compare two tables.

2001-08-24 Thread Tatireddy, Shrinivas (MED, Keane)
Hi lists while doing export import, often I need to check whether the target table has any excess columns or does the column have different datatypes/sizes from source table. as our tables have many columns it has become tedious to check every time. can anybody post me any sql or pl/sql

Re: PLS-307 error - makes no sense

2001-08-24 Thread G . Plivna
Hi! It seems it is explained here http://technet.oracle.com/docs/products/oracle8i/doc_library/817_doc/appdev.817/a76939/adg10pck.htm#6142 excerpt: PL/SQL lets you overload packaged (but not stand-alone) functions. You can use the same name for different functions if their formal parameters

RE: compare two tables.

2001-08-24 Thread Mark Leith
srinivas, The following is a script to compare two schemas. If you don't want to go the whole hog, edit the script - but it may help you in full at some other time. col table_name format a30 col column_nameformat a30 col medph2_format format a30 col med_test_format

RE: How do you audit a DBA?

2001-08-24 Thread Dave Leach
Thanks for all the serious and amusing replies on this, superb stuff!! Seriously, I raised this question just to cover my back so when I give my answer (the answer being NO!!) then no other bright spark can justifiably contradict it. Thanks again for your time, Dave Leach

RE: ORA-12542 Problem !!

2001-08-24 Thread Christian Trassens
Where it goes the listener, you add the parameter queuesize=XXX. Fe: listener=(address= (protocol=tcp) (host=192.168.11.71) (port=2641) (queuesize=20) ) Regards. --- Dash, Saroj (CAP,CEF) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How to

Automatic database start in sun solaris

2001-08-24 Thread Dash, Saroj (CAP,CEF)
In a solaris 2.6 unix machine Database is started and shutdown properly through svrmgrl. But when I rebot the machine I will start the database manually and listener start also manually. Please tell me how to do automatic startup the database and listener. I tried to chnage in oratab file

RE: How do you audit a DBA?

2001-08-24 Thread Guy Hammond
I have no direct experience of this on Oracle, but I do know that trusted operating systems make it possible to prevent the sysadmin from reading files. They can be backed up to tape and restored, but they couldn't be opened by a regular process such as a text editor without the operating system

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Mark Leith
Kevin, My advice would be to type: C:\format c:\ Then install Win2K from the outset! The install is painless, and the O/S is a HELL of a lot more stable. Don't bother upgrading from 98 - 2000, as you *can* get software driver problems etc. Now I also know (like me) you're a gamer, (is this

Re: Would you use 9i?

2001-08-24 Thread Connor McDonald
9i for sure... Lets face it - in 2 months time, a nice little alert will pop out on Metalink telling us how support on 8.1.7.2 is on the way out, and all customers are requested to upgade to 9 as they do with all the old releases... Connor --- Christopher Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am

RE: ORA-12542 Problem !!

2001-08-24 Thread Dash, Saroj (CAP,CEF)
Thanks Christian Trassens . Regards, Saroj. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 PM 07:11 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Where it goes the listener, you add the parameter queuesize=XXX. Fe: listener=(address= (protocol=tcp)

any body come across, decreasing db_block_size.

2001-08-24 Thread Tatireddy, Shrinivas (MED, Keane)
Hi lists have any body come across, decreasing db_block_size. we know that the db_block_size can be increased. to do this, usual way is export full db. create new db with new increased db_block_size and import the data into it. will this work for decrease db_block_size. my present size is 8

Re: Automatic database start in sun solaris

2001-08-24 Thread Joe Testa
breako ut the documentation for your platform(ie: solaris), there used to be a section on how to setup the automatic startup/shutdown, you'll need root to setup the init.d pieces/parts. joe Dash, Saroj (CAP,CEF) wrote: In a solaris 2.6 unix machine Database is started and shutdown properly

Re: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Jan Pruner
Sorry, but format c: will not run if you're on c: partition (anf if c: is system partition). :-) JP Dne pá 24. srpen 2001 11:32 jste napsal(a): Kevin, My advice would be to type: C:\format c:\ Then install Win2K from the outset! The install is painless, and the O/S is a HELL of a

RE: Locking Issue

2001-08-24 Thread Mark Leith
Kevin, Here's one that has been posted to our site recently by a customer (www.cool-tools.co.uk Support User Defined Collections BLOCKER): select l.sid sid, s.username username, s.program program, t.sql_text, u.name

OT: Re: How do you audit a DBA?

