RE: sql loader log file problem

2003-09-10 Thread manoj . gurnani
Title: Message But wc -l OBCONT.LOAD.030909 gives 9488 . how will I find the value 8842 from the file. Thanks Manoj -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanel PoderSent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:19 AMTo: [EMAIL

Re: ORA-01403 error, help!!!

2003-09-10 Thread Tim Gorman
Unless the stored procedure was created with invoker's rights, then it is probably executing using the permissions and schema of the account that owns it. Who is the owner of the stored procedure? Is it different from who you are logged into SQL*Plus as? The explanation might be that, through

Re: Database Link

2003-09-10 Thread Yechiel Adar
Hello Jared What is the oerr utility? I just finished searching my disk for *oerr* and no exe or com file found. Oracle 9.2.0.4 on windows. Yechiel Adar Mehish - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 5:54 PM

Re: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Yechiel Adar
We also has site licensing. It was done 3-4 years ago. Maybe Oracle changed tactics since then. Yechiel Adar Mehish - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 1:49 PM Oracle does site licensing... but only if you are

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
Tanel, the 11.5.9 docs ask you to get in touch if you're interested in a DVD release. It doesn't sound like it's actually available but they must be gauging interest for future releases. Cheers, Mike -Original Message- Sent: 10 September 2003 02:50 To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
Nancy, look in the Oracle Store. You can buy it for next to nothing. Click the CD Packs tab, choose the platform you want, select 11i Release 9. Cheers, Mike Hately -Original Message- Sent: 10 September 2003 02:24 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I would like to evaluate Oracle

Re: Database Link

2003-09-10 Thread Prem Khanna J
Yechil,came across the info' below in metalink. --- there is nothing equivalent to 'oerr' available on Windows NT. The oerr utility used on Unix to get Cause/Action lines, is a shell script which

Re: How to send an email from unix command line?

2003-09-10 Thread Pete Finnigan
Mladen, A security risk would be if you had remote access to an Oracle user and create library, you could create a procedure that calls the system function then execute your code from a remote SQL call!! - of course you would need a huge mail box!! cheers Pete In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],

Re: overloading and = comparisons in SQL

2003-09-10 Thread Pete Finnigan
Hi Patrice, I would describe it as casting not overloading. If a varchar2 column contains a string representation of a number and its compared to a number in a where clause then it will work. kind regards Pete -- Pete Finnigan email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.petefinnigan.com -

RE: Database Link

2003-09-10 Thread Mark Leith
Yechiel, oerr isn't installed on Windows machines - only on UNIX installs.. oerr is basically a shell script that reads the oraus.msg file under a UNIX install (and some others too I think). Windows has a binary file under %ORACLE_HOME%\RDBMS\mesg\oraus.msb, which if you open it has the

Weird behavior with VARCHAR fields (was: ORA-01403 error, help!!!)

2003-09-10 Thread Fermin Bernaus
Thank you all of you who answered to my first question. No, the problem has nothing to do with permissions. The record existed in the table, but here it is what I discovered. Can anyone explain please? It may be the normal Oracle behavior, but I believe it was not working like

RE: RE: Database Link

2003-09-10 Thread Stephane Faroult
I have written in the past a small C program which does the same as oerr only faster, especially for 'high' error numbers (using binary searches on the files); it is written for Unix but can easily be adapted to Windows - for those who don't have perl installed ...

OT - how/where to buy oracle test voucher ?

2003-09-10 Thread Prem Khanna J
Hi everybody, Where/how can i buy a voucher for oracle exam ? I noticed two payment methods while filling up a Prometric registration form for Exam #1Z0-031. One of them was voucher. how and where do i get it ? how much is it ? ...anyone in this list from Japan ? Regards, Jp. -- Please

what is a materilized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Veeraraju_Mareddi
Dear Freinds, what is a materilized view ? what is the use of it and how to create it. Any docs or notes or white papers will be helpful. TIA, Rajuveera ** This email (including any attachments) is intended for the sole

Replication in Oracle RDBMS

2003-09-10 Thread Veeraraju_Mareddi
Dear Friends, Can somebody send me / direct me to startup documents for ORacle Replication. TIA, Rajuveera ** This email (including any attachments) is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient/s and may contain

RE: what is a materialized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Ofer Harel
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/A87860_01/doc/server.817/a76994/mv.h tm#721 Ofer -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 1:04 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dear Freinds, what is a materilized view ? what is the use of it and how to create it.

