RE: Imedia query tuning

2001-05-17 Thread Henrik Ekenberg
Title: RE: Imedia query tuning Hello, Thanks Lisa for your comment but. I try to always use an index hint to return the rows in the required order. This avoids a sort if it's possible to use an index which can avoid both sort and table access - and it often won't be possible - the

SQL loader query

2001-05-17 Thread pierre . olaru
Friends, I have the classic case of a comma separated text file which I want to upload and I need to know how can I enforce the following behavior of the SQL Loader: 1. To ignore the first row of the data file (which contains the column titles) 2. Avoid uploading of a column from the middle

RE: STOP this THREAD: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
I disagree. Some of this information may be very useful for people thinking of going to work in Saudi Arabia. The only way it will trigger flames is if someone takes it upon themselves to have a sly crack at the culture over there. However we are all way too professional to do something like

Re: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Bunyamin K. Karadeniz
thank you john, bunyamin - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 10:32 PM Bunyamin, Conditions cut both ways - depends on how you see it... Loss of religious, social and cultural freedom against the possibility of

RE: newbie question

2001-05-17 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Yep, I've done it before without any problems -Original Message- Sent: 17 May 2001 05:06 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Thank you so much for the info, DC. I have another stupid question. Can I have two different ports for two database in the same tnsname.ora on the same

Re: SQL loader query

2001-05-17 Thread Saurabh Sharma
you can use the skip option of the sql loader. in ur case it should be skip=1(if headings are also separated by commas) can have the full help by typing sqlldr help=y at the command prompt. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday,

index FS vs index FFS - what's the difference ?

2001-05-17 Thread Shevtsov, Eduard
Hi List, I've made two corresponding dumps and ... I must admit I have much less understanding than I had before. Please look at them. = PARSING IN CURSOR #1 len=68 dep=0 uid=32 oct=3 lid=32 tim=219058914 hv=168660475 ad='aa69f79c' select /*+ INDEX(documents pk_documents) */

Re: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Bunyamin K. Karadeniz
Thank you all gurus, Here there are a lot of professionals working world wide.And This is a good thing to ask directly to people who lived the experience. Yes this is a mail list but I guarantee if somebody want to relocate in Turkey , I will help him/her to learn quicker about the

Decode in PL/Sql

2001-05-17 Thread Andor, Gyula
Hi Gurus ! Is there any function that can be used in PL/SQL and just works the way as DECODE does in Sql? Thanks in Advance Gyula -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Andor, Gyula INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051

Re: enqueue waits -- CI

2001-05-17 Thread Jeffery W
Hi Diego, If lock type is 'TX', rollback segment number = trunc(p2/65536) and slot number = p2 - 65536*trunc(p2/65536). May I know which table you are looking at to get the following detailed info about enqueue waits? Enqueue Stats -- TY GETS WAITS

RE: SQL loader query

2001-05-17 Thread Mark Leith
Could you not simply open the .csv file and manually delete the first row? As for your second question, I believe you can just not mention the column you want to leave out in the control file. HTH Mark -Original Message- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 08:35 To:

RE: STOP this THREAD: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Martin Kendall
Hey Lee...just don't go there man (oops, I didn't mean don't go THERE, I meant don't discuss it.arghh now I'm in trouble :-) ) Martin -Original Message- Sent: 17 May 2001 08:45 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I disagree. Some of this information may be very useful for

RE: SQL loader query

2001-05-17 Thread FOX, Simon
In a recent mail on a similar topic someone said that in 8i there is a FILLER field in SQL*Loader that allows you to jump over a column. Prior to 8i you are stuck. I have been recommended a brand new book on SQL*Loader. Not yet bought or read it. Jonathan Gennick Sanjay Mishra O'Reilly

RE: How to make DBA cannot 'see' User's Tables?

