I've never understood why this is so: Our Unix Admins don't execute our changes to our Unix apps Our Wintel Admins don't execute our changes to our Wintel apps Our Database Admins insist they execute our changes to our database apps. Please no knee-jerk reactions. Everyone thinks/feels their area is special, that no one could live without them. Before you answer with "database servers are special because _____________" think twice. If developers promote code to production web servers, production app servers, production Unix servers, why not production database servers? ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Williams Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:36 AM To: thump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Schema updates - roles One final argument for separating duties. Today your developers may indeed be top-notch. However, tomorrow a big project may be started and many contractors hired to develop on the new project. If you have a history of developers updating production, it may be difficult to clamp down on some cowboy developer before they trash your production. >>> This e-mail and any attachments are confidential, may contain legal, professional or other privileged information, and are intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, do not use the information in this e-mail in any way, delete this e-mail and notify the sender. CEG-IP2