you betcha. okay, I'll tell a story on myself. I really am usually very careful about doing something that is a sweeping change without checking either the directory I'm in or doing it so that I have to confirm.
VAX/VMS, in my home directory. I could have SWORN I was in a temp directory, my login was supposed to be set up to tell me the directory I was in. It wasn't, 'cause I did the VMS equivalent of "rm *" and deleted EVERYTHING in my home directory (scripts, notes, login profile) I very meekly called the data center and asked them to please please restore my directory from the prior night's backup tape. After they stopped laughing, they made it a rush. See, I used to buy them pizza if I had to ask them to work late and do extra stuff. I know my limitations. I'm a pretty good general DBA but I ain't an SA Rachel --- Gary Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > um, I'd schedule step 6 AFTER the backup finishes... I've seen > idiot > > SA's who start the backup then shutdown the machine or kill the > > process before it completes..... > > Yeah? And there's a good reason we SAs keep root privileges away > from > you DBAs. :-)) > > Gary Chambers > > //------------------------------------- > // Lucent Technologies GIO/Unix > // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 > // 978-399-0481 / 888-480-6924 (Pager) > // Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft > //------------------------------------- > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Gary Chambers > 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). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.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).
