Oracle DBA Help

We have an Oracle 9i Database Standard Edition that is in production for about 3 years running on Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition. Our company does not have Oracle DBA. When we purchased Oracle license we didn’t sign up for Oracle Support.
If something goes wrong with Oracle Database, if we could not figure out the solution on our own, is there any company that provides Oracle DBA help on a contract basis?
What happens if we get internal errors in the database? Can we still contact Oracle Support?
Please advice.

#1. When you purchased Oracle Licenses, I guess Oracle would have provided (Support Identifier or CSI numbers), with that you should be able to create accounts/access with METALINK, which is one form of support Oracle provides. 99.99% of the day-to-day problems are resolved via metalink, oracle forms (like this) and other discussion threads.
#2. But if you want Oracle personnel onsite, then it needs a different contract or support level, which is very expensive in my opinion. There used to be different support levels like platinum, gold, silver etc., I'm not sure of the classification now, better contact Oracle for additional info.
I would highly recommend for #1, check the cost involved in #2 compare that with that of hiring a part-time/remote DBA, and see which one works better. If your database is not mission critical, configuring proper back and restore would help bring your database up, but with some downtime.
Hope it helps,
Babu Rangasamy

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Can not insert a row to a table from Oracle DBA Studio

Hi,
I try to use the Oracle DBA Studio to create a table and put some test data in it. Here is what I found:
I start Oracle DBA Studio on the client machine by connecting to an Oracle server 8i (8.1.7). I create a simple table called Test with two columns: one is USER, VARCHAR2, 10; and the other is USER2, CHAR, 2. After that, I right click on the table name and select "Table Data Editor" from the popup menu. The table editor window shows up. I type in the value 'AA' and 'BB' in the grid of two columns. Then I click the Apply button. An error message box popped up:
ORA-00928 missing SELECT keyword.
I click Show SQL button. The SQL statement is as following:
INSERT INTO "TASYS"."TEST" (USER ,USER2 ) VALUES ('AA' ,'BB').
I copy the statement to SQL Plus and run it. The same error is generated. But if I remove (USER, USER2) from the statement, it inserts a row without complaint. In other word, the database will not allow to insert if individual columns are list. I realize something must wrong with the new server and client installed and could not figure out what happening. Hope someone can help.
Thanks.
null

I am not sure, but could it be that USER is a keyword or predefine word. Check Oracle'slist of predefine/keyword

DBAShell - New Open Source Project for Oracle DBA's

I'd like to have this project included in the Open Source Oracle tools list at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/opensource_projects.html
I've been an Oracle DBA for quite some time (since 7.0.13) and a developer for many years. One of the things I've always wished for was an easier way to set up environment variables for different Oracle Homes and a way to provide passwords to scripts without embedding them in plain-view.
About 3 years ago, I started a set of functions and scripts at my company that did exactly just that and provided many more functions for things like checking database status, running scripts quietly unless errors are detected, running actions in parallel (like fast shutdowns at once, or multiple analyzes), restarting databases in a guaranteed fashion, aliases to common folder locations, etc..
About a month ago, after putting all this time and effort into these scripts and using them in production all this time, I realized I wanted more out of the scripts like support for other databases and thought that it would be best if I gave it new life as an Open Source project.
So that is how http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbashell/ was started. Now its in a second release (DBAShell 0.85) that is more modular and would allow other people to easily add support for other OSs, other Shells, and other Databases.
Here is a description of the project from the latest news item:
DBAShell is a project based around Shell functions and scripts designed to make it easy for DBA's to use Databases in a command line environment. Currently supported is Oracle with ksh and bash on AIX, Solaris, Linux. The code base itself is 3 years old and has been in use in Production environments all of that time.
Features include:
* Automatic setting of all environment variables based on SID requested.
* Manage PATH's and other path like variables for each ORACLE_HOME needed.
* Run scripts with stored passwords (no more hard-coding of passwords!!)
* Automatically set SID based on Script location (makes it easier to share scripts between SID's)
* manage temporary script output and check for oracle errors in output
* check database status and versions from scripts
* stop/start databases in parallel (faster startup)
* compile all database objects
* analyze objects in parallel (Faster analyzes)
* set aliases and variables for common SID areas, etc..
* many helpful commands for common Oracle tasks
Over a thousand people have already downloaded the prior release and more are downloading every hour.
I'm seeking feedback from anybody that would be willing to take a look at the project, trying it out, give me any feedback you have on it, and perhaps even direct me to where I could best promote this project.
I wrote a tutorial that shows at a glance some of the more useful features of DBAShell:
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=34041&group_id=170224
Main site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbashell/
Documentation: http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=33704&group_id=170224
Download:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dbashell/dbashell-0.85.tar.gz?download