2001-05-17 Thread Connor McDonald
Similarly the input text length needs to be a multiple of 8 - a sample of how to do this is on my site somewhere (see sig) hth connor --- A. Bardeen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can encrypt using only a 56-bit key (the key length limitation is a requirement of US regulations governing the

RE: Decode in PL/Sql

2001-05-17 Thread FOX, Simon
Feuerstein recommends replacing with IF statements. Page 517 Oracle PL/SLQ Programming. Simon Fox Room 205 Rail House Gresty Road CREWE Cheshire CW2 6EA England 01270 533997 -Original Message- Sent: 17 May 2001 10:26 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi Gurus ! Is there

RE: How to make DBA cannot 'see' User's Tables?

2001-05-17 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I think they may have changed that last year, didn't the Clinton Administration approve a bill re this? Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -Original Message- From: A. Bardeen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 12:06 AM

RE: Script to remove redundant rows in a table?

2001-05-17 Thread Hatzistavrou Giannis
there is also the case of trying to enable a unique constraint on the underlying table using the exeption option and creating an exception table(utlexcpt.sql). The unique constraint will of caurse fail but inside the exeption table the duplicate rowids will be written . Using this input you can

RE: unhandled user-defined exception

2001-05-17 Thread Venugopal, R (GEP, Contractor)
Title: unhandled user-defined exception I am attaching the source code of the trigger ,Please let me know where I made mistake .Thanks.. Venu -Original Message-From: Venugopal, R (GEP, Contractor) Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 7:25 PMTo: Multiple recipients of

Build my own aggregate function

2001-05-17 Thread Ahmadsyah Algozhi Nugroho
Title: Build my own aggregate function Dear gurus, How to build a function that work like aggregate function(SUM,COUNT,..). TIA, Ahmadsyah Alghozi Nugroho Database Engineering Specialist PT Infoglobal AutOptima Jl. Baruk Tengah I/49 Surabaya - Jawa Timur phone : +62 (31) 8708456 ext.113

RE: ??? strange database link problem

2001-05-17 Thread Adams, Matthew (GEA, 088130)
Title: RE: ??? strange database link problem Check out the global_name init.ora parameter. It is probably set to true, which forces the name of the database link to be the same as the alias. R. Matt Adams - GE Appliances - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the affairs of troff, for

RE: unhandled user-defined exception

2001-05-17 Thread ALEMU Abiy
Title: unhandled user-defined exception Add an EXCEPTION to your code and try to trap the error 6510 -Message d'origine-De: Venugopal, R (GEP, Contractor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Envoyé: jeudi 17 mai 2001 13:25À: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LObjet: unhandled

Re: unhandled user-defined exception

2001-05-17 Thread Muthaiah
Hi, You have to handle the exception explicitly. You can handle them by trapping When too_many_rows, when no_data_found, when zero_divide. After using these exceptions also if you get the error again, then you can go for when others as a final resort. Hope this helps, Muthaiah At 03:25 AM

Re: Decode in PL/Sql

2001-05-17 Thread Igor Neyman
Gyula, I understand, that you want to apply DECODE function to some local variables in your pl/sql block (and not to some columns in some table). The trick is: you can always run DECODE() against 'dual' table: select DECODE(base_expr, compare1, value1, compare2, value2,... default ) into

Re: How to make DBA cannot 'see' User's Tables?

2001-05-17 Thread Rachel Carmichael
to carry this forward (hey Paul and Anita!) you can also look at: http://www.cybcon.com/~jkstill/util/encryption/encryption.html Jared's site with some VERY easy to understand explanations on how to use encryption and yes the string length has to be a multiple of 8 characters Rachel From:

Oracle 8.1.7.1 NEW Installation on SunOS 5.8

2001-05-17 Thread VIVEK_SHARMA
SunOS 5.8 , ORA 8.1.7.1 For Creating a NEW Database ( 1st Time ) SVRMGR connect internal; connected SVRMGR startup nomount pfile=/in1/ora817/dbs/initfin61.ora; ORA-03113 end-of-file on communication channel RESULT Database NOT Coming to NOMOUNT OBSERVATIOM - core of 9MB Dumped in the

