I was thinking "psychiatrist" personally... ;) (Why is my database acting psycho???) Chris -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Powell, Mark Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:31 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: What is oracle internals ?! You left out the primary analogy: Proctologist. 8-D -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sriram Kumar Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 3:02 PM To: vasudevanr@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: What is oracle internals ?! imagine oracle db as a patient and dba as a doc, Expect a dba to be a anatomist, physiologist, surgen.. and at times a psychologist to people who want to use it!! Level of surgery varies...cosmetic to open heart....we do it daily.. My 2 injections..oops..cents Cheers -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l