RE: Re: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Faroult
Didn't know this one ! Diem non perdidi. But it seems to be the same as select global_name from global_name (on the database on which I have tried, both are suffixed with a .WORLD); for what I remember from my numerous databases cloning, the global name is something which is distinct from the

converting long to lob - the easiest and fastest way ?

2003-09-11 Thread Siddharth Haldankar
Hi Gurus, How do I convert a long datatype to clob datatype. Say Table A No number Col1 long Would like to convert to Table A No number Col1 clob Alter table A modify (col1 clob); Gives an error as inconsistent datatypes. Could you give me an example of this with

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Mark Leith
Where? I can only see 9.2.0.2 on the otn download site.. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: 11 September 2003 01:20To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Re: 9.2.0.4 anyoneYeah, been out

Re: converting long to lob - the easiest and fastest way ?

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
create table newtab select no, to_lob(col1) col1 from table1; it's better to create the table first and then use insert +append, that way you control better which datatypes your columns will have. Tanel. - Original Message - From: Siddharth Haldankar To: Multiple

Re: Optimizing Oracle Performance

2003-09-11 Thread Gudmundur Josepsson
According to a very reliable source the book will be delivered to O'Reilly's warehouses on September 17. Gudmundur Cary, Is your new O'Reilly book Optimizing Oracle Performance out yet?nbsp; Do you have an estimated date? a T d H v A a N n K c S e, Carol A. Pena Men's

RE: Oracle 11i

2003-09-11 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
Heh, notice the phrase next to nothing. I didn't get it free but I got it for about 28 pounds plus postage and handling. Compared to the price of ordering up a standard product that's a fairly reasonable price. Sorry if I wasn't very clear on that point. Regards, Mike -Original

Re: converting long to lob - the easiest and fastest way ?

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
Sorry, I didn't notice in the end of your post, that you don't want to recreate your table. Then try this one: add a new clob type column to your table using alter table add. make an update statement: update tableA set col1=null, newcol=to_lob(col1); use alter table drop column col1

Re: question about migrating to 9i

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! Yes, the problem with own scipts was, that they tended go get old, especially when the same Oracle7 scripts were used for creating 8i databases etc.. Novadays there's lot more to do than just run create, catalog catproc to create a full blown database. Tanel. - Original Message -

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
It's available as a patch from Metalink. Cheers, Mike -Original Message- Sent: 11 September 2003 10:59 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Where? I can only see 9.2.0.2 on the otn download site.. -Original Message- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 September 2003 01:20 To:

Re: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
9.2.0.4 is a patchset - go to Patches section in metalink. Tanel. - Original Message - From: Mark Leith To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:59 PM Subject: RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone Where? I can only see 9.2.0.2 on the

Re: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
Thanks about this tip, I didn't know about this one :) Tanel. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:59 AM How about SELECT ORA_DATABASE_NAME FROM DUAL; HTH GovindanK select

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Mark Leith
Where? I can only see 9.2.0.2 on the otn download site.. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: 11 September 2003 01:20To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Re: 9.2.0.4 anyoneYeah, been out

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Robert, you say yet like you are expecting problems? :) Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 6:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Anyone have any negative experiences with 9.2.0.4 yet? Robert -- Please see

DataBase Sizing Guide

2003-09-11 Thread Munish Bajaj
Hi Gurus, Can anyone suggest me a good book or links for material on how to estimate and size tablespaces and database, before creating the same. I need to plan my database before I actually go down to create it. Thanks to all in advance Best Regards Munish Bajaj

Sqlloader question

2003-09-11 Thread roland . skoldblom
Hallo, Anyone whom could tell me if it is in an sqlloader possible to write for instance this if you dont know the exactly name of file. infile '/d31/datafiler/sema/incoming/konkurrenter.*' If there are going to be files with different extensions fo rinstance the first time a file is going to

RE: converting long to lob - the easiest and fastest way ?

