generally, but not always if the first thing someone tells you about themselves or the first justification for doing something is their years of experience, that person is probably a novice.
alot of people assume that just because they have been doing something for a while they have been doing it well. They dont spend time reading documentation, they dont try out things that they have not always done, etc... I was just reading the first chapter of Kytes new book(there is a link on his page) and he has a series of examples of DBA pitfalls that include people like this. now when you get to th technical reason for the approach its usually weak, outdated, and founded on myths. If you even get to that level. alot of times they get insulted because they got questioned. Now this isnt always the case, but most of the time it is. and its tough to argue with them since they have more 'experience'. sounds like your Sr. DBA falls into that category. > > From: "Gogala, Mladen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/07/02 Wed AM 11:49:14 EDT > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Should percent increase higher than 0 in 817? > > I acutally work with oracle ever since the version 4.1 (IBM PC/XT, 512KB > RAM) > but > a) I've never worked with 4.0 > b) I know very well what PCTINCREASE is. > > Conclusion: Tanel, it wasn't me! I swear! > > Mladen Gogala > Oracle DBA > Phone:(203) 459-6855 > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 7:14 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I saw a "Sr. DBA" few years ago, who claimed he had worked with Oracle since > V4.0, and he didn't have a clue what PCTINCREASE is... > > Tanel. > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:51 PM > > > > What about ones that you don't know? > > > > Mladen Gogala > > Oracle DBA > > Phone:(203) 459-6855 > > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 4:11 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > PCTINCREASE is a bad good thing. Every DBA that I know of hunts down > > objects with a pctincrease other than 0 and resets them. > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Gogala, Mladen > > 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: Tanel Poder > 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: Gogala, Mladen > 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: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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).
