[THIN] Re: OT: Interview questions for DBA / Report Writter
- From: Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 07:39:44 +1200
Ask him to detail how he would revcover your db's in the event of a disaster.
Greg
On Apr 6, 2005 1:04 AM, Matthew Shrewsbury <MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Lilley, Brian
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:58 AM
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> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Interview questions for DBA / Report Writter
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> obviously depends on what you are paying, but for your dollar these days,
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> In terms of specific product knowledge, I'd expect them to be able to
> discuss tablespace admin, transactional logging, rolling-back/forward etc,
> where do babies come from.. that kind of thing
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Matthew Shrewsbury
> Sent: 05 April 2005 13:50
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] OT: Interview questions for DBA / Report Writter
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> Off topic but I am going to interview a DBA / Report Writter this morning
> and was wondering if anyone had suggestions on what questions to ask? I'm
> interested in their ability to create, modify, manage, document, a SQL
> database and write Crystal reports.
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> As I'm not a DBA any suggestions would be most welcome.
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> Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
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