RE: what is a materilized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Mark Leith
http://www.google.com/search?hl=enlr=ie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8q=materialized+view spell=1 http://oracle.oreilly.com/news/oracle8_0600.html http://technet.oracle.com/products/oracle9i/daily/jul05.html A materialized view is like a view in that it represents data that is contained in other database tables

RE: Replication in Oracle RDBMS

2003-09-10 Thread Fermin Bernaus
For replication docs, go to: http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/A91202_01/901_doc/server.901/a87499/toc.htm Fermin. -Mensaje original- De: Veeraraju_Mareddi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: miércoles, 10 de septiembre de 2003 13:09 Para: Multiple recipients

Re: what is a materilized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Mladen Gogala
That would be a question for Madonna, not for this list. Read The Fine Manual. On 2003.09.10 07:04, Veeraraju_Mareddi wrote: Dear Freinds, what is a materilized view ? what is the use of it and how to create it. Any docs or notes or white papers will be helpful. TIA, Rajuveera

Re: Does the 9iR2 Installer delete patch files?

2003-09-10 Thread Yechiel Adar
Hello Jesse I do not know if this apply also to Linux but: I am installing now 9.2.0.4 on windows and I saw that you need to install the new installer first on all the nodes of the RAC first. Then you can install the patch. Yechiel Adar Mehish - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients

RE: overloading and = comparisons in SQL

2003-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
There is a seminar by Oracle re. these, search for Oracle Internals. I highly recommend it along with the other ones in that series!!! Patrice. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 7:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L where can i find a list of sqltrace

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
When negotiating site licensing, does Oracle encourage the customers to buy EE licences? Or can people negotiate for a mix of EE or SE. Just curious, I don't know how that would work -- not very compatible with OracleStore, it seems to me. Patrice. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday,

Re: RE: overloading and = comparisons in SQL

2003-09-10 Thread rgaffuri
how many of those trace events have people written papers on? other than hotsos, where can i find some articles on them? From: Boivin, Patrice J [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/10 Wed AM 08:12:23 EDT To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: overloading and =

Re: OT - how/where to buy oracle test voucher ?

2003-09-10 Thread rgaffuri
www.oracle.com do a search for certification. select a track. you can get to a prometric site throught there. put down OTN20 in the voucher to save $25. the forms 9i one is in beta and is only $40 now. however, its a pain. 165 questions... and boring. From: Prem Khanna J [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Oracle Express help

2003-09-10 Thread Shibu MB
Hi all, Can anyone give me info about oracle express list ? Is there any oracle express gurus here ?? I need some help for oracle express. Thanks Shibu DISCLAIMER: This message (including attachment if any) is confidential and may be privileged. Before opening attachments

RE: what is a materilized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Wolfe Stephen S GS-11 6 MDSS/SGSI
ROFLMAO ... What a kidder ... v/r Stephen S. Wolfe, GS-11, DAFC Data Services Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] (813) 827-9974 DSN 651-9974 -Original Message- From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:59 AM To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Someone on this list ordered me a CD Kit of the 10i Applications Suite, it's 52 CDs. You may be able to order one from the OracleStore. Two years ago I couldn't do that from the oracle.com site because they only accepted U.S. States and Zip Codes... I called a 1-800 number they had suggested for

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Just wondering... How many UNIX servers can read DVDs? Patrice. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 6:19 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Tanel, the 11.5.9 docs ask you to get in touch if you're interested in a DVD release. It doesn't sound like it's