Always glad to have people thinking about the poor DBA's. Usually, the developers get most of the attention in open source.

DBAShell - Open Source project for Oracle DBA's

Ive been an Oracle DBA for quite some time (since 7.0.13) and a developer for many years. One of the things Ive always wished for was an easier way to set up environment variables for different Oracle Homes and a way to provide passwords to scripts without embedding them in plain-view.
About 3 years ago, I started a set of functions and scripts at my company that did exactly just that and provided many more functions for things like checking database status, running scripts quietly unless errors are detected, running actions in parallel (like fast shutdowns at once, or multiple analyzes), restarting databases in a guaranteed fashion, aliases to common folder locations, etc..
About a month ago, after putting all this time and effort into these scripts and using them in production all this time, I realized I wanted more out of the scripts like support for other databases and thought that it would be best if I gave it new life as an Open Source project.
So that is how http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbashell/ was started. Now its in a second release (DBAShell 0.85) that is more modular and would allow other people to easily add support for other OSs, other Shells, and other Databases.
Here is a description of the project from the latest news item:
DBAShell is a project based around Shell functions and scripts designed to make it easy for DBA's to use Databases in a command line environment. Currently supported is Oracle with ksh and bash on AIX, Solaris, Linux. The code base itself is 3 years old and has been in use in Production environments all of that time.
Features include:
* Automatic setting of all environment variables based on SID requested.
* Manage PATH's and other path like variables for each ORACLE_HOME needed.
* Run scripts with stored passwords (no more hard-coding of passwords!!)
* Automatically set SID based on Script location (makes it easier to share scripts between SID's)
* manage temporary script output and check for oracle errors in output
* check database status and versions from scripts
* stop/start databases in parallel (faster startup)
* compile all database objects
* analyze objects in parallel (Faster analyzes)
* set aliases and variables for common SID areas, etc..
* many helpful commands for common Oracle tasks
Over a thousand people have already downloaded the prior release and more are downloading every hour.
I'm seeking feedback from anybody that would be willing to take a look at the project, trying it out, give me any feedback you have on it, and perhaps even direct me to where I could best promote this project.
I wrote a tutorial that shows at a glance some of the more useful features of DBAShell:
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=34041&group_id=170224
Main site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbashell/
Documentation: http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=33704&group_id=170224
Download:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dbashell/dbashell-0.85.tar.gz?download

Always glad to have people thinking about the poor DBA's. Usually, the developers get most of the attention in open source.

Are the oracle DBa's seeing an end to their career

It's been 2-3 years i am working as an oracle dba in a mid range shop and i was pretty happy with it. After having the satisfaction , I was always worried about the future of an oracle dba. I always heard sql server and db2 are much much better than oracle as they are less complex to administration and their cost is less. Though the oracle people would talk about performance and scalability but with the recent releases , those db have overcome those problems. The problems for oracle dba are coming from several ways:
1.Companies are shifting for sql server or db2 as for low cost and low required of man power.
2.Oracle itself becoming automated.
3. Company like IBM offering main frame solution with free db2 database for the entire data center.
4.With the concept of Cloud computing storage would be third party location , where few employee can take the responsibility.
And..many moreeee...
It gives me a COLD feelings what would i be doing in 3-5 years from now and how could a dba would evolve himself with the change??? I hope this time i am not right.. all the points that i showed is wrong...
Regards,

