I don't agree with "don't" #1 and #5.
From: "Stephane Faroult" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RE: RE: Top 10 DBA Do's and Don'ts anyone - Here is my list, comments
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:23:37 -0800
>Here is the list of top 10 do's and don't that I >came up with. > >#1 - Do Maintain your Expertise >#2 - Do Use the DBMS_STATS Package to Collect >Statistics >#3 - Do Use Bind Variables >#4 - Do Put your Production Database in ARCHIVELOG >Mode >#5 - Do Use Locally Managed Tablespaces >#6 - Do Monitor Your Database >#7 - Do Practice Recoveries >#8 - Do Get Involved with User Groups and Other >Resources >#9 - Do Establish Standards and Change Control >Processes >#10 - Do Think Ahead > >Bonus! - Do tune to Reduce Logical IO's Not >Physical IO's. >(With regards to Cary!) > >Oracle Database Top 10 Don'ts >#1 - Don't Waste Time Re-Organizing Your Databases >#2 - Don't Use .Log or Other Common Extensions For >Your Database File Names >#3 - Don't Leave Your Database Open To Attack >#4 - Don't Decide Against Hot Backups >#5 - Don't Use ASSM >#6 - Don't Forget the 80/20 Rule >#7 - Don't Stack Views >#8 - Don't Be a Normalization Bigot >#9 - Don't Forget to Document Everything >#10 - Do Not Use Products You are Not Licensed For. > > >Bonus!! - Do Not Assume A Good or Bad Hit Ratio >Means Anything > >Ok, anyone wanna comment? > > >Robert G. Freeman >Technical Management Consultant >TUSC - The Oracle Experts www.tusc.com >904.708.5076 Cell (It's everywhere that I am!) >Author of several books you can find on Amazon.com! >
Robert,
DO #3 and DON'T #7 are developer stuff, not DBA stuff ...
I would gladly replace DO #3 by 'Relentlessly preach good practice to developers'. I can hardly talk to a developer without mentioning DBMA_APPLICATION_INFO in the first 30 seconds :-).
Regards,
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