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
I think they're available on most hardware platforms now. I don't know how many sites would back-order parts to replace CD drives but it's probably worth specifying them for new kit. I'd be interested in DVDs even if it's just for piloting new releases on Linux at home. For the record I think

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread April Wells
Title: RE: Oracle 11i ours has a dvd drive April Wells Oracle DBA/Oracle Apps DBA Corporate Systems Amarillo Texas /\ / \ / \ \ / \/ \ \ \ \ Few people really enjoy the simple pleasure of flying a kite Adam Wells age 11 -Original Message- From: Boivin, Patrice J

RE: what is a materilized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Mladen Gogala
I have a problem with unwillingness to invest effort and do some very basic research from the readily available literature. Oracle has a manual called Database Concepts which is accessible on approximately 87 billion places on the internet, for free, of course. Previous incarnations of this list

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Patrice Which license do you think provides the Oracle sales representative the largest commission? Money is considered an acceptable motivation for a sales rep. The key word in your statement is negotiating. Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Antw: Weird behavior with VARCHAR fields (was: ORA-01403

2003-09-10 Thread Guido Konsolke
Hi Fermin, given that I understand you correctly: pl/sql DOES exactly what you want: it returns 0 rows. That results in a exception called NO_DATA_FOUND and is assigned to the ORA-01403 error. To get a result '0' you have to query the table using 'Count'. Greetings, Guido [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread rgaffuri
is SE alot more affordable than EE? CAn you un-bundle Oracle software and just buy the pieces you want to use or do you always have to buy the whole bundle? what about 9iAS? do you have to buy the whole bundle or can you just get pieces? From: Hitchman, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Hitchman, Peter
Hi, I looked into SE but found that Oracle would not allow it to be used on a machine that has 4 or more CPUs or can support that many CPUs, which for this company is a problem because we generally run Oracle on Sun servers. Don't know if that has changed now with later Oracle releases. Regards

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Ryan Yes, MUCH more affordable, assuming you can live with the limitations. Check Oracle Store for current prices. I understand the 4-CPU limit still remains. There aren't too many unbundling options. Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

RE: what is a materilized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Stefick Ronald S Contr ESC/HRIDD
Title: RE: what is a materilized view ? Mladen, I completely agree with you on everything you said here except for the pre-requisite experience-wise. I think this list is good for people at any experience level (including newbies). The issue is when the newbies decide to ask very basic

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Mladen Gogala
For 9iAS, you have to get the whole bundle. It doesn't include Excedrin, so desperately needed by anybody unfortunate enough to have to deal with 9iAS. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Mladen Gogala
Linux can, and SUN can. I know that HP (HP-UX 11.0) can as well. I'm not sure about the IBM, but I suppose that they can do that too. You can get a DVD read-only drive for $50 at CompUSA. Software can be found at http://www.linuxvideo.org. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread rgaffuri
how restrictive are db2 and sql server on bundling licenses? and CPU limitations? From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/10 Wed AM 10:29:25 EDT To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door Ryan Yes, MUCH more

RE: what is a materilized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message I stand corrected, you are right. --Mladen GogalaOracle DBA -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stefick Ronald S Contr ESC/HRIDDSent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:35 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list

RE: making me crazy

2003-09-10 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: making me crazy Dealing with 2 Oracle Homes - one if which I need to run the listener from and one in which I need to use the tnsnames.ora definitions from and no I can't just copy the tnsnames.ora to the 1st Oracle Home. Even when I set the oracle home from which to run lsnrctl it

Re: Weird behavior with VARCHAR fields (was: ORA-01403 error,

2003-09-10 Thread Tim Gorman
Fermin, You are running into the well documented behavior of the CHAR datatype. Use VARCHAR2 instead if you wish to avoid those pitfalls. Hope this helps... -Tim on 9/10/03 3:29 AM, Fermin Bernaus at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you all of you who answered to my first question. No,

Re: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Tim Gorman
Both 11.5.8 and 11.5.9 are 22 CDs, totalling about 12Gb. If you start with 11.5.8 or below, you'd also want to download the 11.5.9 patch anyway, which is a further 2.5Gb or so... on 9/10/03 2:19 AM, Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tanel, the 11.5.9 docs ask you to get in