2001-08-24 Thread Joe Testa
Germany, lived there also, 3 years, beautiful and the only place where trash was laying around in the street was where the American military housing was. go figure. joe Scott Shafer wrote: You know, I lived in Berlin for 2 years, and if I could figure out all the

RE: any body come across, decreasing db_block_size.

2001-08-24 Thread Jorma . Vuorio
Yes, it works. t.Jorma -Original Message- From: ext Tatireddy, Shrinivas (MED, Keane) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 August, 2001 14:25 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: any body come across, decreasing db_block_size. Hi lists have any body come

Re: Automatic database start in sun solaris

2001-08-24 Thread murosa
Saroj, you must create two files, SXXXOracle and KXXXOracle, in /etc/rc2.d, for example, where XXX are numbers. So when your machine reboots that files starts Oracle Database and listeners. Well, first, because second is to stop database and listener. This is a question of Unix start. Due to

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Mark Leith
Ahh of course you are right - :P I didn't elaborate (slaps my own wrist :) If this is the case - insert your boot disk (I'm not sure whether you would want the 98 or 2000 one at this stage though, as I've never wiped and upgraded along this path), and use the following: C:\format c: /s Then

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Gene Sais
Beware of upgrading 98 to 2k. OS works fine, but games don't work anymore :(. I had to restore back to 98. Thats what you get when you pirate games, no updates :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/23/01 06:58PM I have not seen XP myself but a co-worker likes it. He was running 2000, which is what I

Re: Automatic database start in sun solaris

2001-08-24 Thread Rukmini Devi
write entries in oratab file in /var/opt/oracle directory. rukmini - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 5:40 PM Saroj, you must create two files, SXXXOracle and KXXXOracle, in /etc/rc2.d, for example, where

Re: OT - Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Jan Pruner
I didn't mean to use 'format' to clear up windows from your hdd. (You have to use 'fdisk /mbr' too) But some more sophisticated tools of erasing - like candle pin :- Yea, it's friday. JP Dne pá 24. srpen 2001 14:25 jste napsal(a): Ahh of course you are right - :P I didn't elaborate

OT: Some of you MS bashers will love this!

2001-08-24 Thread dgoulet
** The Dead Come Through For Microsoft As if there wasn't enough contentiousness between Microsoft and the government, now state attorneys general are wondering why they're receiving letters from Microsoft supporters who aren't even alive. The letters have been arriving for the past several

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
Kimberly, Don't get me wrong, I have 2k on a couple of machines and it is very stable compared to 98 and NT. Problem is the motherboard I purchased has a Promise ATA100 controller on the board, and I would have had to had installed the drivers before installation. However, I wasn't sure

Re: OT RE: How do you audit a DBA?

2001-08-24 Thread Thater, William
Scott Shafer wrote: If the folding metal chair at my computer desk wasn't so cold, I wouldn't bother... --Scott two words: seat cushion.;-) -- -- Bill Shrek Thater ORACLE DBA Telergy,Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re:any body come across, decreasing db_block_size.

2001-08-24 Thread dgoulet
srinvias, Works the same way if you want to decrease the block size. The question to ask is why? Dick Goulet Reply Separator Author: Tatireddy; Shrinivas (MED; Keane) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 8/24/2001 3:25 AM Hi lists have any body come

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
Mark, Like I said it wasn't that I couldn't install it, I just wasn't sure where the drivers were. I know it's a lot more stable, but I heard the same things you stated. I am a gamer and I heard it doesn't get along so well with some games drivers etc. I am going to have to do it

Re: Automatic database start in sun solaris

2001-08-24 Thread Rukmini Devi
Have you written your oratab file in /var/opt/oracle directory? rukmini - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 4:02 PM In a solaris 2.6 unix machine Database is started and shutdown properly through svrmgrl.

