Good luck. The "smooth" install is at a grinding halt at the moment, with half the components throwing java exceptions all over the place. Did I mention java sucks?
Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210-581-6217 > -----Original Message----- > From: Freeman, Robert [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:10 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: A DBA looks at OAS | IAS vs. Locally-built Apache > > I will see what I can do. Thanks Scott! > > RF > > Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP > Oracle Database Architect > CSX Midtier Database Administration > Author > Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press - Oct 2002) > Oracle9i New Features (Oracle Press) > Mastering Oracle8i (Sybex) > > Clark Griswold: Eddie, has anyone ever told you that you're bad luck? > Cousin Eddie: Those were my mother's dying words. But I > guess if your body's covered in third degree burns, and > your foot's caught in a bear trap, you tend to start talkin' > crazy. > > > > -----Original Message----- > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 5:29 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Robert, > > After having just fought a battle with iAS 1.0.2.2 do yourself a favor and > get hold of iAS 9.0.2 (latest release). I'm installing 9.0.2 as I type, > and > it seems to be a lot smoother, albeit more bloated and slower - at least > the > install portion. > > Scott Shafer > San Antonio, TX > 210-581-6217 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Freeman, Robert [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 4:09 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > Subject: RE: A DBA looks at OAS | IAS vs. Locally-built Apache > > > > This is Oracle9i Application Server Version 1.0.2.2.3a for NT. > > So, I'm guessing this is iAS. I have a hard enough time keeping > > up with Oracle marketing's changing the names/version of Oracle Net, > > parallel server, and MTS every opportunity they get!! > > > > RF > > > > > > > > Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP > > Oracle Database Architect > > CSX Midtier Database Administration > > Author > > Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press - Oct 2002) > > Oracle9i New Features (Oracle Press) > > Mastering Oracle8i (Sybex) > > > > Clark Griswold: Eddie, has anyone ever told you that you're bad luck? > > Cousin Eddie: Those were my mother's dying words. But I > > guess if your body's covered in third degree burns, and > > your foot's caught in a bear trap, you tend to start talkin' > > crazy. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:24 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > It really OAS and not iAS? If it is, you need to upgrade your software. > > There is a published exploit against the version of Apache used by > > Oracle's latest iAS release. Oracle has released a patch which stops > the > > exploit > > > > I have built Oracle web servers for years, but I am now of the mind that > > these things should not be built by DBA's but by webmasters. > > > > I am undecided whether to one should go with iAS or construct your own > > with > > Apache. The mod_plsql module for instance was not created by Oracle. > It > > and things such as forms server and reports server will run against > such > > a > > construction. > > > > However, we were advised last week that the Windows NT machines will be > > converted to XP this year. As a result, I started to look at the 9i > > Internet Developer Suite. About every third line is a statement to the > > effect that the 9i database, 9 iAS, and 9 iDS are made to work together. > > I > > haven't figured out what one is giving up if one builds their own web > > server > > and also installs components for the 9 iAS distribution. Is it just > > convenience? > > > > One reason for giving up the convenience is security. An exploit is > > discovered and possibly published. Apache fixes the problem. If I have > > built my own I can get the patch from Apache and rebuild the web > server. > > If I'm wedded to iAS I need to wait for Oracle to incorporate the patch > > into its offering. This could be a matter days to over a week. However > > weighing-in on the 9 iAS side is the ease of installing a fix. The > Apache > > fix for the aforementioned problem required a rebuild; you need > someone > > wise in the ways of make files and such. The 9 iAS fix was a simple > file > > replacement. > > > > Ian MacGregor > > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:18 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > Folks, > > > > I'm a DBA who is really an old developer at heart. I know a little Java, > a > > little Asp > > (enough, as they say, to be really dangerous!), I used to do C code that > > now > > makes > > my head swim to look at. (I think to myself, what the devil was I > doing??) > > > > Anyway, I've finally found some time and a machine here at work to start > > playing with > > OAS just to see what it's all about. Anyone have any good suggestions > with > > regards > > to: > > > > 1. Sites, books, white papers and the like with good install tips, > hints, > > warnings and the like. > > 2. Sites, books, white papers and the like Quick getting started tips. > > 3. Your own "getting started" experiences of things to do or not to do. > > 5. Anything I should do before I mess with OAS. > > > > Optimistically hopeful that this will all just go really smooth and I'll > > have a cool > > web page that I can bring up soon! > > > > RF > > > > Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP > > Oracle Database Architect > > CSX Midtier Database Administration > > Author > > Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press - Oct 2002) > > Oracle9i New Features (Oracle Press) > > Mastering Oracle8i (Sybex) > > > > Clark Griswold: Eddie, has anyone ever told you that you're bad luck? > > Cousin Eddie: Those were my mother's dying words. But I > > guess if your body's covered in third degree burns, and > > your foot's caught in a bear trap, you tend to start talkin' > > crazy. > > > > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: Freeman, Robert > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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