user11181920 wrote:
In next N years ultimately everything in RDBMS will be automated.
This is a common trend and Oracle is leading flagship in it.
Ultimate goal, as I see, is to eliminate DBA, minimizing cost of ownership.
This will attract business to such products - self-managed software.
I do not see it to happen tomorrow, though. But it is going there.
Yeah, well 30 years ago the experts were predicting the end of the need for programmers (the old term for 'developers'). "End User Computing" would put the power in the hands of the business users and eliminate the entire IT department. No I'm not exaggerating. That was the prediction. And people like you were insisting it would come to pass.
You don't even have to go that far. Look at the predictions for the 'paperless office' . . .
Many here will argue with me, but look of the definition of DBA
http://sqldbpool.com/2008/12/22/dba-roles-and-responsibilities/
>
DBA Responsibilities
Installation, configuration and upgrading of Microsoft SQL Server/MySQL/Oracle server software and related products.
Evaluate MSSQL/MySQL/Oracle features and MSSQL/MySQL/Oracle related products.
Establish and maintain sound backup and recovery policies and procedures.
Take care of the Database design and implementation.
Implement and maintain database security (create and maintain users and roles, assign privileges).
Database tuning and performance monitoring.
Application tuning and performance monitoring.
Setup and maintain documentation and standards.
Plan growth and changes (capacity planning).
Work as part of a team and provide 7×24 supports when required.
Do general technical trouble shooting and give consultation to development teams.
Interface with MSSQL/MySQL/Oracle for technical support.
ITIL Skill set requirement (Problem Management/Incident Management/Chain Management etc)
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Well, that's ONE "definition" of a DBA. It's far from "the" definition.
I'll tell you what. I've actually sat on committees that drew up lists like that. I can tell you first hand that while a lot of things on the list may look legit, there is also a lot of pressure just to fill up the list with as many things as possible in order to justify head count to the bean counters. You could just as well add 'weekly cleaning of the left-hand smoke shifter.'
Then lets look at them one by one:
Installation, configuration and upgrading of Microsoft SQL Server/MySQL/Oracle server software and related products.How often Installation happens? Once for one new app. Usually app vendors have recommendations that DBA should follow. So, what is DBA's role here? Start installer and to follow.
Configuration and upgrading will be more and more automated.
Except the app vendor left out critical details they didn't think were critical because they don't understand the database. Or have bogus 'requirements' because they don't understand the database. Or their recommendations were based on how they did it in their pristine development lab and they never even knew about critical dependencies that might not exist outside of their lab.
Week before last I spent 50 hours working on installing a new database based on the app vendor's specifications ....
Evaluate MSSQL/MySQL/Oracle features and MSSQL/MySQL/Oracle related products.Again, how often? When new App is about to be created and designers need to choose which DB they will need.
And then they proceed to develop on rdbms-A using best practices they learned from rdbms-B -- which turn out to be worst practices on rdbms-A. And only when they go live do they discover that their design doesn't scale because they tried to re-invent (poorly) functionality built into the database.
Establish and maintain sound backup and recovery policies and procedures.Again, how often yo need to establish policies and procedures? Every time you put in a new app with a different SLA.
Backup itself is 100% automated already today. Only if you buy off on the lowest common denominator.
Recovery is close to 100%.Oh? Go spend some time in the RMAN forum ...
And even if it were close to 100%, 'close' only counts "when playing horseshoes or hand grenades."
Most of enterprise backup software support backup and recovery of major RDBMSs.
Just specify a date "from" and click Go.
A little bit complex with RMAN. You have to type(!) RESTORE DATABASE; RECOVER...
Until the cause of failure was something the automation didn't anticipate. Or you then discover that your 100% automated-out-of-the-box backup didn't work the way thought it did. Oh, it 'worked' all right. Just not the way you thought it did.
Take care of the Database design and implementation.Where? Only in development shops.
