RE: DBA's as idiots

  • From: "Goulet, Dick" <richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>, "Oracle-L Freelists" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:08:06 -0400

It sounds like both stories were from the same location.  Probably had
an Oracle certified DBA so they took his/her work as law & did what
he/she wanted even though the person is not worth their weight in trash
to start with.  Wonder if it's someone that I use to work for.

 

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allen, Brandon
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:53 PM
To: jkstill@xxxxxxxxx; Oracle-L Freelists
Subject: RE: DBA's as idiots

 

Good stories, but I'd suggest a better approach for the developer in the
second story in which the DBA is obviously not worthy of the title.  The
developer should've created a test case complete with trace files to
show that the query performed better with the index on last name, and
then done a live demo for the manager making it indisputable.  If the
manager doesn't respond to such empirical evidence but still blindly
sides with the DBA, the developer should find a better employer ASAP.
Sneaking behind the manager and DBA's backs isn't the right way to go
about it.

 

Regards,

Brandon

 

 

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