Accidentally nuked production database

[woohoo]

DBAs are the custodians of the data, Devs are the chaos monkeys that need to be tamed.

DBAs are failed devs, they then guard the database so the devs can't see how tulip they are.

Only joking again, some of them are failed testers or even worse failed project managers.

Ok need to get back to my work, this access database won't design itself.

[xoggoth]

Somebody should start a "What is the Biggest IT Cockup You've Ever Made?" thread.

[SueEllen]

Somebody should start a "What is the Biggest IT Cockup You've Ever Made?" thread.

I've not made one.

I was once told I had to touch production systems but managed to get out of it.

[MrMarkyMark]

I've not made one.

I was once told I had to touch production systems but managed to get out of it.

So you never have had the pleasure of a place with just the one environment (prod)

[BrilloPad]

Somebody should start a "What is the Biggest IT Cockup You've Ever Made?" thread.

Don't be silly.

[WTFH]

So you never have had the pleasure of a place with just the one environment (prod)

That's where I do all my testing, cause it takes the DBAs too long to copy down to Dev/CRP/QA

[MrMarkyMark]

That's where I do all my testing, cause it takes the DBAs too long to copy down to Dev/CRP/QA

Ours replicates fairly quickly, after a few hours.

The main issue is that the offshore team have trouble getting the latest months data I request.
This is even after confirming that a certain Month End will need to be in there 4 times

[BrilloPad]

That's where I do all my testing, cause it takes the DBAs too long to copy down to Dev/CRP/QA

For the last year I was working at a place in Bangor with only one environment. Amazingly I did not make a single screw up. Either I am getting old or I am not working fast enough.

[fool]

I don't believe this story either.

There is no way that a junior dev on their first day can nuke a production database.

And if they could, the dev wouldn't be fired - someone more senior would for making it possible.

I believe it because I did the same thing, as posted in the other thread. Literally on my first day too. I wasn't fired though.

The owner threw a bit of a strop, but everyone else asked me how I managed it then told me it was an easy thing to do.