete this e-mail message from your computer, Thank you. > > *******************************************************************************1 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).