Latest posts from Stephen Andert

A Postgres Primer for Oracle DBAs

"Who is in charge of this database?" Everyone on the DBA team shook their head and someone asked, "Is it Oracle or SQL server?" "I think it is called My SQL," the development manager said. During my 20 years as a database administrator, that is often how I ended up learning new RDBMS systems. As a result, I know first-hand how challenging it can be to learn another system when you get thrown into the deep end. New databases are added to a production environment in different ways. A new software...