Depends on what you mean by 'database design and implementation'. And most companies have some sort of development, even if they don't recognize it or call it that.
Implement and maintain database security (create and maintain users and roles, assign privileges).Centralized enterprise security (Domain etc) are in use. Many apps have their security and use basic RDMS security to login App running user.
Until such time as "nothing changed" but "I can't connect to my database".
Database tuning and performance monitoring.Greatly automated. Ultimately will be 100% automated.
Until it's not. See my comment above about developers.
Application tuning and performance monitoring.There are enterprise solutions for monitoring. Also Oracle has Grid Control.
Application tuning can be done by app vendors.I've NEVER met an app vendor that knew **** about how their app impacted performance. 100% of them throw it back on the DBA. I had an app vendor tell me that Oracle was incapable of sustaining more than five concurrent connections.
DBA cannot tune App itself. It may only modify some things in DB that will perform better. And this will be automated.
No, because the database cannot anticipate what stupid things the vendor may do. And it can only work with what it is given.
Setup and maintain documentation and standards.How often?
As often as anything that is documented, changes. As often as it is discovered that something that should be documented, isnt'
Plan growth and changes (capacity planning).Well, DBA should do it. But, again, how often?Should be almost constantly. Given budget cycles, you can't wait until your disk is 98% full before asking to buy more.
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Work as part of a team and provide 7×24 supports when required.Where such 7×24 support policy exists.Look at my comments above about how these lists get created in the first place.
I can tell you from experience that such 24x7 policies are more common than you seem to think. Just about any financial processing business, logistics and transportation business, telecom business ...
And what from above should be supported during a night by a human?
I see just a restore/recover DB, because a human should make a decision "From which Date".
Do general technical trouble shooting and give consultation to development teams.Yes, in Dev shops. Most of shops are not development shops, though may do custom and ad-hoc reporting and small app development. Do they need a dedicated DBA for this? I doubt. Either a developer will be (self)trained to do some DBA's tasks or DBA will become a SQL developer in that team.
Interface with MSSQL/MySQL/Oracle for technical support.Oh yeah... :)
ITIL Skill set requirement (Problem Management/Incident Management/Chain Sure, two days of training to know basics of ITIL to understand what manager of Helpdesk (Support and Incident Management Team) is talking about.
So, I see DBA should go in of 3 directions:
1. Very deep technical expert that can help in some rear and difficult cases. How many of them will be needed?
2. SQL/ETL/etc Developer. There is not much automation in software development yet.
3. DB Design and Architecture. How many of them will be needed? May be more that #1.You seem to think that automation will solve everything. Take that to it's logical conclusion and it will put all of IT out of work. See my comment above regarding "End User Computing'. What you forget is the human element. Not the human DBA trying to do things you think are or soon will be automated. No I'm talking about the humans that create the kinds of problems that automation is *always* trying to catch up with. Pointy Hair Bosses dreaming up new requirements. Bean counters refusing to by an additional 10 gb of disk. Developers that refuse to learn and/or follow best practice. Developers that can't think beyond clicking an icon to create a table. Developers that treat an rdbms as a data dump and try to use Java to re-invent every bit of functionality the db already provides. Systems administrators that delete all of your online redo logs because he needed disk space and 'log files are expendable'. End users that forget their password *EVERY F****** DAY!*
No, I don't spend my time managing extent distribution like I had to do with 8i. Yes, a lot of things I had to do manually in 8i are now successfully automated to the point I don't have to do them .. or have simply been engineered out of the system. But no amount of automation will overcome the ways humans (Executives, managers, supervisors, other IT team members, and users) figure out how to bring a system to its knees.
This whole discussion reminds me of Dippin' Dots. "The Ice Cream of the Future". Well, it's been "The Ice Cream of the Future" for almost 30 years ....
Edited by: EdStevens on Oct 1, 2012 8:55 PM

