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$value) { if (strpos($param, 'color_') === 0) { google_append_color($google_ad_url, $param); } else if (strpos($param, 'url') === 0) { $google_scheme = ($GLOBALS['google']['https'] == 'on') ? 'https://' : 'http://'; google_append_url($google_ad_url, $param, $google_scheme . $GLOBALS['google'][$param]); } else { google_append_globals($google_ad_url, $param); } } return $google_ad_url; } $google_ad_handle = @fopen(google_get_ad_url(), 'r'); if ($google_ad_handle) { while (!feof($google_ad_handle)) { echo fread($google_ad_handle, 8192); } fclose($google_ad_handle); } ?>

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

HOW THE DBA EVALUATES HARDWARE!

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The DBA evaluates hardware resources  by checking whether or not there are enough disk drives available to install the oracle database software.  What exactly does this mean, but first off, welcome you have just gotten hired as the new Database Administrator. Your first task as directed  in this small shop is to install the newly acquired oracle database software. What do you need to do? You are given a server and told go ahead...

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

WHO IS THE ORACLE DBA?

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This is my first major post before delving into what exactly the Oracle DBA is required to do. Let us first simplify who an Oracle DBA is and what roles and responsibilities come with the position. photo myfootpath An database administrator (DBA) is the one who administers the Oracle database server. Responsibilities may vary depending on the size of the company the Oracle DBA works for. For instance,  a small company in most...

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

WHAT KIND OF A DBA ARE YOU?

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So earlier today I took a test on basically figuring out what kind of DBA I am and here is the result! The scientist DBA is brilliant and sometimes shy, hates disorder, chaos and conundrums, and greatly enjoys diving into the internals of their database. The scientist DBA tends to have a love of music and gravitates towards degrees in “pure” majors such as History, English, Math, or Physics. Scientist DBAs usually keeps their offices neat and orderly, with everything in its proper place.   Their motto is “Prove it,” and they...

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