Re: PL/SQL HEXTONUMBER

2001-09-04 Thread Stefan Jahnke
Hi, here you go: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION HEXTONUMBER (v_HexCode IN VARCHAR2) RETURN NUMBER IS v_SIG NUMBER; v_SIGValue NUMBER; v_Token CHAR(1); v_TokValue NUMBER; v_ResultNUMBER; v_Index NUMBER; BEGIN v_Result := 0; v_SIG :=

Re: Calling C++ component from PL/SQL

2001-09-04 Thread Stefan Jahnke
Hi, 1) Build an external procedure that uses your C++ stuff. 2) Call this procedure from PL/SQL. Bhamini Desaic schrieb: Hi all, I have requirement of calling C++ component from PL/SQL. What should I do for this? For calling Java Class we have to first run initjvm.sql to load

RE: OPS on a single machine ?

2001-09-04 Thread Hallas John
Title: RE: OPS on a single machine ? That's an interesting concept. Won't there be problems with file sharing. Once the first instance has started will the 2nd one be allowed access to the datafiles?. I don't know much about raw files but I suspect that would be the problem area.

RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread Thomas, Kevin
;-) I have to agree with the 'doing things once' approach...grin Could you possibly supply some info on the shell script you use to produce the mails? I would be v. much obliged. hit any user to continue __ Kevin Thomas Technical Analyst Deregulation Services Calanais Ltd.

Re: oracle installation on linux error

2001-09-04 Thread Stefan Jahnke
Hi, did you mount the cdrom as read only ? If you have it in your fstab, check for an ro entry in the cdrom line. I personally prefer to build a stage on a disk to install oracle from. In case of patches being published, you can go ahead and apply the patches to the stage (if they are of the

OT : Changing APPLSYS password in Oracle Human Resources System

2001-09-04 Thread CHAN Chor Ling Catherine (CSC)
Hi Oracle App DBA Gurus, Does anyone have a list of files that hardcode the APPLSYS APPS password in the oracle software directory ? I am about to change the APPS APPLSYS password but worry that the HR application will not run smoothly as I believe the passwords of APPLSYS APPS accounts are

Re: Standby database

2001-09-04 Thread nlzanen1
Hi I forgot to mention that the database I'm to create the standby for is not alone on this machine. IP-switching is therefore not an option (I'm not doing standby for the whole system). We are currently using HACMP with EMC but this is giving us much grieve (UNIX people anyway) so they want

SQL*LOADER ERROR

2001-09-04 Thread Nirmal Kumar Muthu Kumaran
Hi gurus, Greetings. c:\ sqlldr80 userid=msalah/msalah@qtel control=c:\test.ctl ORA-12203: TNS:unable to connect destination SQL*Loader-704: Internal error: ulconnect : OCIServerAttach [-1] But am able to connect with SQL*Plus with the same username/password. Why it's showing this error,

how to close report BG engine programatically

2001-09-04 Thread Nirmal Kumar Muthu Kumaran
How can i close the report engine window, which is automatically opened while calling a report from forms, programatically. any one any help greately appriciated. rgds, nirmal. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Nirmal Kumar Muthu Kumaran INET: [EMAIL

Re: OPS on a single machine ?

2001-09-04 Thread Stefan Jahnke
Hi, I'm just making assumptions. According to an Oracle guy, with OPS on 8.1.7, the instances communicate via 2 different ways. One way is via network connections (process to process communication). The other way is via locking blocks and propagating it via distr. lock manager. So, according to

Comparison Statistics between Oracle and MS SQL

2001-09-04 Thread Denham Eva
Hi Folks, Need some backing up here! I have a MSSQL dba at my place of employment who enjoys emailing me with either Websites or reports that compare MSSQL and ORACLE, with MSSQL in a favouable light and Oracle usually in a very negative light. Anyone have anything similar, but from an Oracle

Re: SQL*LOADER ERROR

2001-09-04 Thread Stefan Jahnke
Hi, sounds stupid, but is your spelling correctly ? Try the pwd and SID uppercase. Nirmal Kumar Muthu Kumaran schrieb: Hi gurus, Greetings. c:\ sqlldr80 userid=msalah/msalah@qtel control=c:\test.ctl ORA-12203: TNS:unable to connect destination SQL*Loader-704: Internal error:

RE: Comparison Statistics between Oracle and MS SQL

2001-09-04 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
If its anything like the situation in the job market as I see it then I would just wave your pay cheque in his face !! -Original Message- Sent: 04 September 2001 10:31 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi Folks, Need some backing up here! I have a MSSQL dba at my place of

Re: gzip'ing rman backups

2001-09-04 Thread Stefan Jahnke
Hi, if you want to check the file consistency, you will have to do it by hand. RMAN doesn't do it for you. But, assuming you know the file structure to be backed up, do the following: Write the file structure with ls to a file. Then, after you have your tared-gzipped files, apply a check with

RE: sqlloader-bad file

2001-09-04 Thread Hallas John
Title: RE: sqlloader-bad file Try the folling as the calling file load.sh (chmod 555 or similar before running) sqlldr control=ABS_Load.ctl log=abs.log bad=abs.bad userid=user/pwd rows=2 bindsize=500 direct=true errors=5000 John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RE: OPS on a single machine ?

2001-09-04 Thread chao_ping
Hallas John£¬ÄúºÃ£¡ Hi, that is ok. One of my friend tested ops on single machine and succeeded, i didnot test it myself. ÔÚ 2001-09-04 00:45:00 ÄúдµÀ£º That's an interesting concept. Won't there be problems with file sharing. Once the first instance has started will the 2nd one

Solved: IMP-00069 error when importing 8.1.7 export

2001-09-04 Thread Schoen Volker
Hi list, I got the export made with exp V8.1.6 and succesfully imported it with imp V8.1.7 to oracle 8.1.5 database. A lot of versiosn to use. Thanks to all who replied Volker Schön E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.inplan.de -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Schoen Volker

Re: Comparison Statistics between Oracle and MS SQL

2001-09-04 Thread Stefan Jahnke
Now that's a good point ;) Robertson Lee - lerobe schrieb: If its anything like the situation in the job market as I see it then I would just wave your pay cheque in his face !! -Original Message- Sent: 04 September 2001 10:31 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi

orarrp.exe Version for Win2k

2001-09-04 Thread Jaeck Stephan
Hello, I have problems with the orarp.exe (Reports remote printing) under Win2k. I searched on Oracle for a new version, but no success. Mine seems to be version 1.0.2 Has anyone an actual version or sen a link where to download this utility? Thanks Stephan -- Please see the official

RE: Comparison Statistics between Oracle and MS SQL

2001-09-04 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I don't know if the Oracle Challenge still applies... Haven't heard of anyone who managed to win that $1,000,000 bet with Oracle. At one point MS was telling Larry Ellison to shut up, they were threatening a law suit. : O Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) Systems Admin

Re: Standby database

2001-09-04 Thread nlzanen1
Jack Hadn't thought of that yet. Thanks That'll do the trick for us. Jack Rachel Carmichael [EMAIL PROTECTED]@fatcity.com on 04-09-2001 00:36:47 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc:

OT: Reverse engineer access database

2001-09-04 Thread Cale, Rick T (Richard)
Hi DBAs, Sorry for the OT post but can someone tell me how I can reverse engineer an access database to produce the sql code that will run in ACCESS or point me to a web site/user group/list server that may be able to help. Thanks Rick -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

Re: Comparison Statistics between Oracle and MS SQL

2001-09-04 Thread Stefan Jahnke
Hi There we go again with a possible Larry's huge ego thread ;). Actually, I can't hear that Oracle vs. DB2 vs. MS SQL Server stuff anymore. I have close to zero experience with MS SQL. The best things about Oracle and DB2 are, as far as I'm concerned, that both of them, taken together pretty

RE: Smallest possible instance.

2001-09-04 Thread Christopher Spence
I would say 512K for Shared Pool, 512K for Buffer Cache, 32K for Log buffer would be pretty good starting point. That gives you about 3Mb sga in total. Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes.

RE: tablespace corrupted and no backup , how to remove it ?

2001-09-04 Thread Christopher Spence
Title: Message Oracle guarentees consistency, how can that be forced if parts of the database are allowed to lag behind. "Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes." Christopher R. Spence

Re: sqlloader-bad file

2001-09-04 Thread Rachel Carmichael
you don't put it in the control file. When you run sqlldr, just as you have control=filename you add log=logfilename and it will write to the logfile From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: sqlloader-bad file

reason behind Oracle and HP love affair

2001-09-04 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I think I now know why... http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/247/nation/Hewlett_Packard_to_buy_Compaq+. shtml http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/247/nation/Hewlett_Packard_to_buy_Compaq+ .shtml Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) Systems Admin Operations | Admin. et Exploit.