How to Prepare for a Job Interview of Oracle DBA ?

How to Prepare for a Job Interview of Oracle DBA ?
Like, What books, PDF's, Websites to refer to get selected for the post of Oracle DBA.
Edited by: sdmuzdba on Mar 25, 2009 7:10 PM
Edited by: sdmuzdba on Mar 25, 2009 7:13 PM
Edited by: sdmuzdba on Mar 25, 2009 7:24 PM

sdmuzdba wrote:
How to Prepare for a Job Interview of Oracle DBA ?
Like, What books, PDF's, Websites to refer to get selected for the post of Oracle DBA.
Well , you won't go for shopping when there are already guests in your home , will you? In case, that didn't make much sense, I meant that you won't start reading books, pdfs, looking at websites when you are going to have an interview already scheduled for you. I can bet my money( whatever little I have) that even doing this, won't bring you any good. If your question directly or indirectly is related to the questions that the interviewer may ask, once again, this would be a total wrong approach to go for an interview. In almost no time, it can be find out whether you are speaking some crammed line or from yourself. I had a chance to sit on the other side of the hot seat and the guy in front of me was giving all teh bookish answers. I twisted the questions and I was sure that he must have not read them anywhere, guess what happened. he started fumbling and finally gave up.
Interview is what you know, what you have done so far. Its not to start picking up LOTS of books, looking for the questions/answers and just think that the interview will happen from that only. I have some questions whose answers, at least the complete answers , you won't find anywhere. My suggestion is to just go for the interview, be honest about what you know and more about , what you don't know. You haven't committed a crime by not knowing some thing. I know nothing and I am never scared from the interviews ;-) .
Not sure that did help or not but still, best of luck.
Aman....

Oracle DBA newbie, Can I Install Oracle 10g Release 1 (10.1.0.2) on Fedora

Hi
I'm newbie for Oracle DBA. I need to know can I install Oracle 10.1.0.2 on boldFedora Core 6*bold* ?
Please help suggest me
Thanks.
Newbie DBA

Hello,
I don't think so it supported but download oracle for linux and try it out. You can also download Oracle Linux
http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux
For platform certification see following link,
http://www.oracle.com/technology/support/metalink/index.html
Regards

Looking For Oracle DBA Supervisor

I am looking for a Database Management Supervisor for an excellent company with great benefits and excellent working culture. Profile is mentioned underneath. Managind DBA's Experience is very necessary. There is also a referal fee of $1000. Feel free to call me for further questions and send your resume at [email protected]
Thanks
Harvinder Singh
www.karta.com
[email protected]
Ph: 800-725-2782 x3302
210-582-3302
This position will be responsible for supervising 6-9 Database Management Analysts (DBAs) in managing databases and supporting application development. This position will also give directions and lead the activities of enhancing database standards and procedures for Oracle Database operations. Responsibilities include:
· Plan DBA resource for production support and various projects
· Manage the performance of assigned associates (primarily Oracle DBAs)
· Provide database services to applications running on Oracle, Sybase, Adabas, and Microsoft SQL Server
· Provide technical direction of database operations (database design, database backup/recovery, monitoring, security, performance tuning, etc.)
· Maintain relationships with clients, managers, end users, and other technical staff, to understand client needs and optimize service levels
· Work with the manager to select, develop, and maintain an effective team
· Resolve any database performance issues pertaining to specific projects and general day-to-day activities
· DBMS software management
· DBMS vendor management
Requirements for this position include:
· Minimum 2 years experience managing DBAs
· Must have extensive Oracle database management experience
· Strong knowledge of RDBMS management throughout the application development cycle
· Strong knowledge of managing database in the Unix environment
· Good judgment in identifying issues and recommending solutions to others
· Strong communication skills
· Project management skills
· Thorough understanding of application architecture concept
· College Degree
Desired skills include:
· Sybase
· MS SQL Server
· Windows knowledge
· Mainframe knowledge

Hi,
below is the link which will help u to upgrade 10.3 orderbookin to 11g
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/upgrade.1111/e10127/soa_order_booking.htm
"A Example: Upgrading and Redeploying SOA Order Booking"
Note: The composite functionality is same between soa suite 10.3 and 11g. you can upgrade the composite using 11g jdev and it will be automatically converted to 11g composite
If you are happy with answer please assing some points

How to prepare to became the top level oracle dba in the industry..

