I am in such a scenario - I have to be on call 24/7/365.25 for both Oracle and SQL - it's been crazy, but they say I'll get a junior guy next year. Thanks, Brad From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Dempsey Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 6:11 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: 1 DBA in a company Hi On a non-technical note I have read a few times that some guys are the only dba in a company. What happens when you are sick / go on holiday? Who would recover the databases in such scenario arose? Rob