Re: Export Split Script

2001-05-17 Thread Ruth Gramolini
Rachel, Your scripts are so slick. I have been using them for 2 years now. I haven't tried any of the others but 'if it's not broke done fix it!'. I am going to be on 8.0.6.3 forever because out vendors won't certify the application for 8i, so yours scripts are a life saver. Ruth -

RE: ??? strange database link problem

2001-05-17 Thread Libal, Ivo
Title: RE: ??? strange database link problem Check NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN in sqlnet.ora Regards Ivo Libal -Original Message-From: Adams, Matthew (GEA, 088130) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 03:55 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE:

Database Link ORA-02085

2001-05-17 Thread Smith, Ron L.
I have two Oracle 8.1.6 database on different servers. I created a link on server 'A' called 'instance_link' whish point to the Instance 'B' on server 'B'. It works fine. I then created a link on server 'B' called 'instance_link' that point to Instance 'A' on server 'A'. When I tried the

RE: unhandled user-defined exception

2001-05-17 Thread Libal, Ivo
I would say that the problem is with 'w' parameter of fopen function if the file already exists. Try tu usest like this: Kind Regards Ivo Libal traceFileName := NVL(traceFile,'TRACE_'||TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'MMDD')||'.OUT'); BEGIN iFile := UTL_FILE.fopen(iPath, traceFileName, 'a');

RE: BMC Patrol - 2nd Wave

2001-05-17 Thread Henry Poras
Wow, you're absolutely right () -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 11:31 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L oh you silly person... it is ALWAYS the DBA's fault, whether or not it has to do with the database, whether or not the DBA was even employed by the

RE: Oracle 8.1.7.1 NEW Installation on SunOS 5.8

2001-05-17 Thread Daemen, Remco
Hi Vivek, I had a simular problem on DG/UX. It turned out that the shared memory was the problem: after freeing shared memory that had no processes connected to it, the problem was solved. HTH, Remco -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: VIVEK_SHARMA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden:

RE: ??? strange database link problem

2001-05-17 Thread Smith, Ron L.
The parameter is the same on both servers. I changed the link name from instance_link to instance and it worked fine. Why is it complaining about the _link in the name? Ron -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 9:41 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Check

RE: Export Split Script

2001-05-17 Thread Thater, William
On Wed, 16 May 2001,Rachel Carmichael scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: -de nada -- just trying to beat my fan club (thanks Ruth and Bill :) ) to -the punch. Hi, I'm Bill and I'm a Goddess Groupie.;-) - -Now. in 8i (not sure which flavor) you can have export do the split as -part

Re: ??? strange database link problem

2001-05-17 Thread Bunyamin K. Karadeniz
Title: RE: ??? strange database link problem # Global Naming -- enforce that a dblink has same name as the db it connects toglobal_names = true Your problem is this. make it to false or obey the rules. - Original Message - From: Libal, Ivo To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: unhandled user-defined exception

2001-05-17 Thread Daemen, Remco
Title: unhandled user-defined exception Hi Venu, Did you set the database parameter utl_file_dir ? Remco -Oorspronkelijk bericht-Van: Venugopal, R (GEP, Contractor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Verzonden: donderdag 17 mei 2001 14:52Aan: Multiple recipients of list

RE: Temporary files and Quick i/o

2001-05-17 Thread Hillman, Alex
Maybe workaround is to precreate files and when creating temporary tablespaces use precreated files with reuse. Alex Hillman -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 10:05 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, After reading Steve Adams' tip on making temp files

RE: Script that will remove redundant rows from table

2001-05-17 Thread Haskins, Ed
Eric, Yes they did...I am not resending this message. Either the List software is screwing up, or my Company's email servers suck. Ed Haskins Oracle DBA Verizon Wireless -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 9:45 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L didn't 27 1/2

PCTFREE/PCTUSED

2001-05-17 Thread Bunyamin K. Karadeniz
PCT_USED = PCT_FREE + 1 row sizePCT_USED + PCT_FREE 100 Are the rules . But what does 1 row size mean here? For ex . My pctfree=30 1 row size (avg.) = 150 bytes . Then what is PCT_USED ? TIA

How to downgrade database from 8.1.5 to 8.0.6 - Urgent Help Please!