Oracle, Perl, and our List members

2003-09-10 Thread Ron Rogers
List, A nice tidbit into the contents of the book. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PERL MEETS ORACLE | Andy Duncan Jared Still Perl is a very powerful tool for Oracle database administrators, but too few DBAs realize how helpful Perl can be in managing,

RE: making me crazy

2003-09-10 Thread Jack van Zanen
Maybe copying isn't an option, but if on NIX how about putting a symbolic link in or tnsnames in the /etc (checked before $ORACLE_HOME/network) directory and not set TNS_ADMIN Jack -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 4:45 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Re: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Tanel Poder
About half of those disks are needed for standard 11i install, other stuff is various additional Oracle software which you might want to use (and pay the licenses for).. Tanel. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10,

RE: what is a materilized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Henry Poras
The opposite of an immaterial view :) Henry -Original Message- Veeraraju_Mareddi Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:04 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dear Freinds, what is a materilized view ? what is the use of it and how to create it. Any docs or notes or white

RE: HTML Report Question

2003-09-10 Thread Orr, Steve
Hmmm... Try making this the first line followed by a blank line: Content-Type: text/html Just guessing... -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 7:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi DBAs! I am trying to generate an HTML report, and send it through the

RE: Does the 9iR2 Installer delete patch files?

2003-09-10 Thread Jesse, Rich
Thanks for the suggestion. And perhaps it explains what I'm seeing. I tried the 9.2.0.4 installer many times between two installs. Each time the 2.2.0.18 (new) installer crashed and there was no help on MetaLink nor Goo5le (Happy 5yrs!). Out of desperation I tried the 9.2.0.1 installer and it

RE: Oracle, Perl, and our List members

2003-09-10 Thread Mladen Gogala
Perl? Isn't that Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister? Why would anyone want use perl besides the fact that it's very portable, it's fast, it's practical, it has bindings for ton of software and is very, very well documented indeed? The problem with perl is that it's free and management

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Jesse, Rich
Doesn't this go back to the Application DBA vs. Production DBA discussion? I've talked with folks that employ a Patch DBA -- all they do is manage 11i patches. Fun! Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex,

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
Ha! Tell me about it. I'm at the tail end of an upgrade. Just applying the unified driver to bring all of the products bang up to date. Just when you think you're on the home straight. A driver file with 920,000 lines that starts 71,000 scripts. It's enough to start me drinking! Mike

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread April Wells
Title: RE: Oracle 11i Anything break badly? We are going to be starting in about a month down the 11.5.8 - 11.5.9 road. April Wells Oracle DBA/Oracle Apps DBA Corporate Systems Amarillo Texas /\ / \ / \ \ / \/ \ \ \ \ Few people really enjoy the simple pleasure of flying a kite Adam

RE: question about migrating to 9i

2003-09-10 Thread Jesse, Rich
I was told by one Oracle instructor that new features of 9i, including Oracle Managed Files, could allow you to create a viable production database by simply typing CREATE DATABASE -- once the init.ora (SPFILE?) was created and the hardware layed out properly. Perhaps not something many will use,

AW: making me crazy

2003-09-10 Thread Kulev, Milen
Title: RE: making me crazy Hi Paula ! You have 2 options : 1) provide symlink to your "listener.ora" file. 2) In case you start the listener process via sth like thata "BASH_PROMPT lsnrctl start " you can "fake" the shell with the command " TNS_ADMIN=/tmp lsnrctl start" ( no export of

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Jeffrey Beckstrom
We went from 11.5.6 to 11.5.9. As part of upgrade we implemented autoconfig. Initiallly could not print. Then put on a patch for grants and now can print - patch was titled fixes for non-standard schemas. Still can not access report server. Don't know if due to autoconfig or 11.5.9 since