RE: Comparison Statistics between Oracle and MS SQL

2001-09-04 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I just love this, I see replies to my e-mail on the listserv before I receive the e-mail that I sent. Gotta love the Internet! : ) I have no issues with your answer, I agree. Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -Original Message- From: Stefan

Re: RMAN/NETBACKUP/ORACLE 8.1.6 Configuration Problems

2001-09-04 Thread Ruth Gramolini
Do you backup your archivelogs before you delete them? If you do you shouldn't get the rman-20242 error. We always backup the archivelogs when we do backup and store the archivelog backup with the database backup. We don't backup to tape so I can't help you there and we don't use Netbackup.

RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread Christopher Spence
Sorry. This page does not exist. The Oracle Technology Network website is an ever changing collection of information on Oracle products and technology, and we've either removed or relocated the document you requested. I do have a good tutorial of UTIL_SMTP on my website if anyone would like to

Re: RMAN/NETBACKUP/ORACLE 8.1.6 Configuration Problems

2001-09-04 Thread Connor McDonald
There is a command (have a look on metalink) which resync the archive list to avoid rman-20242. But I've used the combination you've got several times and had no problems. My advice would be ensuring that the netbackup works perfectly first (ie a backup/restore initiated from both client and

RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread Christopher Spence
1 Dba, 4 databases which are 7am-7pm type. 7 duhvelupurs, hmm, I mean, 3 now. Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes. Christopher R. Spence Oracle DBA Phone: (978) 322-5744 Fax:(707)

RE: RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
Title: OT: RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs? Really!! -Original Message-From: Jacques Kilchoer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 3:20 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: OT: RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs? I am in charge of 273 databases at sites

RE: orarrp.exe Version for Win2k

2001-09-04 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Stephan, If I remember right, this utility was written by Duncan Mills of Oracle. You can find him on odtug-dev2k-l list hosted on fatcity.com. If you post a question on that list, you might hear from him or someone else who has run into a similar problem. The reason you haven't found a newer

RE: orarrp.exe Version for Win2k

2001-09-04 Thread Larry Elkins
Stephan, A version can be found at http://otn.oracle.com/sample_code/products/reports/listing.htm. I downloaded the file and looked at the properties. It said it was version 1.2.2.0. Regards, Larry G. Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] 214.954.1781 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: PL/SQL HEXTONUMBER

2001-09-04 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
If you are using 8i, select to_number(your_hex_number_in_quotes, 'X') from dual; Similarly, to encode a number to hex select to_char(your_number, 'X') from dual; seems to work. Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc.

parallelism

2001-09-04 Thread JOE TESTA
We were discussing when to set degree parallelism on a table. You experts out there, is there a number of rows that it makes sense to set it to something other than default? I know there are times when parallel can be slower than serial processing but what is that threshold. We are

RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread Thomas, Kevin
Thanks for that Chrisopher, I'll certainly have a nosey... hit any user to continue __ Kevin Thomas Technical Analyst Deregulation Services Calanais Ltd. (2nd Floor East - Weirs Building) Tel: 0141 568 2377 Fax: 0141 568 2366 http://www.calanais.com -Original Message-

RE: reason behind Oracle and HP love affair

2001-09-04 Thread Christopher Spence
They just bought compaq, as of Today. $25 Billion. Damn it, I should have bought it first ;P Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes. Christopher R. Spence Oracle DBA Phone: (978) 322-5744

Backup strategy using RMAN

2001-09-04 Thread K. JOTHISH
Hi all, I have been given an assignment to formulate different backup strategies for OLTP (24X7) and Datawarehouse applications using RMAN. Could you please help me on these factors i have considered 1)what type of backup should i take ? Incremental,cumulative or full and on what

Interesting News..