Hello,
I am an OCP in oracle 11g .Recently got a job as oracle dba in a bank. Its amazing to work as a dba..it gives a gr8 feeling to handle such a huge responsibility.
While working as dba, it gives give lot a idle time..as there are some other senior dba are there. Now i want to prepare my self to became top level dba among the market,
but i don't knw how to start, as there is lots of things except database like OS,storage,networking..goes on..
please guide me how to plan for the next 2-3 years so that i can work any where in the world.
thanks,

>
I am an OCP in oracle 11g .Recently got a job as oracle dba in a bank. Its amazing to work as a dba..it gives a gr8 feeling to handle such a huge responsibility.
While working as dba, it gives give lot a idle time..as there are some other senior dba are there. Now i want to prepare my self to became top level dba among the market,
but i don't knw how to start, as there is lots of things except database like OS,storage,networking..goes on..
>
First - STOP BEING SO LAZY AND START HELPING YOUR TEAMMATES!
Second - you can't possibly be 'working as dba' if you say you have 'lot a idle time'. You might have been hired as a DBA but you clearly aren't 'working'.
Third - you also can't possibliby have 'such a hugh responsibility' if you have lots of idle time.
I have worked with many 'senior' DBAs over the years and several of those times were at a large international bank. There were NEVER periods when anyone had lots of idle time. There was always more work than we could handle and it had to be prioritized and scheduled.
And, since I've never known anyone that would hire someone that they don't really need, especially a bank.
Sounds to me like you are just lazy and need a serious attitude adjustment.
You learn by DOING not by reading. Those senior DBAs will have PLENTY of things you can do to get a solid base of skills. I'm sure they would just LOVE to have you tell them yhou have lots of 'idle time' and they will have no problem at all answering the question you posted here.
Jump in with both feet and start contributing to your team. Help out your fellow DBAs. They will reciprocate by sharing their knowledge with you. After all you have to become BETTER THAN THEM before you can become the 'top' of the market.
If what you posted is true then you have EVERYTHING you need RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU:
1. Opportunity - Banks use almost every DBA skill that there is: backup/recovery, architecture, tuning, and so on
2. Hardware Resources - Banks have plenty of equipment to work with and many different environments (PROD, QA, TEST, DEV) that need supported.
3. People Resources - You have several senior DBAs ready and willing to give you work to do and to help you learn new skills that will take more of the load off of them. Doesn't sound like you have been cultivating those 'people' relationships at all.
4. Time - you said you have lots of 'idle time'. For one, I don't believe you. But if it is true then why aren't you using that idle time to take advantage of items #1, #2 and #3 that I just listed.
I know people that would LOVE to have the opportunity that you say you have and they sure wouldn't wasted their time here in the forums asking questions that they own teammates could help them with.
You won't be at the top of ANYTHING if you don't change your attitude and get to work! What a pity.

ORACLE DBA training in chennai

Hi,
I am working in an MNC in chennai.
I want to get information about good training centre for oracle dba training.
I am very thankful if some one give reply to me.
with regards,
Balusamy Murugan.
Edited by: user11810294 on Aug 20, 2009 10:50 AM