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread April Wells
We are having issues with reports server, too... I think it is Autoconfig. Did YOU notice that you got a whole NEW set of services (are you on Win?) when you went auto config... FEATURE!! Some of the new ones work sometimes, sometimes only the old ones will. April Wells Oracle DBA/Oracle

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread April Wells
Title: RE: Oracle 11i NO... it is only 1.8 gig zip file... haven't had the courage to unzip it yet... 11.5.8 unzipped to nearly 8 gig. and that doesn't address the pre-req patches to lay down the new tablespaces for the new users created in the upgrade. =) April Wells Oracle DBA/Oracle Apps

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Anna Li
Thanks, Mike. It still asks me to provide billing info when I tried to order the CD Packs. How did you get it for free? Nancy From: Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Oracle 11i Date:

Re: question about migrating to 9i

2003-09-10 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! Actually you can issue just create database with non-OMF configuration in 9i as well. The command creates files like log1orcl.ora, log2orcl.ora, dbsorcl.ora, und1orcl.ora under $OH/dbs (or $OH/database as I tested on windows with 9.2.0.4). Tanel. - Original Message - To: Multiple

Oracle 9i and DB2 8.1 comparison article

2003-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/3075071 Patrice. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Boivin, Patrice J INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California--

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Database Database Administrator. (Database DBA) : ) Patrice. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 12:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Doesn't this go back to the Application DBA vs. Production DBA discussion? I've talked with folks that employ a Patch

RE: Does the 9iR2 Installer delete patch files?

2003-09-10 Thread Jared Still
FYI: You run the risk of corrupting your oracle inventory files by using that installer. Jared On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 08:04, Jesse, Rich wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. And perhaps it explains what I'm seeing. I tried the 9.2.0.4 installer many times between two installs. Each time the

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
April, Nothing disastrous has happened actually (touch wood!) which was a surprise. We're going from 11.0.3 so I've seen things that no man should ever have to see. =) Mostly small data fixes specific to us. I'll let you know if we get a fix to this current problem. Feel free to get in touch

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
The following may be pertinent to the current discussion of Oracle pricing models. Ellison sees new software pricing model Posted September 10, 5:07 a.m. Pacific Time SAN FRANCISCO -- The model of pricing enterprise software on a per-processor basis should be replaced with a flat annual fee that

RE: HTML Report Question

2003-09-10 Thread Mladen Gogala
How about using the extension .HTM? OE is a vewy, vewy screwy program and makes decisions purely on extensions. You could even make it open an executable extension which would send all of your friends message like I love you, which would replicate itself when opened. All it takes is a preview of a

RE: making me crazy

2003-09-10 Thread Hand, Michael T
Title: RE: making me crazy Paula, Would putting both listeners in one listener.ora file help. You would, of course have to change one or bothto a non-default name. Mike -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003

RE: Weird behavior with VARCHAR fields (was: ORA-01403 error,

2003-09-10 Thread Fermin Bernaus
Yet I do not understand why it returns a row in SQLPlus and it does not in a stored procedure... The problem is now fixed, but I'd like to know the reason it won't work leaving it as it was. It also fails if I put a string instead of a variable in the stored procedure. Thanks!

RE: making me crazy

2003-09-10 Thread Jared Still
The curious among us would like to know what kind of situation prevents you from correcting the listener.ora in the ORACLE_HOME that is running the listener. On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 07:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dealing with 2 Oracle Homes - one if which I need to run the listener from and one

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread April Wells
Title: RE: Oracle 11i It actually just doesn't speak well of the sanity of those involved in maintaining the beast. And this is coming from the Corporate Systems chief beast keeper... April Wells Oracle DBA/Oracle Apps DBA Corporate Systems Amarillo Texas /\ / \ / \ \ / \/ \ \ \ \ Few

Weblogic versus Oracle 9ias

2003-09-10 Thread Paulo Gomes
Hi list My companie is trying to demonstrate the virtuews of 9ias compared with BEA. Can any one help me here? Regards PG

