our change management process works that way.... even emergency changes have to go through an accelerated process in test --- Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > You guys are going to enjoy this :-). > > > > I just read a very interesting article that managed to insult > > some of my > > favorite Oracle authors and the entire state of Alabama! > > Hmm we have a script with a number of ctas statements in it > > Where 'pope'='catholic' > Where 'manager name'='in' > Where 'niall'='big and clever' etc > > I read the alabama comment in the same light. > > > Now > > I've heard Mr. > > Burleson speak before, and I must admit that I thought he was > > a dynamic and > > entertaining speaker. But do you really think that Oracle > > Support has ever > > told anyone to call HIM to solve their performance problems > > (his article > > makes this claim)? > > I doubt that oracle support make specific partner recommendation in > an iTAR though they might. On the other hand if you have purchased > support from oracle because you have no-one experienced in house > (though why you would then be running oracle is beyond me) I can > imagine support saying something along the lines of , "well if you > are uncomfortable with doing this you might hire either ourselves or > a third party oracle specialist to do this work for you". The first > consultancy site that is returned in a google search for "oracle > expert" is www.dba-oracle.com > > In general I didn't like the tone of the article, but I do have to > agree with jonathan that the article focusses on business problems > and implications for clients, I like that. That said I find this > approach hard to square with "Unlike academic and scientific Oracle > DBAs who demand proofs and reproducible results before making an > Oracle change". We can't be the only Oracle house that has a change > management process that involves reproducing problems on test and > applying a fix to show that it works first can we? This is a business > process and definitely not a result of the DBA insisting on proof > before changes are applied. All good change management requires some > evidence that the change will have the desired effect - doesn't it? > > Niall Litchfield > Oracle DBA > Audit Commission > +44 117 975 7805 > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > This email contains information intended for > the addressee only. It may be confidential > and may be the subject of legal and/or > professional privilege. Any dissemination, > distribution, copyright or use of this > communication without prior permission of > the sender is strictly prohibited. > ********************************************************************** > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you?re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------