2003-09-11 Thread Siddharth Haldankar
Thanks Tanel, But to_lob does not work in update clause, it only works in select clause, that is the restriction it has. With Warm Regards Siddharth Haldankar Cisco Systems Inc. ODC Zensar Technologies Ltd. # : 4128374 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I hope you were being sarcastic there Mladen... Patrice. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:59 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Nope, that's what voting machines are invented for. They work almost perfectly in almost every state. -- Mladen Gogala

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

2003-09-11 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
Hi, this statement returns the GLOBAL_NAME value rather than the database name. Admittedly the 2 should usually be the same but often (following a database clone for instance) it is not correctly set. Regards, Mike Hately - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Re: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread John Shaw
Just 2 minor ones on the upgrade so far - it had to have the compatible init parameter set - otherwise it tried to default to Ora 8 and I am using LMT's so it complained. Also I had a problem with the listener not being able to connect, so I deleted and recreated a new one - everything

asp page errors, odbc drivers for Oracle

2003-09-11 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I have been struggling with an asp-based IIS web application one server, it is tarting to look like a global asp variable is not being passed down to a local asp variable. Has anyone ever seen this type of thing before? I have had a number of problems with this system, I am starting to wonder

RE: converting long to lob - the easiest and fastest way ?

2003-09-11 Thread Siddharth Haldankar
One more thing my database is 8.1.7, think this alter table modify from long to clob is 9i feature With Warm Regards Siddharth Haldankar Cisco Systems Inc. ODC Zensar Technologies Ltd. # : 4128374 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From:

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

2003-09-11 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I wonder if there is a list somewhere of all the nice things DUAL can say. : ) Patrice. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 8:05 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Thanks about this tip, I didn't know about this one :) Tanel. - Original Message -

RE: Sqlloader question

2003-09-11 Thread Scott Canaan
The way I handled a similar situation was to create a default SQL*Loader file with something recognizable in the place that you want to do the substitution (in your case, the infile filename). Then, I wrote a shell script that created the correct filename and copied the default SQL*Loader file to

Sql loader

2003-09-11 Thread roland . skoldblom
Hallo, Anyone whom could tell me if it is in an sqlloader possible to write for instance this if you dont know the exactly name of file. infile '/d31/datafiler/sema/incoming/konkurrenter.*' If there are going to be files with different extensions fo rinstance the first time a file is going to

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Odland, Brad
Linking issues with installing 9.2.0.4 patch on HP/UX... Had migrated a 8.1.7 database inplace to 9.2.0.2 whcih went fine and went to apply 9.2.0.4 patchset and the relink splattered all over the place. Patch requirments were vauge at best and found a list of required OS patches on HP's tech site

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Goulet, Dick
I believe Mr. Ellison is responding to a lot of market pressure, and failing DB sales. I know it would be a relief here to see this inplace soon, but as always the DEVIL is in the details. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday,

RE: Sql loader

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
1) Write a perl script which will rewrite the control file on the fly. 2) Write a script which will generate a symbolic link for the file du jour. 3) Do PURGE *.txt/KEEP=1 (I couldn't resist, it was the best OS ever). -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: Oracle 9iAS form displays gray box

2003-09-11 Thread John Shaw
Just a guess - but you might need to create / configure a provider for forms - also you might check your display setting in the conf file. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/10/2003 4:49:29 PM Hi NT 2000 Oracle 9.0.2.0.1 Oracle 9ias 9.0.2.0.1 Installed infrastructure and tested

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Jesse, Rich
Actually, I was wondering why Robert would care about 9.2.0.4 since his 10g New Features book (Oracle Press, 0-07-222947-0) is due out this December. Isn't 9i a little passé? :D Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech

Re: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! I wouldn't call it a real negative experience, but: C:\Work\Oraclesqlplus admin/admin SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production on N Sep 11 17:21:59 2003 Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.4.0 -

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
There should be a low level pricing for home users, so that people who download oracle may use metalink. I would pay for home support if it was something like $150/ year for my Linux box. There should also be a low price for small companies wih 16 users. One should be able to buy a 16 users

job number in alert log vs. job number in dba_jobs?

2003-09-11 Thread rgaffuri
when i get a failure and oracle writes to my alert log, the job number does not match to the one in dba_jobs. any way to map these two different numbers? other than figuring it out from the error message and the 'what' in dba_jobs? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
I used to work for a large but non profit organisation (.org) and we were using Oracle, the sales rep never send us Christmas card for sure Stephane -Original Message- Mladen Gogala Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:30 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L There should

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Jesse, Rich
It's probably just someone executing some arbitrary code on your Windohs box. At least according to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-039 pushed out yesterday (Sep 10). Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc,

alert log for physical standby?

