Re: FW: Why there is no controlfile in Informix like Oracle ?

Posted in 2004

Daniel Morgan — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 19:57:55 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Neil Truby wrote: > "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message > news:1094099837.426152@yasure... > > >>That said ... Oracle does provide the tools to make what I did >>impossible if someone knows what they're doing and applies them to >>the database instance. > > > I sense i'm going to regret asking this, but wouldn't it be better to > provide tools to make doing something stupid impossible if you *don't* know > what you're doing ....? It would be if it were possible but it is not. A DBA, or SysAdmin, will always, at least as far into the future as we can possibly see from here, be able to trash a system. Give me access to vi ... and I can bring most anything down in a matter of minutes. Sometimes without even trying. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)