Striving for Optimal Performance
  • Blog
    • Archive
    • Categories
    • Search
  • Troubleshooting Oracle Performance
    • Description
    • Structure
    • Table of Contents
    • Forewords
    • Reviews
    • Downloadable Files
    • Addenda and Errata
    • First Edition
  • Public Appearances
    • Past Public Appearances
  • Contact
  • About

Never Say Never

31 May 2008 6 Comments Written by Christian Antognini

Only a couple of years ago, I would never have thought I would start blogging. But, you know, as Forrest Gump’s mom said “Life’s a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

So, here I am… the first post…

Sticking to the topic “Never Say Never”, I would like to share with you how I ended up in this business. In the early nineties, I was a student in the department of Electrical Engineering at the Ecole d’ingénieurs de Fribourg. In my final year, I specialized in computer engineering. As a result, my professional interests were related to micro controllers and processors, operating systems (mainly Unix) and C/C++ programming languages. Basically, I hated only one thing in the IT-environment: database engines! At that time, I was introduced to Ingres on Sun 1 workstations. However, I don’t think this was the cause of the problem ;-) Anyway, at that time I promised to myself to stay away from database engines for the rest of my life. But, as I wrote before, never say never! After a short foray into Informix, I had my first contact with Oracle7 in 1995. Since then, I have been focussing on understanding how the Oracle database engine works and, therefore, how to correctly use it to leverage its power.

Uncategorized
Operation CONNECT BY WITH FILTERING

6 Comments

  1. Aman.... Aman....
    7 June 2008    

    Hi Chris,
    Well I hope you reckognised me,the same guy from OTN who bugged you alot regarding SCN and all that ;-).I came to know recently that the Troubleshooting PT book is from me.Its in my wihlist from so long and I didnt know that you are a part of OakTable too.Its so nice to have you on OTN and I am so lucky that I got a chance to interact with you.I am going to add your site and blog in my fav site and blog list.And your book order is going to be confirmed now :-).
    Keep up the good work.Teach and make juniors like me too a good knowledgeable person liek you are.
    With warm regards
    Aman….
    PS:I had posted some questions here ; Chris.If you get some time free,please try to reply.

    Reply
  2. Christian Antognini Christian Antognini
    8 June 2008    

    Hi Aman

    How I could forgot that thread ;-) Actually, there is an entry on my to-do list to reply to it… Unfortunately, I was not able to look at the OTN forums for several weeks. Few days ago I re-started looking at it…

    Cheers,
    Chris

    Reply
  3. Aman.... Aman....
    9 June 2008    

    Hi Chris,
    >>How I could forgot that thread ;-)
    LOL ok I shall take it as a compliment ;-).Just kidding!Indeed it was a veyr nice discussion and I am sure,there will be lot many like this in the future too.
    >>Unfortunately, I was not able to look at the OTN forums for several weeks.
    I understand.Just take your time andwhen ever you are having some time free,please reply.I am working on 11g at the moment.I got so late(2 years) with 10g to clear the exam.I am trying history wont repeat itself.But architecture of oracle and its core is “all time favorite” for me.I am having questions ready with me once you are back :-).
    Regards
    Aman….

    Reply
  4. Cristian Cudizio Cristian Cudizio
    16 June 2008    

    Hi Christian,
    welcome in the bloggers world! I’m happy about this and i hope to found here some interesting post.

    Regards,
    Cristian

    Reply
  5. Christian Antognini Christian Antognini
    16 June 2008    

    Ciao Cristian

    Ti ringrazio per il benvenuto!

    Chris

    Reply
  6. Kyle Hailey Kyle Hailey
    31 August 2008    

    Similarly I never meant to get into databases. The only class I needed for a
    second degree in mathematics was set theory which I though sounded awful. Then my
    first job interview was with a company doing market analysis and arbitrage where
    I thought I’d get apply trending and pattern detection techniques to the markets
    but alas they wanted me in their IT department working on their databases. I told
    them I thought that was boring and promptly didn’t get the job. My next interview
    was with Oracle and the rest has been history …
    Congratulations on the book. I had no idea you were working on one, but promptly
    ordered it today! Looking forward to reading it.
    Best
    Kyle

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.