2001-05-17 Thread Helen rwulfjeq
Hello: Please help me on this crisis! What is the steps and safe procedures to downgrade database from 8.1.5 to 8.0.6 ??? I need to have this done by noon today. I have database 8.1.5 with all schemas and data. But the application can not support 8.1.5.I have to install 8.0.6.(new one) Then I

How to downgrade database from 8.1.5 to 8.0.6 - Urgent Help Please!

2001-05-17 Thread Helen rwulfjeq
Hello DBAs: Please help me on this crisis! What is the steps and safe procedures to downgrade database from 8.1.5 to 8.0.6 ??? I need to have this done by noon today. I have database 8.1.5 with all schemas and data. But the application can not support 8.1.5. I have to install 8.0.6.(new one) Then

RE: How to downgrade database from 8.1.5 to 8.0.6 - Urgent

2001-05-17 Thread Kimberly Smith
The upgrade doco also has the downgrade steps. Check your documentation. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 9:56 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hoo boy...I guess the safest approach is to run the catalog script against the 8.1.6 database that changes the

RE: ??? strange database link problem

2001-05-17 Thread Smith, Ron L.
That was it. Thanks! -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 10:31 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L # Global Naming -- enforce that a dblink has same name as the db it connects to global_names = true Your problem is this. make it to false or obey the rules.

RE: Script that will remove redundant rows from table

2001-05-17 Thread Alan Aschenbrenner
Who was the half person? -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 9:37 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L now now, don't exaggerate it was only 25 1/4 people From: Eric D. Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list

Re: unhandled user-defined exception

2001-05-17 Thread Connor McDonald
The trigger code would probably help... --- Venugopal, R (GEP, Contractor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gurus I am getting the error attached below when trigger fires. what could be the reasons for this error. DB error: ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception

RE: How to downgrade database from 8.1.5 to 8.0.6 - Urgent Help P

2001-05-17 Thread Djordje Jankovic
The safest way is to do a full database export, to create a new 8.0.6 database instance and to import the datain the new database. You have to see for inter-version specifics - you might need to use 8.1.5 import version to import in the 8.0.6 database - you have to check that, but it is for

Re: Script that will remove redundant rows from table

2001-05-17 Thread Eric D. Pierce
How about we split the difference? | 1* select (25.25+27.5)/2 from dual |SQL / | |(25.25+27.5)/2 |-- |26.375 | (no this is not the mean) On 16 May 2001, at 19:36, Rachel Carmichael wrote: now now, don't exaggerate it was only 25 1/4 people ... didn't 27 1/2

RE: BMC Patrol - 2nd Wave

2001-05-17 Thread Glenn Travis
You haven't been a DBA too long have you? ... if you manage the db, you are responsible. period. at least that's the way it's been everywhere for me, but I could be wrong... -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 2:51 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L One

sqlldr help

2001-05-17 Thread Glenn Travis
I have a data file that looks like this; 100Memo line 1 information. 100more information for record 100. 100extra information again. 200Memo for 200. 200more info for 200 300info for 300 300next memo 300and more 300yet more again. I want to load to a table

Re: How to downgrade database from 8.1.5 to 8.0.6 - Urgent Help Please!

2001-05-17 Thread Roy Ferguson
Export/Import this was actually mentioned in chapter 3 in the Oracle8i Migration Release (A76957-01) Hello: Please help me on this crisis! What is the steps and safe procedures to downgrade database from 8.1.5 to 8.0.6 ??? I need to have this done by noon today. I have database 8.1.5

Re: What is the cost of replication?