2003-09-11 Thread Paul Baumgartel
I've created a physical standby database that seems to be performing properly, but there's no alert log in user_dump_dest, nor anywhere else on the machine. Is there no alert log until/unless the standby undergoes a role transition? TIA = Paul Baumgartel Transcentive, Inc.

What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
I got a mail from a recruiter searching for Senior Oracle Developers. "Minimum of four years hands-on application programming experience using Oracle RDBMS, including two years using Oracle version 8.0 or higher on large databases (20 or more Oracle tables)." I've always wondered, where

Re: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Abey Joseph
That same mentality applies to organizations with 100-200 users! After the latest meeting with the Oracle rep, damagement is seriously considering alternate database systems. Abey. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September

RE: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread Guang Mei
There must be a "G" missing there. It should be "(20G or more Oracle tables)". Guang -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Tanel PoderSent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:49 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: What

RE: alert log for physical standby?

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Faroult
This seems strange to me, because things are written to the alert log file when the instance starts, even when the database is not opened. It should have been background_dump_dest (not user_dump_dest) and sometimes stuff is written to $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/log. If you have looked for the file with

RE: Oracle 9iAS form displays gray box

2003-09-11 Thread Randy Pace
This appears to be standard appearance. The browser is not trying to display anything else. All you have done after you press the OK is close the form. After forms closes it simply keeps the gray box there. -Original Message-From: John Shaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent:

RE: Migrating RMAN catalog database to 9.2.0 and supporting 8.0.6

2003-09-11 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: Migrating RMAN catalog database to 9.2.0 and supporting 8.0.6, 8.1.7, 9.2.0 Before I begin I have an rman catalog currently in 8.1.7 it supports catalogs for databases in 8.0.6 I wish to migrate using database migration assistant to 9.2.0 and keep the older catalogs in-place.

Re: alert log for physical standby?

2003-09-11 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Unless they have radically changed how they handle physical standby databases, you should have an alert log for that database. Have you logged in as sysdba and checked the location of the background_dump_dest in v$parameter? --- Paul Baumgartel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've created a physical

RE: Database Link

2003-09-11 Thread Luis deUrioste
You need to configure your TNSNames in your 9i Box. Luis -Original Message- Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 3:39 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dear List, I have two database one on 8.1.7.4 on sun Solaris 8.2 and another one on oracle 9.0.1(two separate box) I have

Re: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Yechiel Adar
Oracle9.2.0.4 on Windows. I installed it yesterday and upgraded my test database, with OID, and it worked fine. It is available since 15AUG2003. Yechiel Adar Mehish - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 12:24

RE: asp page errors, odbc drivers for Oracle

2003-09-11 Thread Nelson Flores
Do you have any more info?? If it's a variable problem, then try tracing (response.write) the global variable locally, if it shows nothing, then that's the problem (IIS acting childish again!!), if it does then check the connectivity by testing ODBC... I've had no problems with either Microsoft

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Stephen Lee
Initial testing indicates that the bug(s) that caused index create/rebuild online to lock a table and then get permanently stuck in a hung state have been fixed. It looks like 9.2.0.4 does NOT fix the problem of fatal 4031 situations that can only be cleared by restarting the instance. So you

RE: Oracle 9iAS form displays gray box

2003-09-11 Thread Indy Johal
This is because you have the Applet loaded and that grey portion is the applet portion whose height and width is been defined in your dynamic HTML file generated by Forms servlet. This applet is used to talk to the Forms and displays them on the browser and after pressing the OK button, you are

Re: question about migrating to 9i

2003-09-11 Thread M Rafiq
Tanel, Thanks. By the way congrat for becoming an OCM Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 03:19:24 -0800 Hi! Yes, the problem with own scipts was, that they tended go get old, especially when the same

Re: alert log for physical standby?

