Thanks to all who responed. Your input helps a lot! DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Alex - Here is something that worked well for me. I took at tape recorder and when we got down to "the" discussion, I pulled out the recorder and asked permission to record the conversation. That night, between my notes and the recording I was able to put together a document with a wealth of details that I needed. The next day I asked him to review the document and provide any corrections. Worked great. Then he left and I lived from that document for the next month while I got on my feet. I never needed to phone him. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:45 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: New dba questions to the former dba? Hi all, I just got a new job as a production dba and have already had a chance to read up a bit of online docs and the documentation (mostly "how-to" guides, step-bystep instructions written by the former dba). I am planning to get some additional information from him in a few days and would like to come up with a list of questions for him as part of the knowledge transfer. So my question is what questions should I be asking the former DBA? Thanks much! --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l