- Arrives day 1 with "SQL For Dummies" in hand.
- Searches for ORA-00600 errors on AskJeeves.
- Is president of the local MS user group.
- Resets the production database password to "manager" to make life easier.
- Thinks utl_file is a package the developers wrote.
- Is planning an organisation wide upgrade to Excel (but then shelves the plan as copy 'n paste from SQL*Plus to Excel proves too difficult).
- Proclaims "A reboot a day keeps the Oracle demons at bay."
- Uses ANSI SQL joins.
- Looks blank at the mention of Thomas Kyte.
- Proclaims that administration is impossible if SSMS isn't installed.
(This post courtesy of a slow blogging week while I prepare for OOW, and papers for the AUSOUG conference)
14 comments:
11. Does great backups... but has never actually done a recovery.
12. Claims the BCHR is quite low
Archivelog mode? Is that an 11g new feature?
:) Tyler
13. Migration of new releases from dev to prod is done solely with SQL Impact.
14. "Test? UAT? They can test in dev!"
I'm going to "out" myself...
I prefer the ANSI join syntax!
I feel so much better now. I will join the ranks of the "suspect" with pride. :)
Cheers
Tim...
15. Installs Norton Anti-Virus on the DB machine to protect the integrity of the data.
John.
Installs TOAD
Doesn't know how to use nextVal to get the next value from a sequence...(Seriously)
Doesn't know how to use nextVal to get the next value from a sequence...(Seriously)
I'm with you Tim,
I prefer ANSI SQL joins too. They are much more readable.
And I like TOAD too!
Hey! What's wrong with TOAD?
16. Thinks SQL Injection is something you do with needles.
17. Talks about Transact-SQL when asked about the database new features
18. Thinks that DECODE is an data encryption function
ANSI join syntax is clearer :)
Creates email template of email to LazyDBA with subject, "immediate help required."
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