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Christopher Spence
One thing I noticed, M$ will not allow you to do redundancy raid (1, 5, 0+1) in Windows Professsional. It will fail the install. You can only seem to use Raid 0 (even hardware raid contorllers) some how it figures this out and forces you to use server. Sucks if you ask me. Do not criticize

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
Yeah, but you could do it from the a drive. You also can't install win2k from dos:) KK -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 7:41 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sorry, but format c: will not run if you're on c: partition (anf if c: is system partition).

finding free memory

2001-08-24 Thread Tatireddy, Shrinivas (MED, Keane)
Hi lists can anybody throw some light on this: when a process (bkgd/user ) starts, does it reserve memory (the memory it really requires+additional buffer) If yes, how to find out the free memory the process is not using. thnx in adv. reg srinivas -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

Question on Sequences

2001-08-24 Thread Kevin Lange
Has anyone ever heard of a Sequence ever messing up and delivering the same number more than once ?? During a very heavy hitting period on our application we are getting locks that appear to be going after the same rows. These rows are govered by a claim ID that is created via a sequence.

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Christopher Spence
I will be using Win2000 for some time because of that crap. My computer gets upgraded every 2 -3 months. 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)

Re: Automatic database start in sun solaris

2001-08-24 Thread Okan CIMEN
In fact almost all of the files at rc0.d and rc2.d is linked to /etc/init.d Do not forget to link the files Murosa has told you before Create a script something like oracle: #!/usr/bin/sh #variables ORA_HOME=/usr/u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5 ORA_OWNER=oracle # That shall be your oracle owner

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Kevin Lange
Mark; No neccessary. I have win2k on mine. I was just asking the room after reading an article in the local news paper. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 4:32 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Kevin, My advice would be to type: C:\format c:\ Then install

RE: How do you audit a DBA?

2001-08-24 Thread Kimberly Smith
Trusted Oracle is very much like regular Oracle. Most of the security actually comes from the OS. That being said it does have row level security so you have to match or superseed the privilage that the row has to see the row but sys has the ability to change to the higher level and you

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Kimberly Smith
Now see, that is why I have no issues with Windows 2000. Only game I play is Freecell. Although I did install a Nascar game but no time to play it:-( -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 5:51 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Beware of upgrading 98 to 2k. OS

RE: hash join order

2001-08-24 Thread Baker, Barbara
Steve: According to Orace The Complete Reference (in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Optimizer chapter), the 1st table is scanned via a table access full and the database applies hashing functions to the data to prepare the table for the join. The values from the second table are then read and the

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
Every two to three months, what do you do with all of the old hardware? I thought I was bad because I bought a new machine after a year, sheesh:) kK -Original Message- Spence Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:40 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I will be using Win2000 for

RedoLogs switching

2001-08-24 Thread Jairo Villalobos
Hi, How to Know when switching RedoLogs occur? Oracle 8.0.6.2 TRUE 64 5.0 Thank's... javs -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jairo Villalobos INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego,

Re: OT: Re: How do you audit a DBA?