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Jeffrey Beckstrom
Has Oracle made any progress on the problem. We have duty managered the TAR with no solution to date. Last update is that Oracle wants an ODC session. We are W2K on two tier. What services are giving you a problem? Jeffrey BeckstromDatabase AdministratorGreater Cleveland Regional Transit

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread April Wells
sometimes listener... but sometimes not (when new works old doesn't but if new doesn't start... old will) sometimes apache... but sometimes not (when new works old doesn't but if new doesn't start... old will) sometimes CM... but sometimes not... (when new works old doesn't but if new

Re: imp with pipe and dd cmds

2003-09-10 Thread Jared Still
Ah, so it was to tape. How many people still use dd to go to tape? Jared On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 19:49, Tanel Poder wrote: Are you sure that your exportfile is intact, that it was saved fully and correctly to tape and it is read fully and correctly from tape. And it is passed fully and

RE: Weird behavior with VARCHAR fields (was: ORA-01403 error,

2003-09-10 Thread Wolfgang Breitling
SQL and PL/SQL are not the same until Oracle 9. There are distinct differences between the two in earlier releases. I don't have an 8.0.3 version of Oracle but the following is the result from 8.1.7: SQL create table wb (c1 char(8)); Table created. SQL insert into wb values('abcd'); 1 row

Missing a datafile

2003-09-10 Thread GL2Z/ INF DBA BENLATRECHE
Hi List Due to a corrupted controlfile, I create a new controlfile with the CREATE CONTROLFILE statement. Unfortunately I missed one datafile. Is there any solution to for this case. We are running under 8.1.7 release. Thank You. Best Regards Kamel Benlatreche. -- Please see the official

Problem with mutating trigger

2003-09-10 Thread Gary Jackson
Hello, I have a moderate size 8.0.4 database that has been running perfectly for years. I took an export of the structure only of this database and imported it onto another server also running 8.0.4. I then inserted only a few rows into key tables. This is now serving as a testing database

Re: Antw: Weird behavior with VARCHAR fields (was: ORA-01403

2003-09-10 Thread Chaim . Katz
Fermin, The pl/sql manual has an appendix on char versus varchar2 semantics. I guess SQL*Plus isn't as restrictive(?) and I gues the behaviour might have changed since 7.3. I wonder why baan uses char datatypes chaim Guido Konsolke [EMAIL PROTECTED] @fatcity.com on 09/10/2003 10:14:24 AM

RE: what is a materilized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Orr, Steve
Philosophically speaking, when the scales fall from the eyes of an idealist and he/she becomes a rationalist, they've adopted a materialized view. ;-) But maybe it only exists if you believe it exists. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 5:04 AM To: Multiple

Re: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Tanel Poder
Title: RE: Oracle 11i Don't forget the installation and patch sizes vary dramatically between platforms... (11.5.7 standard installation for Linux is 24 disks for example (I counted oraAux in)). Tanel. - Original Message - From: April Wells To: Multiple recipients of

Re: Weird behavior with VARCHAR fields (was: ORA-01403 error,

2003-09-10 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! One more interesting issue with CHAR datatype is, that it is not *always* padded with spaces as sometimes understood. When the CHAR field is NULL, then no spaces are saved into row. But as soon as you update even one single char into it, the full CHAR length is used for this field in a row.

Re: Missing a datafile

2003-09-10 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! Yes, if you know where your file is. Use alter database create datafile as syntax as seen below: SQL alter database backup controlfile to trace; Database altered. SQL alter tablespace users add datafile 'C:\Oracle\Oradata\ORCL\USERS02.DBF' size 1m autoextend off; Tablespace altered. SQL

RE: Missing a datafile

2003-09-10 Thread Rodrigues, Bryan
Kamel, What do you have for backups on the schema(s) that use the tablespace with the missed datafile? Bryan Rodrigues DBA Elcom, Inc. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 12:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi List Due to a corrupted controlfile, I

array question ???

