>> And to the credit of Woodrow Wilson - "The wisest thing to do with a fool is >> to encourage him to hire a hall and discourse to his fellow citizens. >> Nothing chills nonsense like exposure to air."
Interesting quote. It's funny, I do present with some frequency, and I stress out about it every time I do.... I'm just sure that there are folks out there that know a lot more about the topic I'm talking about than I do. I fully expect, every single time, to hear hoards of folks laughing at me when I say something totally stupid. However, the best experience I have ever had presenting was at UKOUG this last year after my Oracle9i New Features presentation. First, I got some great feedback from Jonathan Lewis, which I was very thankful for (but, honestly, I was so out of it at the time (still in stress induced fight or flight mode) that I don't remember much of it!). Second, I saw a great presentation by Connor McDonald on 9i. Connor does a much better job of presenting than I do. Cheers to you all! RF Robert G. Freeman Technical Management Consultant TUSC - The Oracle Experts www.tusc.com 904.708.5076 Cell (It's everywhere that I am!) Author of several books you can find on Amazon.com! -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 8:29 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L comm Been a while since I have been able to scan the list, but who could resist this one??? :-) Additional Do's: Do understand the nothing is unbreakable or bullet proof, assume the impossible isn't and have a plan for disaster management. Do appreciate that oracle support probably does deal with enough clueless people to expect you to be one of the same until you demonstrate otherwise. Do remember that somewhere there is life outside of RDBMS challenges, and it should be kept relative. Do take the time to share your experiences, it makes life much simpler for all of us. Do clearly define the objective, before you start detailing the solution. Additional Do Nots Don't get so focused on a prescribed solution that you don't realize when it becomes self-defeating to the driving cause. Don't forget that as good as you are at being a dba, you will make mistakes and mis-manage, and so will those who make a living managing you. Don't forget to prescribe the solution that user needs, not the one they necessarily demand. And to the credit of Woodrow Wilson - "The wisest thing to do with a fool is to encourage him to hire a hall and discourse to his fellow citizens. Nothing chills nonsense like exposure to air." -----Original Message----- - IL Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 10:40 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L * SHOCK * You mean someone disagrees with *ME*???? Horrors.... the world is soon to come to an end!! :-)) RF Robert G. Freeman Technical Management Consultant TUSC - The Oracle Experts www.tusc.com 904.708.5076 Cell (It's everywhere that I am!) Author of several books you can find on Amazon.com! -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 7:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L comments MccDBA: It is just Robert's Don't list ;) but you can always give your opinion abt that. Would you mind telling us 'Why you don't agree on them?' KG --- dist cash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't agree with "don't" #1 and #5. > > > > > >From: "Stephane Faroult" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: RE: Top 10 DBA Do's and Don'ts anyone - Here is my > list, > >comments > >Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:23:37 -0800 > > > > >Here is the list of top 10 do's and don't that I > > >came up with. > > > > > >#1 - Do Maintain your Expertise > > >#2 - Do Use the DBMS_STATS Package to Collect > > >Statistics > > >#3 - Do Use Bind Variables > > >#4 - Do Put your Production Database in ARCHIVELOG > > >Mode > > >#5 - Do Use Locally Managed Tablespaces > > >#6 - Do Monitor Your Database > > >#7 - Do Practice Recoveries > > >#8 - Do Get Involved with User Groups and Other > > >Resources > > >#9 - Do Establish Standards and Change Control > > >Processes > > >#10 - Do Think Ahead > > > > > >Bonus! - Do tune to Reduce Logical IO's Not > > >Physical IO's. > > >(With regards to Cary!) > > > > > >Oracle Database Top 10 Don'ts > > >#1 - Don't Waste Time Re-Organizing Your Databases > > >#2 - Don't Use .Log or Other Common Extensions For > > >Your Database File Names > > >#3 - Don't Leave Your Database Open To Attack > > >#4 - Don't Decide Against Hot Backups > > >#5 - Don't Use ASSM > > >#6 - Don't Forget the 80/20 Rule > > >#7 - Don't Stack Views > > >#8 - Don't Be a Normalization Bigot > > >#9 - Don't Forget to Document Everything > > >#10 - Do Not Use Products You are Not Licensed For. > > > > > > > > >Bonus!! - Do Not Assume A Good or Bad Hit Ratio > > >Means Anything > > > > > >Ok, anyone wanna comment? > > > > > > > > >Robert G. Freeman > > >Technical Management Consultant > > >TUSC - The Oracle Experts www.tusc.com > > >904.708.5076 Cell (It's everywhere that I am!) > > >Author of several books you can find on Amazon.com! > > > > > > >Robert, > > > > DO #3 and DON'T #7 are developer stuff, not DBA stuff ... I would > >gladly replace DO #3 by 'Relentlessly preach good practice > to > >developers'. 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