The last self proclaimed "Oracle expert" that we had around here claimed it was possible to drop the system tablespace without causing an error. So much for "experts".=20 Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: Johan Muller [mailto:johan.muller@xxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 11:41 AM To: jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Re[2]: When one can call oneself expert Adapted (freely) from the jargon file: "It is better to be described as a expert (hacker) by others than to describe oneself that way." For more (and the rest of the file): http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gennick Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 9:24 AM To: Nick Tilbury @ Northampton Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re[2]: When one can call oneself expert Thursday, December 23, 2004, 9:40:29 AM, Nick Tilbury @ Northampton (ntilbury@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: NTN> I just answer their questions if I can, but also just as=20 NTN> importantly, if I don't know I SAY SO ! I find that my most frequent answer to questions are the three words "I don't know." Hopefully, I can find out, but "I don't know" is most often where I begin. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx Join the Oracle-article list and receive one article on Oracle technologies per month by email. To join, visit http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, or send email to Oracle-article-request@xxxxxxxxxxx and include the word "subscribe" in either the subject or body. -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l