I actually worked with several OE-DBAs like this. This one I got off server fault. This is a call Sys Admins ite since they rank respondants. The Oracle questions are kind of basic (since its a sys admin site) http://serverfault.com/questions/100475/is-my-new-oracle-dba-talking-sense/100579#100579 On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Demetrius Harper <harperdk@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I Love the OE-DBA--- 38 Luns Classic > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dba DBA <oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx> > > *To:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Fri, January 8, 2010 7:10:43 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [HUMOUR] What kind of DBA are you? > > I have a few more > > Drama Queen DBA: Every little thing is a big deal and requires a tantrum. > They have to look at and review everything. This makes them a bottleneck for > everyone else. If they see something they may not like they send an email > and CC 20 people to demands answers to their questions. > > Over Engineer DBA: You have a small database that is rarely used. The DBA > demands 38 LUNs be set up so he can personally put every last file on a > differnet lun for optimal performance. Takes him weeks to do all this. The > performance increase is negligible, but it is so complex, the DBA now > appears to be the expert. > > Everything has to be done in the database DBA: There is 1 DBA and 5 > developers. The DBA is the only one he considers qualified to write pl/sql. > They insist on every line of SQL in the database and only he can do it. This > type of DBA is related to #1 and #2 by blood lines that go back 1,000 years. > > > > >