The Burleson Consulting forum is pretty good, though they are pretty hard on the newbies http://dba.ipbhost.com/index.php?showforum=2 The OTN forum has become worthless with all the religious wars going on there all the time. On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:16 AM, <BHoff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > That's basically where I am - I can usually manage everything, but it > would be great to have at least one other DBA here to just bounce things > off of and get someone to challenge my ideas - that's how I get better > > I try to replace that with lists like this one, but the one problem with > being subscribed to a handful of lists like these is the sheer volume of > e-mails that I just do not have the time to sort through until the > weekend... which usually means I do not benefit from the conversation at > hand at the moment. > > Does anyone else use the lists like that? Are there any good forums that > you would recommend? > > > Thanks, > Brad > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dwayne Cox > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 10:15 AM > To: jeremiah@xxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: 1 DBA in a company > > > > Being the only DBA in an organization is difficult for more reasons > than just time off. Most people learn by collaboration, and bounce > ideas off each other. With no exchange, you can often find yourself > with nobody to provide a sanity check, especially in critical > situations. > > > I have learned to deal with being the lone DBA but not having someone to > > bounce ideas off has been the biggest disadvantage for me. > > dwayne > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'