2001-08-24 Thread Mohammad Rafiq
I have same impression for Amsterdam, Netherlands where I lived for 3 years 1984-87 and enjoyed my time Got married and had 2 beautiful baby girls Have a nice weekend Regards MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
NASCAR game? heheheh I am more into shoot'em games like Mechwarrior, I imagine that all of the other players are all of the new jersey drivers that pissed me off on my way home:) kK -Original Message- Smith Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:15 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: hash join order

2001-08-24 Thread Glenn Travis
The order of execution is innermost, upmost first, and so on... -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 9:35 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Does anyone know how the operation below is performed? Which object has the hashtable built on it and which object

RE: RedoLogs switching

2001-08-24 Thread Yexley Robert D SSgt AFIT/SCA
Check your alert log. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:51 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, How to Know when switching RedoLogs occur? Oracle 8.0.6.2 TRUE 64 5.0 Thank's... javs -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com --

RE: Question on Sequences

2001-08-24 Thread Christopher Spence
I have had this problem before, but it is generally due to some code pulling a difference sequence than it should have. 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

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Christopher Spence
Sell it on ebay or at a show, Just this year alone I had the following equipment changed Dual 700 - Dual 1000 Dual 1000 - Amd 1.4 Amd 1.4 - Dual Amd 1.5 512Mb ram - 1Gb ram Gforce 2 - Gforce 3 18Gb Cheetah + 9gb cheetah - 128Mb writeback cache 100MHz raid with 2x18 Cheetah raid 0 + 2 9gb cheetah

RE: RE: Would you use 9i?

2001-08-24 Thread Christopher Spence
Title: Message Solaris, AIX, or HP-UX. I am bias to Solaris as I am acustom to it, but with the change in direction of Oracle, I am considering HP-UX, and due to the cost and performance benefits of AiX, I am also looking there. So in answer, I really don't know. I would like to say Sun

RE: Would you use 9i?

2001-08-24 Thread Christopher Spence
What I was planing on doing, is using as much flat 8.1.7 features, but take advantage of the 9i way of doing it. For example, 9i is faster in calls to sql from PLSQL, this will not effect my PLSQL code in one bit. The new OPS features, if I need to go to old OPS, won't need to change code. If

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Sinha, Shashank (MED, TCS)
It is insane!! How can you expect someone to NOT upgrade? Just a year back, it was a BIG configuration if you had 32 MB RAM, and 2 Gig drive. Now, they have these 60Gig hard drives, and the newer OS's and application really hog space like they assume you have 20+ drive. And 32 MB RAM? Many apps

RE: RedoLogs switching

2001-08-24 Thread Adams, Matthew (GEA, 088130)
Title: RE: RedoLogs switching You can look in the alert.log file or in the v$log_history table. Matt Adams - GE Appliances - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi. - Larry Wall (creator of Perl)

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Sinha, Shashank (MED, TCS)
And I assure you, you are not alone. People who are likely to go for newer operating systems are the ones who would also keep upgrading their systems' hardware - so Microsoft's policy is going to raise more than eyebrows... As for Windows XP, the look and feel is just awesome - the look has been

RE: RE: Would you use 9i?

2001-08-24 Thread JOE TESTA
i think AIX is still the redheaded, 2nd class stepchild when versions come out. I mean 9i for linux came out before AIX. joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/24/01 12:02PM Solaris, AIX, or HP-UX. I am bias to Solaris as I am acustom to it, but with the change in direction of Oracle, I am

RE: RedoLogs switching

2001-08-24 Thread Paul Baumgartel
Redo log switch information appears in your alert log; you can also monitor v$log and v$logfile. Paul Baumgartel MortgageSight Holdings, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:51 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, How to Know when

RE: RedoLogs switching

2001-08-24 Thread Christian Trassens
Or issue a query on v$log_history Regards. --- Yexley Robert D SSgt AFIT/SCA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check your alert log. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:51 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, How to Know when switching RedoLogs occur?

RE: RE: Would you use 9i?

2001-08-24 Thread Gene Sais
Having worked on all 3: Solaris is the most basic (open), AIX is done the IBM way (unique to IBM), and HPUX is somewhere in the middle. They each leap frog one another. I would go for the best bang for the buck. Nowadays, they are getting desperate :) As for Oracle versions, go for 9i.

