Wow! All that information. Why not publish the book?
--- "Sherman, Paul R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For what it's worth: > > I have maintained an Oracle/UNIX/Oracle Apps 'how > to' two-column word table > document for years and years and... If I ever have > to go to another job > interview, my gut feeling is that I should take this > 'book' with me, as I > too, need help remembering the syntax (just wait > until you are over 50). > When called for, I save an object into the table row > in question (a > description of the issue/subject goes into the 1st > column) that may include > screenshots along with the full explanation. The > book is now many pages > long, so it helps to have a fast PC. > > And here's the best part: some of the better stuff > from the 'list' has made > its way into the book, with the originator's name. > So, if you ever find > yourself interviewing someone, who, when asked a > question, refers to his > laptop, saying, "just a second, I know that one", > chances are very good that > its me. Have mercy. And now that I think about it, > perhaps not such a bad > idea to say, "oh yeah, and I got that information > from Rachael, or Tom, or > Dick, etc., or Jared (better mention him, eh?). > > Thank you, > > Paul Sherman > DBA Elcom, Inc. > voice - 781-501-4143 (direct #) > fax - 781-278-8341 (secure) > email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 3:15 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > OH MY GOD, someone remembers what I said? thank > goodness it worked. > > I've learned that my first, panicked reaction is > almost invariably, if > not wrong, certainly not the best way to fix > something. Taking time to > THINK instead of jumping in and mucking about is > usually best. > > you can now see how bad *my* memory is, I can't > remember what that > magic command was :) Was it the alter datafile out > of backup mode one? > > (see, I NEVER remember the exact SQL statement, I > always hit the > reference manual for syntax. There is limited > storage space in my > brain, if I memorize syntax I have to forget > something else... like how > to think logically) > > > > --- "Baker, Barbara" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmmmm. > > these are almost verbatim the instructions I got > from Rachel > > Charmichael > > after we lost a disk drive and I'd been trying to > recover a database > > for > > nearly 20 hours. (That was immediately before she > steered me towards > > the > > magic command that recovered the database.) > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > Question: You have a database crash at 6AM, > what do you do. > > > Answer: Get a cup of coffee first, then look > in recovery > > manual. > > > > > > We hired the guy, he's still here 2 years later > and just recently > > got his > > > OCP. > > > > > > Dick Goulet > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: Baker, Barbara > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 > FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing > > Lists > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be > removed from). 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