- Read and understand the concepts manual - Understand and practice backup and various recovery scenarios - converse with fellow dba by subscribing to quality exchange forums such as this list, asktom, etc. - keep learning; not just Oracle but about everything that interacts with the database(s) you ar managing - use your own head Yes, I can count. That more than one Quoting Patty.Charlebois@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > I am trying to put together a *Newbie DBA Handbook* to be used for new hires > at my company and thought I would poll the list for topic suggestions. > So my question to you is, if you could give a new Oracle DBA one piece of > advice, what would it be? > > TIA, Patty -- regards Wolfgang Breitling Oracle 7,8,8i,9i OCP DBA Centrex Consulting Corporation www.centrexcc.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l