2001-09-04 Thread Mark Leith
Thought this would interest you guys.. http://www.theitportal.com/ITPFrameSetBottom.asp?Path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emac world%2Eco%2Euk%2Fnews%2Fmain%5Fnews%2Ecfm%3FNewsID%3D3442Domain=www.macwor ld.co.ukAdArea=TEST Regards Mark === Mark Leith

Re:RE: Archive mode

2001-09-04 Thread dgoulet
Some on the list will obviously disagree with me, what else is new, but I set the archive parameter in init.ora always whether or not I intend to use it. That way when I need to it's already there. Dick Goulet Reply Separator Author: Ramon Estevez [EMAIL

RE: OT RE: database consistency tools ?

2001-09-04 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
Title: RE: OT RE: database consistency tools ? What -Original Message-From: Koivu, Lisa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 3:20 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: OT RE: database consistency tools ? If the DBA screams bloody murder

RE: tablespace corrupted and no backup , how to remove it ?

2001-09-04 Thread Maya Kenner
Well , you are annoyed when you do your best to corrupt a tablespace and you succeed and that you find out you don't know how to recover from this situation :) Sorry to bother with basic question, I am new to Oracle and to the lists. /Maya -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: Calling an activex control from Forms

2001-09-04 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Look at OLE importer under Programs menu, it can create packages for all the methods for the specified ole container. HTH Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is

RE: Datawarehouse suggestions?

2001-09-04 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
-From: Thater, William I'm glad you are back Shrek!! Dave -Original Message- Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 9:45 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Rachel Carmichael wrote: Okay, first the rant they want me to build a new database to hold logs of every time someone

RE: Oracle DBA With Internet Experience Needed in Harrisburg, PA

2001-09-04 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
My commute is 25 miles and takes 30 minutes at the most. It sure beats the days of Chicago and San Francisco where that 25 mile commute would take 1.5 to 2 hours. No more big cities for me. Actually I consider myself quite fortunate to be where I am. :o) Dave -Original Message-

Locking issue

2001-09-04 Thread Libal, Ivo
Hello All we got a problem with DBMS_ALERT package. On clients we get sometimes an error message: ORA-2: ORU-10001: lock request error, status: 2 Where can be a problem? Is it a problem of ENQUEUE_RESOURCES or DML_LOCKS parameters? How can I check it? Thank you for any responce Regards Ivo

RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread Rachel Carmichael
This script will run for any database on the server, for any version of Oracle. We run it in cron, and if we add databases, we only have to change the dba_env.sh file. If we change email addresses or pagers or add or remove DBAs, we have to change the .profile account and the dba_env.sh

Re[2]: !! Keeping the list alive

2001-09-04 Thread dgoulet
Well, I guess the laws of probability will dictate that at least one of us has to have it good! :-) Dick Goulet Reply Separator Author: Jared Still [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 9/1/2001 12:35 PM Just to add to my previous comment: I'm working at a

RE: Reverse engineer access database

2001-09-04 Thread Christopher Spence
Take a look at ER/Win. It is very helpful in these type things. If your looking to goto SQL Server, there is a migration tool on technet.microsoft.com Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes.

RE: OT RE: database consistency tools ?

2001-09-04 Thread Christopher Spence
We were just talking about fire alarms. Funny thing, a company we know was going to lay off 100 people, so they did a fire alarm, then locked the building. Told everyone who was to be laid off to leave, then opened it about an hour later for the rest. Not really related, but figured someone

RE: RE: Archive mode

2001-09-04 Thread Kevin Lange
I would agree with you Dick.Its just one less bounce of the database if you do need it. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:57 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Some on the list will obviously disagree with me, what else is new, but I set the archive

RE: OT RE: database consistency tools ?

2001-09-04 Thread Christopher Spence
Title: Message Isn't that what OJ did? "Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes." Christopher R. Spence Oracle DBA Phone: (978) 322-5744 Fax: (707) 885-2275 Fuelspot 73 Princeton Street

RE: Interesting News..

2001-09-04 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
You bet your arse its interesting considering we are 100% Compaq Tru64 Sent ructions across the UNIX S.As here this morning I can tell you. I did HP-UX admin training a year or so ago... now where did I put my course manuals ?? Lee -Original Message- Sent: 04 September 2001 15:02

Re[2]: OPS on a single machine ?