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
For the love of God Chris!!! I thought I had a problem, but jeez, you are out of controll!!! Dual 1.5 Athlon Thunerbirds? Wow that must kick some serious a... I am very pleased so far with my new setup, Thunderbird at 1GHZ, 512MB PC133, Gforce2, 20GIG ata100, 20gig ATA66, 12X10X32, 45cdrom.

dyn sql

2001-08-24 Thread Tatireddy, Shrinivas (MED, Keane)
Hi lists can anybody post me this query: I need to generate a dynamic sql that will create a statement to add a constraint of composite primary key . alter table xyz add constriant xyz_comp_pk (col1,col2,col3); when I generated this from dba_cons_columns i am getting the flwng: alter

Re: dyn sql

2001-08-24 Thread JOE TESTA
i'd just got a piece of code from metalstink the other day that will generate the constraints on a table for you into sql code. if you want it let me know and i'll email it to ya(its really too big for the list). joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/24/01 12:31PM Hi listscan anybody post me this

Re: RedoLogs switching

2001-08-24 Thread Gene Gurevich
I think there is a table like v$loghistory that has the information about latest log switches. Not sure about the correct name, but you can search dba_objects for object_name like '%LOG_HIST%' you'll probably find it G --- Jairo Villalobos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, How to Know when

RE: RedoLogs switching

2001-08-24 Thread Orr, Steve
Try this... REM Log switches set lin 132 col 00 format a3 col 01 format a3 col 02 format a3 col 03 format a3 col 04 format a3 col 05 format a3 col 06 format a3 col 07 format a3 col 08 format a3 col 09 format a3 col 10 format a3 col 11 format a3 col 12 format a3 col 13 format a3 col 14 format a3

RE: Would you use 9i?

2001-08-24 Thread Rachel Carmichael
given this, I'd definitely develop in 9i, since fallback to 8.1.7 would require testing but not recoding. good luck and let us know -- I hate living on the bleeding edge :) From: Christopher Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL

RE: RE: Would you use 9i?

2001-08-24 Thread Christopher Spence
Title: Message Well I think part of that is because Oracle knows linux people would be running it far faster than Aix people, most aix boxes are production, where as many people are running linux and more quickly to try it out there. "Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in

RE: Microsoft XP

2001-08-24 Thread Christopher Spence
I have XP from MSDN, but I have yet to attemp to even try it. 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

Standard SQLNET.ORA with multiple O_HOME's

2001-08-24 Thread Stephen Andert
Greetings fellow listers, We arestarting to make the changes to sqlnet.ora files, I discovered that wehave 9 separate files on one particular. Most of the file is identical with the only variance appearing to be in the SQLNET.EXPIRE_TIME value which ranges from 10 to 300. I'm thinking

RE: Log switches

2001-08-24 Thread Stuart Graham
Here is a script that I use, which creates a procedure called logtime. You call it, providing it with a parameter which is the last x log switches you want to know the time of... create or replace procedure logtime(p_logs in number default 20) as v_no_of_logs number :=p_logs;

aix tools

2001-08-24 Thread Ed Lewis
Hi, Can anyone tell me where I can download a copy of "top" to run on aix 4.3.3 ? thanks for your help. ed lewis

Interesting Problem

2001-08-24 Thread Valuthur, Srikanth
Hi all, I am sure someone should be able to help me on this. I am having a user having problem when inserting a data that is from Legacy Systems into oracle. His 'Cent' symbol getting converted to Inverted 'Question Mark'. NOw everthing is 'cent' until it goes into database. Oracle suggested

RE: Would you use 9i?

2001-08-24 Thread Christopher Spence
Considering 1 year of development, I am hoping it wouldn't be bleeding edge at release. 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:

Re: HELP - How can I limit what program users use to connect?

