I'm sure if Jared had time, energy or inclination, he could do a guess from the membership list. However, some names are not intuitively obvious as to gender.
Not counting lurkers, since I can't tell who they are, I think there are at least 10 women on the list.... I'm more interested in the numbers to see if this field is less male-centric than others. --- "Panicker, Thankam S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to all for responding to my post on Oracle and Peoplesoft. I > will be > making the move this > New Year. I wish I had found out about this List earlier. It is great > to see > people sharing their knowledge. > Happy Holidays to every one!! > > Rachael, I have all my shopping done and gifts packed. :-) > Wish we had a count of our kind on the list.(You know - orawoman > kind.) > > Sumathy > > > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 11:35 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > I would agree with Joan - we spend lots of time refreshing databases > here. > We were responsible for all of the application servers, web servers, > process schedulers, etc. until a technical architecture team was > formed. > That has helped tremendously since my team can concentrate on the > Oracle > side. We have a very large Peoplesoft Financials environment here > (along with HR and budgets) so we have lots to keep busy with and > opportunities to use additional Oracle functionality (we have a large > replicated environment, use lots of partitioning, etc) . I would > also > recommend you at least take a PeopleTools course or one of the > administration courses mentioned by Joan so you understand how > Peoplesoft > stores and uses metadata. As far as book recommendations the only > decent > book that I have is the "Peoplesoft Administrator's Guide" by Darrell > Bilbrey which is good for someone new to Peoplesoft. We really > do most > of the normal functions that any DBA would do regardless of > Peoplesoft. > Database still has to be backed up, tuned, and maintained like any > other > Oracle database - I consider myself to be an Oracle/Peoplesoft DBA, > not a > Peoplesoft/Oracle DBA if that helps you any. > > You will also learn to hate PS Query if your users have ad-hoc query > access. :-) > > John Dailey > Oracle DBA > ING Americas - Application Services > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > > > > > "Joan Hsieh" > > <joan.hsieh@tufts To: "Multiple > recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > .edu> cc: (bcc: John > Dailey/NAC/ING-FSI-NA) > Sent by: Subject: Re: Oracle > and > Peoplesoft > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > 12/19/2002 09:45 > > AM > > Please respond to > > ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > > Hi Sumathy, > > It is not too much different from oracle peoplesoft and regular dba. > Except you have to know more about peoplesoft components, peoplesoft > application server, process schedular, web server,weblogic.. there > are > some peoplesoft courses I am highly recommend you to take, > "Configuration and Administration" " Data Management Tools" and > another > one " peoplesoft server administration on Unix/Oracle". They has a > website just like metlink. you need a customer id to access it. I > feel > like as long as peoplesoft infrastucture setup correctly in the > beginning. It save a lot of time to troubleshoot later. As a > oracle/peoplesoft dba, you have to constantly deal with upgrade > poeplesoft tools, application, oracle. so clone the production > database > is major thing to do. we are constantly refresh testing databases > from > production. so automate those scripts are very helpful. > > Joan > > "Panicker, Thankam S." wrote: > > > > How different is an Oracle Peoplesoft database from a regular > database? > Or > > in other words what all extra tasks > > does an Oracle Peoplesoft DBA do? How easy/difficult is it for a an > Oracle > > DBA to transition into a Peoplesoft environment? > > > > Are there any good books/ websites on this subject? > > > > I would highly appreciate your comments and suggestions. > > > > TIA > > Sumathy Thankam > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Panicker, Thankam S. > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting > services > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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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