It's quite a few more than that. Reading the first 50 lines of the subscription roster, 11 of the subscribers have obviously female names.
Jared On Friday 20 December 2002 06:04, Rachel Carmichael wrote: > I'm sure if Jared had time, energy or inclination, he could do a guess > from the membership list. However, some names are not intuitively > obvious as to gender. > > Not counting lurkers, since I can't tell who they are, I think there > are at least 10 women on the list.... > > I'm more interested in the numbers to see if this field is less > male-centric than others. > > --- "Panicker, Thankam S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks to all for responding to my post on Oracle and Peoplesoft. I > > will be > > making the move this > > New Year. I wish I had found out about this List earlier. It is great > > to see > > people sharing their knowledge. > > Happy Holidays to every one!! > > > > Rachael, I have all my shopping done and gifts packed. :-) > > Wish we had a count of our kind on the list.(You know - orawoman > > kind.) > > > > Sumathy > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 11:35 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > I would agree with Joan - we spend lots of time refreshing databases > > here. > > We were responsible for all of the application servers, web servers, > > process schedulers, etc. until a technical architecture team was > > formed. > > That has helped tremendously since my team can concentrate on the > > Oracle > > side. We have a very large Peoplesoft Financials environment here > > (along with HR and budgets) so we have lots to keep busy with and > > opportunities to use additional Oracle functionality (we have a large > > replicated environment, use lots of partitioning, etc) . I would > > also > > recommend you at least take a PeopleTools course or one of the > > administration courses mentioned by Joan so you understand how > > Peoplesoft > > stores and uses metadata. As far as book recommendations the only > > decent > > book that I have is the "Peoplesoft Administrator's Guide" by Darrell > > Bilbrey which is good for someone new to Peoplesoft. We really > > do most > > of the normal functions that any DBA would do regardless of > > Peoplesoft. > > Database still has to be backed up, tuned, and maintained like any > > other > > Oracle database - I consider myself to be an Oracle/Peoplesoft DBA, > > not a > > Peoplesoft/Oracle DBA if that helps you any. > > > > You will also learn to hate PS Query if your users have ad-hoc query > > access. :-) > > > > John Dailey > > Oracle DBA > > ING Americas - Application Services > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Joan Hsieh" > > > > <joan.hsieh@tufts To: "Multiple > > recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > .edu> cc: (bcc: John > > Dailey/NAC/ING-FSI-NA) > > Sent by: Subject: Re: Oracle > > and > > Peoplesoft > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > 12/19/2002 09:45 > > > > AM > > > > Please respond to > > > > ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Sumathy, > > > > It is not too much different from oracle peoplesoft and regular dba. > > Except you have to know more about peoplesoft components, peoplesoft > > application server, process schedular, web server,weblogic.. there > > are > > some peoplesoft courses I am highly recommend you to take, > > "Configuration and Administration" " Data Management Tools" and > > another > > one " peoplesoft server administration on Unix/Oracle". They has a > > website just like metlink. you need a customer id to access it. I > > feel > > like as long as peoplesoft infrastucture setup correctly in the > > beginning. It save a lot of time to troubleshoot later. As a > > oracle/peoplesoft dba, you have to constantly deal with upgrade > > poeplesoft tools, application, oracle. so clone the production > > database > > is major thing to do. we are constantly refresh testing databases > > from > > production. so automate those scripts are very helpful. > > > > Joan > > > > "Panicker, Thankam S." wrote: > > > How different is an Oracle Peoplesoft database from a regular > > > > database? > > Or > > > > > in other words what all extra tasks > > > does an Oracle Peoplesoft DBA do? How easy/difficult is it for a an > > > > Oracle > > > > > DBA to transition into a Peoplesoft environment? > > > > > > Are there any good books/ websites on this subject? > > > > > > I would highly appreciate your comments and suggestions. > > > > > > TIA > > > Sumathy Thankam > > > -- > > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > > -- > > > Author: Panicker, Thankam S. > > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting > > > > services > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > 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). > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Joan Hsieh > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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). 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