oh goodie, now I can stop feeling badly over it :)

I've learned that whenever I log into a database as a superuser
(connect internal or / as sysdba) the FIRST command I issue is "select
* from v$database" so that I confirm that I am in the database I think
I'm in.

just a habit, but one that stopped me cold from shutting down the
forward-facing database, which would have effectively shutdown the
website.


--- "Jesse, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That happens even to us SAs who are also DBAs (or vice versa).  About
> five
> years ago, I was explaining DCL and VMS to a new co-worker and
> describing
> how I help protect against accidental file deletion by having
> "DEL*ETE :==
> DELETE/LOG/CONFIRM" in my SYS$LOGIN:LOGIN.COM.  So, I confidently
> issued a
> "DEL *.*.*" -- in SYS$LIBRARY -- after running AUTOGEN.  Seasoned VMS
> SAs
> know that AUTOGEN quietly deletes all global symbols, including those
> protecting accidental file deletes.
> 
> After a "Putz!" comment from our Operations group, the files were
> given an
> emergency restore.  The thing is that I knew better.  Doing DBA work
> in
> Oracle, however, has made me even more paranoid.  Hasn't happened
> since and
> I don't rely on site addons to protect me from myself.
> 
> "Now I know, and knowing is half the battle."
>              -- G.I.Joe, a real American Hero
> 
> :)
> 
> Rich Jesse                           System/Database Administrator
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]              Quad/Tech International, Sussex,
> WI USA
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rachel Carmichael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:14 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re:RE: Rant
> > 
> > 
> > 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
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