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What I've found so interesting about our Oracle DBA's is that they perform
two completely different roles.  First they're responsible for laying out
and monitoring the technical nuts and bolts of Oracle on disk -- to the
degree that they're practically Unix system administrators.  Then they're
defining the relational database including dictionaries, tables, indices,
stored procedures, triggers.  I do understand that some development shops
define these as separate roles assigned to different positions.

I think that so much crappy AS/400 code is out there because there are still
so many development shops (in house and software companies) that barely
design their databases.  Tables crop up one at a time, with indexes to
follow shortly thereafter.  Maybe if folks had to hire database technicians
the tech's would force them to design real databases.

-Jim

James P. Damato
Manager - Technical Administration
Dollar General Corporation
<mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com>


-----Original Message-----
From: Server Dave [mailto:d2ba@xtra.co.nz]
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 4:22 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: DB2/400 comparisons with other relational databases
(specifically Oracle and SQL Server)


Employing a DBA is a must for any serious business,if you don't you are just
asking for trouble ie getting the FM ops guy to do the job-crazy stuff--we
EMPLOY several in our AS/400 shop-the largest in NZ

cheers Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alistair Rooney" <AlistairR@tbsa.co.za>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 9:00 PM
Subject: RE: DB2/400 comparisons with other relational databases
(specifically Oracle and SQL Server)


> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> --
> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> Just thought I'd stick in my .2c worth. I've never had the need to
> "administer" our DB2/400 database. I have, however, seen my colleagues
> having to have downtime on a fairly regular basis with their Oracle (on
> HP-UX) and SQL server machines because of "database" problems. Most
> medium to large sites will employ a DBA for Oracle or SQL Server.
> Question: Do any 400 sites employ a DBA and if so then what do you do
> with him?
>
> Alistair
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Rehm [mailto:javadisciple@earthlink.net]
> Sent: 28 September 2001 10:24
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: DB2/400 comparisons with other relational databases
> (specifically Oracle and SQL Server)
>
>
> On Friday 28 September 2001 12:28 am, Server Dave wrote:
> > Joe,
> > Without spending a great deal of time-this info is backed up in print
> -two
> > sources
> > on Microsofts site.and is common knowlege too people "who know".
>
> Now that just gags me. 'common knowlege too [sic] people "who know"'.
> Ridiculous. Just admit you don't have the answers to the questions and
> move
> on. Your opinion is obvious and from your "source" I can see it comes
> from
> Microsoft's marketing info.
>
> Just say so.
>
>
> --
> Chris Rehm
> javadisciple@earthlink.net
>
> And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart...
> ...Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other
> commandment greater than these. Mark 12:30-31
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