2001-09-04 Thread dgoulet
Folks, The idea behind OPS is to get two or more servers involved in the database to increase throughput. Therefore it is not possible to install OPS on a single server, you need two at a minimum. The method of synchronizing file writes is also OS specific and you need a manager for the

Re:a little sql question

2001-09-04 Thread dgoulet
Someone said to 'set feedback on' problem can be that feedback is normally on, but set to a minimum of 6 rows before it starts talking, Consequently what you probably need is 'set feedback 1'. Dick Goulet Reply Separator Author: Djaroud Salim [EMAIL

RE: OT : Changing APPLSYS password in Oracle Human Resources Syst

2001-09-04 Thread CHAN Chor Ling Catherine (CSC)
Hi, I've found the OS configuration files that hardcodes the passwords. Regds, New Bee -Original Message- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: 09/04/2001 4:50 PM Hi Oracle App DBA Gurus, Does anyone have a list of files that hardcode the APPLSYS APPS password in the oracle

RE: OT RE: database consistency tools ?

2001-09-04 Thread Weaver, Walt
Maybe it's just too early in the morning and my sense of humor hasn't kicked in, but I don't find it funny at all. What's the name of the company? I want to warn everyone I know not to work there. Of course, they're probably not hiring anyway... --Walt Weaver Bozeman, Montana -Original

Access to Oracle

2001-09-04 Thread Cale, Rick T (Richard)
Hi All, What is the best way to load Access tables into Oracle? I can do Oracle to Access Ok but not vice-versa. I could dump it out into csv and use sql*loader but hoping more for a more automated way. Thanks Rick -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author:

RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread Thomas, Kevin
Rachel, Thanks a million for that...I'll take the timeout at some point to pour over it and determine what it's doing...but it looks relatively straight forward. K. hit any user to continue __ Kevin Thomas Technical Analyst Deregulation Services Calanais Ltd. (2nd Floor East

Re: Datawarehouse suggestions?

2001-09-04 Thread tday6
I'd definitely go with the partitioning. The only question that I'd have is whether I would make the partition large enough to satisfy a single user's query or small enough that it could reside in the SGA. I guess that that depends on how many users are querying at one time. Just off the top

OT: any spam today?

2001-09-04 Thread Ron Rogers
List, Has any one received un solicited emails from [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] about business opportunities. I can't get the email to respond to the remove option at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I keep getting invalid recipient. ROR mª¿ªm -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

Re: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread Marc Perkowitz
Title: RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs? Ok, so right about the time Oracle 6 went production (we were a beta site), I was thelead DBA for a very large project that put retail store systems in around 1000 locations around the country (USA). Each one of those locations had their own Oracle database

RE: OT RE: database consistency tools ?

2001-09-04 Thread Christopher Spence
Well I think it is funny in a way of approach, just how silly things can be done. But it is effective, although not the most pleasant way, but if you see how most layoffs go, they annouce they are doing layoffs, and they will contact people, so everyone sits around and gets nervous for the

HPUX

2001-09-04 Thread Jerry C
Hi all, How do you show swap on hpux? How about memory? Is there anything like prtdiag on Solaris? Thanks! Jerry _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Kevin, No problem, I believe in sharing (but you notice I removed my database names)... this way, you have the time to write something cool and share it with the rest of us. Reinventing the wheel is a waste of time. And I always try to write plain vanilla code, and comment it heavily. That

RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread April Wells
NOOO! You comment your code so other people can read it. You rebel you! =) -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:42 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Kevin, No problem, I believe in sharing (but you notice I removed my database names)...

Re: HPUX

2001-09-04 Thread lembark
-- Jerry C [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/04/01 07:42:10 -0800 Hi all, How do you show swap on hpux? How about memory? Is there anything like prtdiag on Solaris? vmstat 5; -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network

Clob and TOAD

2001-09-04 Thread Apps Sol
Is there any way to see CLOB data in TOAD?? And at the same time how do we map JAVA data type to CLOB data type in Oracle .. Looks like our developers are running to all kinds of problems.. reg this data type .. Any thoughts ??? TIA RK

RE: ADMIN: Update on donations...