2001-05-17 Thread Eric D. Pierce
A., Just out of curiosity, is your paper pertinent to NT/Win2K? Is the replication done strictly within Oracle? what about stuff like this?: http://www.nsisw.com/main/pages/products.html regarding your private question about rifts in space/time continuums, the world is probably safe for

Oracle Gateway Product for Progress Database

2001-05-17 Thread Sam Bootsma
Does anybody know if a gateway exists between the Oracle database and Progress database? Thanks. Sam Bootsma Technical Support Analyst CPAS Systems Inc. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Sam Bootsma INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services

Forms and Reports Server versions vs. RDBMS versions

2001-05-17 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
We are planning to upgrade our databases to 8.1.6. or 8.1.7, and I am trying to figure out which OAS/iAS, Forms / Reports and RDBMS versions go together best. This is my list so far (RDBMS -- Developer/Forms/Reports -- OWS/OAS/iAS -- OEM): Oracle 7.3.3. -- Developer 1.6.1 -- n/a -- n/a Oracle

RE: enqueue waits -- CI (still remains)

2001-05-17 Thread Diego Cutrone
Thanks for the TX information Jeffery. But my question about CI enqueue still remains. Here's the query to get enqueue waits statistics, it's from Steve Adams' site. select q.ksqsttyp type, q.ksqstget gets, q.ksqstwat waits from sys.x_$ksqst q where q.ksqstget 0 / thanks again

Re[2]: How to make DBA cannot 'see' User's Tables?

2001-05-17 Thread dgoulet
Yes you can encrypt the data, or you could invest in Trusted Oracle. But the question really becomes one of what are you trying to do. If the problem is that you question the integrity of the DBA that becomes a management problem. On the other hand, if you don't question his/her integrity then

Re: index FS vs index FFS - what's the difference ?

2001-05-17 Thread Riyaj_Shamsudeen
Hi Ed I think, For full index scan, oracle server process reads the root block and branch blocks 1 block at a time. It reads the leaf blocks at a db file multiblock -read count blocks per read call. For the fast full scan, it reads all the block from the segment header to high water mark at a

RE: Script that will remove redundant rows from table

2001-05-17 Thread Hillman, Alex
Are you an idiot? :-) Alex Hillman -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 2:07 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L HELP || -Original Message- || From: Eric D. Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 1:32 PM || To: Multiple

Moving a database to a different machine

2001-05-17 Thread Steve McClure
Allright, We are physically moving our office, and have an OLTP application that needs to be up and running with minimal downtime. The current plan is to use the development computer as the production platform while the Primary computer is physically moved to the new location. The development

Truncate listener.log how?

2001-05-17 Thread Seema Singh
Gurus I want to truncate listener.log file.I am using oracle 8.1.5 and 8.1.7 on solaris 8.Plese suggest.As I understand go to listener.log file directory copy listener.log listener.old tail -10 listener.log Thanks in advance. -seema

Re: Script that will remove redundant rows from table

2001-05-17 Thread Jared Still
Are you an idiot? ( oh god, I can't believe I said that. might as well finish it ) ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US ;^{) On Thursday 17 May 2001 11:07, Mohan, Ross wrote: HELP || -Original Message- || From: Eric D. Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Thursday, May 17,

RE: Forms and Reports Server versions vs. RDBMS versions

2001-05-17 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I logged a TAR with Oracle, and their Metalink technician replied that... all the current versions are certified to work together. I knew that. What I want to know is, which versions of OAS , OEM or Developer were designed on concert with which version of the RDBMS. E.g. as part of the server

Re: Script that will remove redundant rows from table

2001-05-17 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Deal! :) From: Eric D. Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Script that will remove redundant rows from table Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 09:31:33 -0800 How about we split the difference? | 1* select