You should be able to drill down to training locations from this screen: [http://education.oracle.com/education/html/oumaps/locationSearcher.html?p_org_id=28&lang=US] aafter selecting India.
In theory you should be able to find out about WDP institutions here:
[https://workforce.oracle.com/pls/wdp/new_home.main]
[https://workforce.oracle.com/pdf/html_rd/wdp_stu_reg.html?wdp9]
However this part of the site is a little disfunctional and may send you to Nigeria and other places when looking for institutions in India, and you might find hacking through screen more helpful:
(Tip: accept the agreement and search for instituations containing 'a' in the name, then repeat with 'e' then 'i' then 'o' then 'u'.)
--> [https://workforce.oracle.com/pls/wdp/rd_sel_onchange.main?cmd=s_set_lang]
The WDP contact for india cna be found here: [https://workforce.oracle.com/pls/wdp/rd_psp_contact]
Rumours reach me (here in UK) WDP training in India can be cheap but of variable quality, you need to weigh up cost/risk/benefit against other options and be sure what the institution is offering. Having said that it will often be the only viable choice for most people.
Edited by: bigdelboy on 20-Aug-2009 14:52:
Actually I just came accross this link for WDP that was courtesy of Aman some time ago: [http://www.oracle.com/global/in/education/maps/oracle_wdp.html]. Its probably more accurate for WDP providers that some other pages.

Oracle dba

Hi,
First of all sorry for asking this question to you guys but i need your help and guidance in this
Iam Aram from India and i currently work as oracle apps DBA.
Can anyone of you say me which branch in MS would be better to study being a DBA.
Is there any MS program which is designed as getting specialization in oracle dba or something like that
Also i need some general information
i am interested to get employed in USA, i dont know the opportunities available for oracle dbas who have got around 2 years of experience.
so iam planning to do some MS program there and get employed in DBA domain .some of people around me say that i should get OCM oracle and i would be better.
iam much confused and i dont know to make a decison whether to concentrate toward OCM or plan to do MS program.My target is to be a oracle dba in USA
I need your suggestion and your most precious advices which will take me in a right path.
Thanks
Aram

aram wrote:
Hi,
First of all sorry for asking this question to you guys but i need your help and guidance in this
Iam Aram from India and i currently work as oracle apps DBA.
Can anyone of you say me which branch in MS would be better to study being a DBA.
Is there any MS program which is designed as getting specialization in oracle dba or something like that
Also i need some general information
i am interested to get employed in USA, i dont know the opportunities available for oracle dbas who have got around 2 years of experience.
so iam planning to do some MS program there and get employed in DBA domain .some of people around me say that i should get OCM oracle and i would be better.
iam much confused and i dont know to make a decison whether to concentrate toward OCM or plan to do MS program.My target is to be a oracle dba in USA
I need your suggestion and your most precious advices which will take me in a right path.
Thanks
AramAs far as employment goes, just beware. I've worked with a fair number of H1B who were hoping to get a green card. The contract companies they worked for would make promises to assist, but they really just string the guys along. They (the company) actually has a DIS-incentive to help an employee get a green card. As long as the employee is H1B, he is essentially an indentured servant as he can stay in the US only as long as he works for his H1B sponsor..

An open letter to Mr. Sybrand Bakker (Senior Oracle DBA)

