Here's some interesting reading material that will be of interest both to DBAs and Developers. I am not trying to start any controversy, but just providing links to what should be interesting reading Bridging the developer/DBA divide<http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/bridging-developerdba-divide-314?source=IFWNLE_nlt_stradev_2010-01-26> SQL Antipatterns : Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming<http://pragprog.com/titles/bksqla/sql-antipatterns> Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com