RE: Script that will remove redundant rows from table

2001-05-17 Thread Eric D. Pierce
Mr. Rhet Device (rhet oracle device, that is) On 17 May 2001, at 8:21, Alan Aschenbrenner wrote: Who was the half person? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Eric D. Pierce INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX:

Re: sqlldr help

2001-05-17 Thread Jared Still
Sounds like a job for Perl. Here's an example of cleaning up this data before you send it to the database. Really, this is much easier than doing it with PL/SQL or Java. Jared -- #!/usr/bin/perl our %hashData; while(DATA) { my($key,

Re: Moving a database to a different machine

2001-05-17 Thread Rachel Carmichael
I think this will work fine. You could play with doing it with a standby database, the only advantage to that is that you could start the backup and move of files earlier in the process and just keep recovering the archived logs as you ship them across. This has the advantage of giving you

Re: Truncate listener.log how?

2001-05-17 Thread Lucy Lin
Hi seema, you can do: echo '' listener.log On Thu, 17 May 2001, Seema Singh wrote: Gurus I want to truncate listener.log file.I am using oracle 8.1.5 and 8.1.7 on solaris 8.Plese suggest.As I understand go to listener.log file directory copy listener.log listener.old tail -10

Re: How to make DBA cannot 'see' User's Tables?

2001-05-17 Thread Jared Still
oops! My previous post said that the key must be on 8 byte boundaries. That is incorrect. I believe the data must be on 8 byte boundaries. Guess I should re-read my own article. Jared On Wednesday 16 May 2001 18:30, Ahmadsyah Algozhi Nugroho wrote: I'm using Oracle 8.1.7. there was an

Re: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Eric D. Pierce
Many professional women in the USA have found it necessary to purchase handguns to protect themselves from criminal elements in public places. Children are constantly under psychological assault being exposed to media violence. The liberal education system is devoted to indoctrinating

Re: How to make DBA cannot 'see' User's Tables?

2001-05-17 Thread Jared Still
The key must be on 8 byte boundaries. See my article on encryption at www.cybcon.com/~jkstill/util Jared On Wednesday 16 May 2001 18:30, Ahmadsyah Algozhi Nugroho wrote: I'm using Oracle 8.1.7. there was an error ERROR at line 1: ORA-28232: invalid input length for obfuscation toolkit

....A drop schema script ??

2001-05-17 Thread Luis DeUrioste
All mighty and powerful DBA supremes ! Do any of you have a drop schema script that would be willing to share ?? It'll be greatly appreciated T I A begin:vcard n:de Urioste;Luis Octavio tel;fax:850.455.0673 tel;work:850.457.3218 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Raytheon Aerospace;IT version:2.1

Re: index FS vs index FFS - what's the difference ?

2001-05-17 Thread Jared Still
Re the 'scattered read' for full index scan. This term is counter intuitive at first glance, and is commonly seen on full table scans. It makes sense that it would show up on full index scans as well. Here's an explanation of 'scattered read' found at

RE: Forms and Reports Server versions vs. RDBMS versions

2001-05-17 Thread Eric D. Pierce
It takes a lot of digging for multiple versions, but on Metalink, under product life cycle there is a certification facility with various levels of drill-down. regards, ep -- Certify - Certification Matrix: Oracle Forms 6i on

Re: ....A drop schema script ??

2001-05-17 Thread Rocky Welch
How about: drop user username cascade; --- Luis DeUrioste [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All mighty and powerful DBA supremes ! Do any of you have a drop schema script that would be willing to share ?? It'll be greatly appreciated T I A begin:vcard n:de Urioste;Luis Octavio

RE: Moving a database to a different machine

2001-05-17 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Title: RE: Moving a database to a different machine Hi Steve, I used this same strategy with a migration last month. It minimized our database related downtime to 30 minutes (and then they unplugged the symmetrix and the app server was down for 12 hours. Oh well) This plan will work.