2003-09-10 Thread Andrea Oracle
Hi all, How to work with Array in PL/SQL. I have an input string like 12,34,56,.. I need to get the values out and assign them to an array, and loop through the array to call a function. Do you have sample code for 1) value assignment to array and 2) loop through array. And it's all in

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Goulet, Dick
Dennis, Do you have the source of this report??? Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 12:10 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L The following may be pertinent to the current discussion of Oracle

RE: Missing a datafile

2003-09-10 Thread GL2Z/ INF DBA BENLATRECHE
I don't know which schema is using the tablepace, but I have a yesterday's Export file. Regards -Message d'origine- De : Rodrigues, Bryan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : mercredi 10 septembre 2003 17:24 À : Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Objet : RE: Missing a datafile

Re: Oracle 11i

2003-09-10 Thread Tanel Poder
Title: RE: Oracle 11i Heh-heh, imagine you're migrating from 10.7, where you have additionalfew tens of thousandsAutoUpgrade scripts as well... Btw, I have sometimes used the unsupported _wait_for_sync=false parameter to speed up commitswhen doingupgrades or extensive patching. You've

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Dick - Sorry, Infoworld, I didn't realize the link would get stripped off. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=443575:1F31A10 Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 12:39 PM To: Multiple recipients

Re: Documents in or outside the database.

2003-09-10 Thread Daniel Fink
You also need to consider replication issues. If you will have another site that needs to store the documents, you will need to include that in the decision. For example, if you store them inside, Oracle can handle the propogation of the documents to the alternate site. If you store them outside,

Re: array question ???

2003-09-10 Thread rgaffuri
otn.oracle.com go to documents. look pl/sql table. its a dynamic array. asktom.oracle.com will have examples. From: Andrea Oracle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/10 Wed PM 01:34:25 EDT To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: array question ??? Hi all, How

RE: what is a materilized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Igor Neyman
Having fun, while Jared isn't watching? Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Orr, Steve Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:15 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Philosophically speaking, when the scales fall from the eyes of an idealist and he/she

RE: what is a materialized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
Consider this : Research is the best way to discover and to remember information. The acquisition of information increases a DBA's skill. Skilled DBAs should (?!!) always be in demand. Therefore, by encouraging people to read manuals you're helping to make me unemployed. Just something to

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Stephane Paquette
Here it is : http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/10/HNellisonpricing_1.html Stephane -Original Message- Goulet, Dick Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 1:39 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dennis, Do you have the source of this report??? Dick Goulet Senior

RE: Does the 9iR2 Installer delete patch files?

2003-09-10 Thread Jesse, Rich
Yay! Five years ago, everybody *knew* that Oracle was the center of the universe. Two years ago, everyone *knew* OiD was the best thing since sliced bread and fifteen minutes ago, you *knew* that OUI could do no wrong. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow. (with apologies to Barry Sonnenfeld)

RE: what is a materialized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread April Wells
Title: RE: what is a materialized view ? I have our print room print them double sided and glued binding. It's just so hard to highlight and mark up a PDF April Wells Oracle DBA/Oracle Apps DBA Corporate Systems Amarillo Texas /\ / \ / \ \ / \/ \ \ \ \ Few people really enjoy the

how can I see which database I am logged into without v$instance and v$database

2003-09-10 Thread Olga Gurevich
hi. I think there was a dbms package to get some of the environment variables for a session, but I can't remember anyhting specific. If someone know what I'm talking about and has any details, please Email me or post here thanks Gene __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Something like that at the bottom of this article: http://www.computerworld.com/news/2003/story/0,11280,84773,00.html Patrice. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:39 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dennis, Do you have the source of this

RE: what is a materialized view ?

2003-09-10 Thread Vergara, Michael (TEM)
Re: PS Personally I think that the discontinuation of paper manuals was a disaster. I used to take concepts manuals when I went in the bath. A great place to learn. No kids, no TV. Absolutely! I still have several of my old v6 and v7 manuals just because of the little schnibbles of

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without v$insta

2003-09-10 Thread Gorbounov,Vadim
Olga, Does select * from global_name ; do the trick? -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:50 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L v$instance and v$database hi. I think there was a dbms package to get some of the environment variables for a session, but I

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