How Not To Be A DBA

Mark Rittman -

I came across this interesting presentation by Rachel Carmichael given at a recent New York Oracle User Group, entitled "How Not To Be A DBA - The Top Twenty Mistakes". It's a light-hearted look at what *not* to do when you're a DBA, including:

  • "Don't Backup If You're On RAID5",
  • "Index Every Column On Every Table",
  • "Always Increase The Shared Pool To Solve Performance Problems"
  • "Grant Everyone Connect, Resource and DBA", and
  • "Don't Script Or Document Anything".