Dear Mr. Bakker
At the very outset, let me tell you how utterly I am in awe of your undoubted genius. You mastery of subjects as diverse as the Oracle database, the English language and [Recitatives in Bach’s Vocal Works|http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Topics/Recitatives.htm] (to name a very few) never ceases to amaze me. The selfless manner in which you saved the jobs of innumerable DBAs with your timely help makes you a prime candidate for the next Peace Nobel. The dedication with which you contribute in a variety of forums to share your vast knowledge with the millions of ignorants like me is an inspiration for all.
But these aspects of your personality Mr. Bakker, pale in comparison to the vast majority of other talents which you seemingly possess. And though it may seem naive, by your own high standards of professionalism, to use this forum for anything other than technical discussions, I am sure you will appreciate this effort to throw some light on your following traits:
*1. Pathological disgust (tending towards racism) for Asian/Indian professionals*
Examples: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.oracle.server/browse_thread/thread/1a7e4d9baa117188
http://bytes.com/groups/oracle/65109-oracle-vs-ms-sql-server#post246187
Mr. Bakker, you cannot really seem to accept the fact there are a large number of very good Oracle professionals who happen to be Indians or other Asians. If you could, you would have realized that a sizeable number of Asians/Indians contribute to the best blogs on Oracle technologies. Asians/Indians also happen to be some of the most respected contributors to Oracle forums and unlike you, they prefer to share their knowledge without an appalling, condescending attitude.
*2. Propensity for double-standards*
Examples: Re: dynamic sql plz help and Re: redo log block size and improving performance
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.oracle.server/browse_thread/thread/1a7e4d9baa117188
Re: Can I use ROWID to get the latest row from a table
Mr.Bakker, though you never fail to remind people not to use 'chatroom'/'MSN' language in forums, you do not quite follow what you preach (IMO is definitely 'chatroom' language). Forums users have long been subjected to your rants about ppl people using [upper case letters while posting|http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=2316857&#2316857], referring to other users as 'Friends' and generally being rude. But the second and third example above does not exactly show you as a very polite person either, does it?
*3. A colossal ego*
Examples: Most of your posts
Mr. Bakker, you will be pleased to hear that you possess the biggest ego ever recorded in the history of mankind. You refuse to believe that your ideas can ever be wrong, you cannot digest it when you post something useful and the original poster does not acknowledge it, so much does it affect you that you often post rants to vent your anger.
*4. Maniacal obsession for documentation*
Examples:Re: ORA-39700: database must be opened with UPGRADE option ? Oracle 10g/AIX5.3
Re: DB_FILE_MULTIBLOCK_READ_COUNT on 10G R2 (there are maybe hundreds more)
Mr. Bakker, you need to understand that there are times when the loads and loads of Oracle documentation intimidate someone new to Oracle. Your unparalleled genius has enabled you to understand every single documentation that you read since you were fifteen but there are mere mortals too in this world. People who are new to Oracle might have doubts which they could not clear from the available documents making them post a question in the forum. Answering their queries instead of treating them with disdain and pointing out their frailties is surely not the way to go.
*5. Threatening to mark replies for abuse*
Examples: Re: diferemce between edge and lazy replciation
Re: redo log block size and improving performance
Mr. Bakker, you need to be a sport. You see, the world is round, things do come back sometimes.
Here is hoping that these Sybrand Bakker facts help you to know yourself better.
So long then.....

Comments posted by an anonymous user, who devotes his very first contribution to flame someone who has been helping out people for 13 years.
Just a few facts
- Most posters here are anonymous and can not even adhere to minimum civility standards. Being anonymous doesn't count as civil in my book
- Most posters
- don't look up error messages
- don't use Google
- don't use the 'Search Forum' button
- don't include info about their version and platform
- ignore the Forums Etiquette post which has this all outlined
so
- Most posters are freeloaders who dump as much of their work here
- Those people qualify in my book as fundamentally lazy
- Some can even be considered to parasite on this forum.
Your comments are very telling, as they are completely of the mark. Did you ever monitor the enormous amount of people using 'U', 'plz' and above all 'URGENT',
while the solution could have been found with 1 Google Search? What does that tell about you? You condone their rudeness and are probably planning to post in the same fashion.
That doesn't make you a very polite person, does it?
My thesis is
- 99 percent of all questions here are redundant, if even only people could be bothered to do only a search for the error message.
This forum consists for 100 percent of answers to FAQs, which are all around over the Internet.
Resources those people never use.
- Most of these doc questions come from a limited part of the world. It is telling everything about the work ethics in that part of the world.
Your remarks and remarks from other people indicate you and other people always draw the racism card when I expose them as fundamentally lazy.
This is because I tell the truth and people don't like to hear the truth.
There may be competent people from that part of the world. With a few noted exceptions, they don't post here, as they do their own research!
They also, even more telling, with a few exceptions, don't answer questions of their compatriots.
This is also all telling.
In short: your comments are off the mark, tearing things out of context, and disgusting.
You would be better off concentrating on a positive contribution (assuming you are capable of something like that), but I won't hold my breath.
Because basically you are a coward, as you post anonymously.
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA
Experts: those who can be bothered to read documentation, instead of asking someone else to abstract it.

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