2001-09-04 Thread Miller, Jay
You might also consider a regular e-mail (sort of like Public Television) where you remind people every 6 months or so of the situation and where to send voluntary contributions. This way people new to the list will get the history of the situation. Now I'm off to make my first donation! Jay

RE: !! Keeping the list alive

2001-09-04 Thread Henry Poras
Here they tapped people on the shoulder from behind. Noone knew how many were being let go and how long the process would take. You just turned around quickly whenever you heard footsteps. I thought the tappers should have been wearing a black cloak and hood and tap you with a staff. After the

Re: Comparison Statistics between Oracle and MS SQL

2001-09-04 Thread Jared Still
A former coworker used to do thise with me, but we were both good nature about it and both enjoyed it. He even sent me a couple of columns from a well known SQL Server 'guru' where Oracle was subjected to all kinds of unjust criticism. I even responded directly to the author on that one since

Re: Backup strategy using RMAN

2001-09-04 Thread Ruth Gramolini
I will give these questions a shot. See my replies inline. Ruth - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:02 AM Hi all, I have been given an assignment to formulate different backup strategies for OLTP

Re: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread Jared Still
On Tuesday 04 September 2001 08:42, Rachel Carmichael wrote: And I always try to write plain vanilla code, and comment it heavily. That way, when I go back to it in 3 months, I can remember what the heck I was doing with it and why. Geez Rachel, what fun is that? Few things are as

Re: RMAN/NETBACKUP/ORACLE 8.1.6 Configuration Problems

2001-09-04 Thread Anjan Thakuria
We have the following configuration and it has been working all right for more than a year and half. The config as follows... Solaris 2.6 Netbackup 3.2 Oracle 8.1.6 and 8.1.7.1 We always do the following take a full level 0 backup... ( have riun into problems where it asks for very old arch so

RE: OT: any spam today?

2001-09-04 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
ESPECIALLY with EXCITE. my kids sign up for stuff all the time, and I am NEVER able to remove their names from the mailing lists. wish there was a way to send a fire-bomb thru email Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001

Re: Interesting News..

2001-09-04 Thread Jared Still
HP Acquiring Compaq? Yow! That's big news! Anyone see this coming? I would have never guessed. Jared On Tuesday 04 September 2001 07:02, Mark Leith wrote: Thought this would interest you guys.. http://www.theitportal.com/ITPFrameSetBottom.asp?Path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ema c

RE: Disaster Recovery Fallback Sites

2001-09-04 Thread Baker, Barbara
You might want to look at Tim Gorman's High Availability and Scalability for Your Database at http://www.evdbt.com/ -- From: VIVEK_SHARMA[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 4:45 AM To: Multiple

Re: Locking issue

2001-09-04 Thread Jared Still
ORA-2 is an error raised by raise_application_error. In other words, you must examine the code, as it is a custom error message. Jared On Tuesday 04 September 2001 07:25, Libal, Ivo wrote: Hello All we got a problem with DBMS_ALERT package. On clients we get sometimes an error message:

Re: Oracle DBA With Internet Experience Needed in Harrisburg, PA

2001-09-04 Thread Jared Still
So Dave, where are you? Jared - 6 miles, 10 minutes in Beaverton Oregon, USA On Tuesday 04 September 2001 06:50, Farnsworth, Dave wrote: My commute is 25 miles and takes 30 minutes at the most. It sure beats the days of Chicago and San Francisco where that 25 mile commute would take 1.5

Re: Clob and TOAD

2001-09-04 Thread Michael Netrusov
use dbms_lob.substr( clob_column, amount, offset ) to see it's portion. - Original Message - From: Apps Sol To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 09:12 Subject: Clob and TOAD Is there any way to see CLOB data in

RE: 8.1.7 on W2K

2001-09-04 Thread Uma Mohoni
I created the database on NT using scripts and I did use auto start for the service. Sorry for the delay in reply..was out over the long weekend. - Uma -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 9:28 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Who created the DBs on NT? How?

RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread Christopher Spence
SOAPBOX When I comment code, I always do things like: # put the value 5 in inta inta = 5; # does a loop from 5-33430 for (i=5; i 33430; i++) { .. } # calls blah3434 function blah3434(); Just kidding, but it is kinda of a duhvelupur thing to do to always state the obvious, and think there is

RE: OT: any spam today?