2001-08-24 Thread Jyoti N
Hmm.. While taking away connections from user thru sqlplus would allow application access coz application makes connection using with application user name. Product_user_profile table is useful only to restrict some scope of sqlplus. If u still want to keep sqlplus access looks like u have to

downgrading Linux 7.0 to 6.2

2001-08-24 Thread Ron Rogers
List, Has anyone downgraded from 7.0 Linux to 6.2 linux with Oracle 8.1.7.0.1 installed? Any pit falls that need to be taken care of? Reason being, I started with 6.2 and installed Oracle 8.1.7.0.1 and all was fine. Upgraded the os to 7.0 and all was fine. Tried to add a new option to Oracle

RE: startup time v7

2001-08-24 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
actual date = to_date(junion_date_as_number, 'J'); seconds = actual seconds ... as long as they are less than 86400 HTH Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here

Re: hash join order

2001-08-24 Thread Jonathan Lewis
If you want to see it happen, alter session set events '10104 trace name context forever, level 1'; alter session set events '10046 trace name context forever, level 8'; The first switches on the hash trace. The second dumps wait states. You can watch the hash taking place and see the data

startup time v7

2001-08-24 Thread Adams, Matthew (GEA, 088130)
Title: startup time v7 The v$instance table has the following two entries in Oracle7. STARTUP TIME - Julian 2452043 STARTUP TIME - SECONDS 9476 Doing the obligitory RTFM, I find all it says is that STARTUP TIME - Julian is the startup date and time in Julian format. (Thanks oracle,

Re: Automatic database start in sun solaris

2001-08-24 Thread Richard Ji
Just create one under /etc/init.d and softlink both the S and K script to it. The one under /etc/init.d must accept stop and start as an argument and do startup and shutdown accordingly. You can check out any script under /etc/init.d as a example on how to write one. Richard Ji [EMAIL

How to interpret Alert.Log Trace files...

2001-08-24 Thread Denmark Weatherburne
Hi DBA's I'm currently monitoring the Oracle SIDALRT.LOG and *.TRC files in $ORACLE_HOME/RDBMS80/TRACE on our production Oracle 805 database. I've observed the following files being used by Oracle in that directory: SIDP000.TRC 5MB SIDP001.TRC 5MB SIDP002.TRC 5MB SIDP003.TRC 5MB SIDP004.TRC

Re: startup time v7

2001-08-24 Thread Scott Canaan
The julian date is the year plus the day number of the year. Today (Aug. 24, 2001) is 2001236 or 01236, since today is the 236th day of 2001. "Adams, Matthew (GEA, 088130)" wrote: The v$instance table has the following two entries in Oracle7. STARTUP TIME - Julian 2452043 STARTUP TIME - SECONDS

RE: How to interpret Alert.Log Trace files...

2001-08-24 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
Denmark, I am not an expert but from everything I have read is that when you get ORA-00600 errors you should probably open a TAR with Oracle. It may not be much but why take the chance. I would be interested in that tuning script that you downloaded. Cound you send it to me directly or let me

RE: Would you use 9i?

2001-08-24 Thread Rachel Carmichael
I'd hope not, but you never know with Oracle :) I meant bleeding edge to start developing it now, with 9i so new and raw and barely born From: Christopher Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Would you use

Re: Automatic database start in sun solaris

2001-08-24 Thread Don Granaman
I agree. The general idea is: 1) Set up /var/opt/oracle/oratab 2) Create a script like the one below named, for example, dbora in /etc//init.d 3) Create links to this script from /etc/rc0.d and /etc/rc2.d (e.g. ln -s /etc/init.d/dbora etc/rc0.d/K99dbora) Now you only have to modify

RE: Installing 73 and 816 on one NT server?

2001-08-24 Thread Eric D. Pierce
nobody would be that dumb, would they? :) -- From: Mohan, Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:13:04 -0400 Subject: RE: Installing 73 and 816 on one NT server? [via ORACLE-L Digest -- Volume 2001, Number 236] ... sw raid? -- Please see the

dyn sql(get the constraints script)

2001-08-24 Thread JOE TESTA
for those of you with metalstink, its Doc ID: Note:1016836.6 for those of you who dont(and want it, email me). have a good weekend everyone(for those of you already into the weekend in Australia and NZ, what does the weekend look like, good? joe