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Well, one function of a DBA I haven't seen is to monitor and add views (indexes[access paths]) to improve performance of frequently run queries. Yes, DBAs for Oracle or Informix or SQL Server also administer security and maintain/service the software, and they have to recover stuff when their systems crash. (which they do with a little too much frequency for my taste!) -Bob Buchanan Danny.Jahr@lawson.com wrote: > > Are you saying da - ta base or day - ta base? > > Other platforms need administrators to service the software that runs the > database(day-ta). > > AS/400 database administrators do everything but. > > Dan Jahr > AS/400 Analyst > Lawson Software > > boothm@earth.goddard.edu on 12/28/99 09:43:46 PM > > Please respond to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > > > > > > > > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > > cc: (bcc: Danny Jahr/Lawson) > > > > Subject: What is a "database"? > > > It is becoming clear to me that I don't know what a database is. I'd > thought it was the base of data that an organization accumulates, but now > I hear people speak of being a database administrator and there seems to > be clumps of these people around non-AS/400 machines. What is it they do? > _______________________ > Booth Martin > boothm@earth.goddard.edu > http://www.spy.net/~booth > _______________________ > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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