2001-09-04 Thread Christopher Spence
The option to remove is ussually there so they can't be considered spam due to the laws. Even though it probably doesn't work. Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes. Christopher R. Spence

Re: Backup strategy using RMAN

2001-09-04 Thread Anjan Thakuria
We have 4 dbs ranging form 3gb to 280 GB usin RMAN for backups . It would really depend on your requirements. I would do a full online backup everyday. Now that is me and we have a fast dedicated tape library and all. But to give you an idea the backup times are form 10 mins to 4 hrs. Anjan We

RE: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-09-04 Thread Kimberly Smith
That happens whenever I code slightly intoxicated. Code does tend to work when I do that but damn if I can figure out why. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 9:26 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L On Tuesday 04 September 2001 08:42, Rachel Carmichael wrote:

Re: Comparison Statistics between Oracle and MS SQL

2001-09-04 Thread Michael Netrusov
Well, there is no point of arguing at all. Last time I checked, MsSQL was running only on Windows platforms. I believe there are certain situations in life when MsSQL could be much faster than Oracle ( like small shops with low transaction volume ) and, therefore, better, having in mind that it's

Re: Locking issue

2001-09-04 Thread JOE TESTA
Jared, wish that was entirely true, look at $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/dbmsutil.sql some of oracle's code is using low numbered 2 error nums :((at least thats that the internal docs say) joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/04/01 12:32PM ORA-2 is an error raised by raise_application_error.In

RE: Oracle DBA With Internet Experience Needed in Harrisburg, PA

2001-09-04 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
Jared, I live in Galesville, WI with a population of about 500 and work in Arcadia, WI, with a population of about 2000. My place of employment has about as many employees as the town has population. Ashley Furniture is a furniture manufacturer(as if the name doesn't give it away). It's kind

Re: archive query

2001-09-04 Thread Mohammad Rafiq
Run the following script and check syntex for insert,update and delete which are generating redos select substr(username,1,10)USER,process,sid,serial#,substr(sql_text,1,200),disk_reads,buffer_gets,rows_processed from v$session,v$sqlarea where sql_address=address and status = 'ACTIVE' order

RE: !! Keeping the list alive

2001-09-04 Thread JOE TESTA
when i was offered to bail out of the military in '92, it worked that way. Most of the people who had a skill set and could make it in private industry, took the offer and left. I didnt do too bad, 11 years in bail out and a 35K check :) if enough people didnt take the money, the later

RE: An Interesting Grouping Question

2001-09-04 Thread MacGregor, Ian A.
Thanks Larry. Your knowledge of SQL*Plus is unparalleled. Thanks also to Stephane whose algorithm Larry used. Ian MacGregor Stanford Linear Accelerator Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 8:00 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: Interesting News..

2001-09-04 Thread Christopher Spence
I think there were a few hints, but the biggest thing with this merger is now HP has 87 billion in income, compared to IBM's 90 billion. Ibm is gaining market share and becoming a giant, now they have a decent size competitor. Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes,

RE: Comparison Statistics between Oracle and MS SQL

2001-09-04 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I think a lot of MCSEs, esp. those with 4 or 5-digit MCSE numbers also have a vested interest in seeing Microsoft shares stay up. My opinion, my perception. Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -Original Message- From: Jared Still [SMTP:[EMAIL

Number and Integer

2001-09-04 Thread Hamid Alavi
List, What's the diffrence between Number(e.g number(5)) Integer base on Space usage and performance issue and indexing any idea Thanks in Advance Hamid Alavi Office 818 737-0526 Cell818 402-1987 The information contained in this message and any attachments is intended only for the

RE: Interesting News..

2001-09-04 Thread Walthour, Jon (GEAE, Compaq)
Jared: It's the buzz of the office this morning. No one here seems to have seen it coming. Jon Walthour Oracle Database Administrator COMPAQ DBA Team Cincinnati, Ohio -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:33 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L HP Acquiring

Re: Interesting News..

2001-09-04 Thread Ruth Gramolini
Many years ago, when I was a system manager on an HP-3000 system, Compac was using the HP3000 database. This relationship goes back a long way. Ruth - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:32 PM HP

RE: Interesting News..

2001-09-04 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
I certainly didn't!! Is this going to be like a merge? What I mean is, is there still going to be Compaq machines and HP machines? Or will it be like Hewlett Compaqerd? Just wondering? -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:33 PM To: Multiple recipients of list

Re: Disaster Recovery Fallback Sites

2001-09-04 Thread Don Granaman
From the Q you have, it sounds like someone's marketing people have been there! EMC doesn't necessarily replicate the entire array. Whether it is nearly instantaneous or not depends on a lot of factors - transaction load, distance, etc. I would also contend that any talk about using

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