RE: ....A drop schema script ??

2001-05-17 Thread John Lewis
Login in as system: drop user user_name cascade; -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 12:26 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L All mighty and powerful DBA supremes ! Do any of you have a drop schema script that would be willing to share ?? It'll be greatly

RE: enqueue waits -- CI

2001-05-17 Thread Diego Cutrone
As usual, thanks for the answer Steve. I'll try to reduce the number of shrinks in the rollback segments, so this is going to impact on CI enqueue waits. What do you think about Metalink DOC ID 1020355.102 recomendation? (from my previous email) I've also read a metalink document

Oracle DBA Needed in Cleveland area..

2001-05-17 Thread OraStaff
This Client in the Cleveland Ohio area, is dedicated to creating a work environment enabling ALL employees to contribute and to grow into their fullest potential. They have a full-time staff opportunity available for an Oracle DBA. This is a full time staff position so no sub-contractors or

RE: ....A drop schema script ??

2001-05-17 Thread Diego Cutrone
Or...may be select 'drop user '||username||' cascade;' from dba_users where username not in ('SYS','SYSTEM'); --and perhaps some other user you'd like to conserve ...and then run the spool. hope it helps DC - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL

RE: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Brian MacLean
Title: RE: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA God I live in an awful country. I'm sorry for all the tyranny my country has put the world through. I guess I'll just shoot myself. Seriously. I encourage the individual that is looking at working in Saudi Arabia to do so if that is the experiences he

Another big bang for Larry

2001-05-17 Thread dgoulet
From InformationWeek: ** Oracle Hooks NATO On 11i The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has begun implementing Oracle's 11i E-business software in its 19 regional headquarters. NATO program director David Oakley says NATO's new Automated Financial System will incorporate Oracle's

OT: RE: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Mohan, Ross
rant on ep, Any idiot can see we're the freest country in the world! Free to do what is expected, or get thrown in jail at a rate exceeding most other civilized nations. Free to subsidize tobacco and alcohol (and related deaths) and throw dangerous criminals in jail for using cannabis.

RE: Script that will remove redundant rows from table

2001-05-17 Thread Rachel Carmichael
GROAN From: Eric D. Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Script that will remove redundant rows from table Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 10:50:39 -0800 Mr. Rhet Device (rhet oracle device, that is) On 17 May

Re: ....A drop schema script ??

2001-05-17 Thread Luis DeUrioste
uhhh DUHHH ! I could write the algorithm to solve the logarithm .. IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN .. Thank you to all of you, and special thanks for not bashing me Luis Octavio Luis DeUrioste wrote: All mighty and powerful DBA supremes ! Do any of you have a drop schema script that would

View v_$session

2001-05-17 Thread Gilberto Gampert
Hi guys! Since the upgrade of my Oracle server to the version 8.1.6 (I applied all the patches) and the rebuild of the clients applications with the libraries from the same version, the column PROGRAM of the view v_$session is empty. If the application is using the old libs, the program apears

Re: OT: RE: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Rocky Welch
And freedom to leave the country any time you wish. Have a nice flight. --- Mohan, Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rant on ep, Any idiot can see we're the freest country in the world! Free to do what is expected, or get thrown in jail at a rate exceeding most other civilized nations.

OT RE: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Mohan, Ross
Brian of MacLean, I guess that's a good way of putting it, too. Sometimes I like to rant about ( i.e. for ) Amerikkka, but that's usually when she's under attack, in a way that is perceived by me as being unfair or misinformed. - Ross -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 17,

RE: Moving a database to a different machine

2001-05-17 Thread Steve McClure
Koivu, Lisa said A word of warning, and you probably already know this: you can't have both databases open at the same time or you will end up with incompatible archive logs and control files. Good luck ! hehe I did know, but upon reading your warning it still frightened me for a moment.

