Database Bad Practices by Niall Litchfield

* DBA bad practices :
- No catalog, configuration db : what are the versions, servers, passwords, accounts, patch levels of my dbs? who uses them? how big they are? ITIL
- Email abuse, excessive email alerts, when to be notified, have a dashboard, be sensitive with your KPIs for filters
- No Audit, they want you to audit everything and keep them forever :)
- Tuning and capacity management without data collection
- No version control

* Developer bad practices :
- Persistance layer, java developer style, db is a blackbox here
- procedure over sets, commit in loops
- re-invent the wheel
- javaoc/pldoc, can not customize all documentation
- trust the client :)

* Management bad practices : 
- single dba, security-knowledge-stress risk
- combining dba and developer roles with other roles
- no budget for training
- Oracle is different than others, not just any db, technical skills are important
- let dba meet business people and understand the bussines he is a part of