RE: RE: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
WOW!! I need to pay more attantion, what the hay is going on here? -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 4:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L rant on ep, Any idiot can see we're the freest country in the world! Free to do what is expected, or get thrown in

Re: Another big bang for Larry

2001-05-17 Thread Ron Rogers
It's started. After slick willy was invited to speak the kickbacks are showing up. Oracle will be running the Government. Slick move... you don't dare bust up the monopoly that is running the Governmential department's programs. Will the NEW controling body be called the

RE: Another big bang for Larry

2001-05-17 Thread David Messer
Don't I feel silly! I didn't even know that 9i was out yet, much less 10i or 11i! I guess I don't dare blink. DM -Original Message- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 1:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L From InformationWeek: ** Oracle Hooks NATO On 11i The

RE: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Gene Sais
Only in America, can you rant! Try to criticize China while living there. I have a friend there, her mail is read before she gets it. All she can write is general stuff, nothing negative, fearful of her life. The best thing about America is that you can b*tch if you want. I served for

RE: OT: RE: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Mohan, Ross
Not sorry if I touched a nerve, Rocky. That's what it's all about. It's democracy, suck it up, or spit it out. || -Original Message- || From: Rocky Welch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 4:36 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: Re:

RE: Another big bang for Larry

2001-05-17 Thread Mohan, Ross
Well...technically it's not out yet. Like alot of list member's, I got my copies about a month ago in the mail, and the general availability (GA) date is June 10th ( I think..I could be confusing that with IBM's next release ). I wouldn't feel silly. A bunch of us around here in this shop are

Re: Another big bang for Larry

2001-05-17 Thread Rodd Holman
Actually NATO has been using Oracle's RDBMS product for years. Original Message On 5/17/01, 4:01:34 PM, Ron Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: Another big bang for Larry: It's started. After slick willy was invited to speak the kickbacks are showing up. Oracle will be

RE: Another big bang for Larry

2001-05-17 Thread Suri, Deepak
I think it is Oracle Applications ver 11i and not an Oracle server release. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 4:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L From InformationWeek: ** Oracle Hooks NATO On 11i The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has begun implementing

OT RE: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Mohan, Ross
Gene, Being part of a nation with people (such as yourself) who have a willingness to let other's have their opinions -- some of who are a part of the military force that defends that right -- is why all my tickets out of town are always marked round trip. Above all, thanks for your

data migration

2001-05-17 Thread Praful Thakkar
Hi, We are planning to do two-phase data migration - split by data. In first phase, about 10% of the data will be moved as is - without changing the primary keys (generated from sequences). Once we start using the database with phase 1 data, sequences will generate new primary keys and add to

RE: Another big bang for Larry

2001-05-17 Thread Seley, Linda
E-Business is the new term for Oracle Applications, and yes, 11i has been out awhile, running against an 8i database. It's a full time job just keeping up with Oracle's naming convention! Linda -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 2:56 PM To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: data migration

2001-05-17 Thread Mohan, Ross
Praful, This is a bit of a shot from the hip, but. the gap shouldn't make much of a difference in the end. I'd be more concerned about allocating space for all your stuff initially, not just the first 10%. The gaps should be handled seamlessly by indexes (the way a b*tree works...) and

Re: index FS vs index FFS - what's the difference ?

2001-05-17 Thread Shevtsov, Eduard
Hi Riyaj, Thanks for your response. Very interesting! I completely agree with you about index fast full scan. But I'm still unclear about index full scan. I've always thought that this operation is serviced with 1-block reads. So it would bepossible to go through 2-way list of leaf

RE: job offer from SAUDI ARABIA

2001-05-17 Thread Kimberly Smith
Um, I can critize Canada all I want. Matter of fact, its kind of a requirement. So your first sentence is wrong. I asked one of the guys I work with here if he drinks a lot when he goes out and he said Well, not for a Canadian. He is Canadian. (As am I) -Original Message- Sent:

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