2003-09-11 Thread M Rafiq
Alternately check in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory for alertSID. log. I observed that people are still using defaults while creating databases Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:24:26 -0800 Unless

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Speaking of non-profit organisations, what is Oracle's policy on that? Do they sell Oracle software to non-profit groups? Probably it's a small market at best, but Personal Oracle might meet their needs. Another group that comes to mind are high schools and colleges, they might want to purchase

Re: Oracle 9iAS form displays gray box

2003-09-11 Thread Matjaz Jordan
It's not trying to load another form. When you click OK, you get gray box. If you look into test.fmb, you'll see exit_form; under button OK John Shaw wrote: Just a guess - but you might need to create / configure a provider for forms - also you might check your display setting in the conf

RE: Migrating RMAN catalog database to 9.2.0 and supporting 8.0.6

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message 9.2.0.3 catalog works with 8.1.7, that I have tested personally. I don't have a clue about 8.0.6. --Mladen GogalaOracle DBA -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003

Re: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread M Rafiq
Tanel, As I am still in the job market looking for any full time assignment, I see all type of requirements like 5+ years 9i experience etc and will see in coming weeks same for 10g( 5+ years experience with Oracle 10g).. What you can do for this when dealing with recruiters who even

Re: (long and boring) converting long to lob - the easiest and fastest way ?

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
Hm, yep, it seems it works only in insert select command (I tried an update with subquery) but didn't succeed).In this case try following: 1) if you got partitioning option and have enough space to store a temporary copy of your table in database, then: SQL create table t (id number,

RE: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread A.Bahar
It is because of some oxes in HR departments -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:05 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Tanel, As I am still in the job market looking for any full time assignment, I see all type of requirements like 5+ years 9i

Re: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
In Estonian language, the word administrator also means receptionist. Guess how many former hotel receptionists or whatever security desk operators I've had to turn down in past when they've looked for DBA job. Oh, yes, some of them had over 20 years administrator experience in large

RE: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread M Rafiq
Excellent..but most difficult part to pass through recruiters these days... Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:29:24 -0800 It is because of some oxes in HR departments -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:05 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Tanel, As I am

RE: alert log for physical standby?--pilot error

2003-09-11 Thread Murali_Pavuloori/Claritas
Can we setup a physical standby on a different OS (Win 2003) than the primary db (Win 2000). Thanks in advance. Murali. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: Murali_Pavuloori/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051

Problem to sync primary and standby databases....

2003-09-11 Thread Jose Luis Delgado
Hi... I'm experiencing a problem with standby databases... This is what I did: 1.- Setup primary database for failover with and standby database ...everything ok. 2.- Setup standby database, setup ALMOST ok... Why almost?, because I put (by mistake): standby_archive_dest = location=path/x

Re: Problem to sync primary and standby databases....

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! standby_archive_dest only applies in managed recovery mode e.g. when you issue recover managed standby database. In regular recovery case logs are searched from log_archive_dests by default. Tanel. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: alert log for physical standby?--pilot error

2003-09-11 Thread Rachel Carmichael
not according to the oracle documentation. A physical standby has to be on the same platform/same operating system (including patches)/same database release logical standby databases do not have to conform to that restriction --- Murali_Pavuloori/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we setup a

RE: Bomb scare at OpenWorld

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
Nothing is known, except that the call came from the area code 425. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnston, Tim Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: Bomb scare at OpenWorld

2003-09-11 Thread Jesse, Rich
So that's what happened. OTN says Due to Thursday's events at Moscone Center, VP Product Strategy Ken Jacobs' keynote has been rescheduled for 11am on Friday., but they didn't say what it the events were. Bummer for OracleWorld folk that have to catch planes, I guess. Rich Rich Jesse

Re: Problem to sync primary and standby databases....

2003-09-11 Thread Jose Luis Delgado
Tanel... thanks for your input... both options are placed... standby_archive_dest for managed recovery (that's the goal) and... log_archive_dest_1 because when Oracle 'looks' for the archive log files... uses this parameter to find them. really, my problem is why my db are not synchronized!

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
Standard life? I thought that you work for Oriole corp.? -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephane Paquette Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:

RE: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
And the database must be muave. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- Guang Mei Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 12:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L There must be a G missing there. It should be (20G or more Oracle tables). Guang -Original

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

2003-09-11 Thread Govindan K
/u005/oracle/product/rdbms/admin ls -l dbmstrig.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 8657 Apr 28 2002 dbmstrig.sql /u005/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/admin sed -n '76,85p' dbmstrig.sql Rem returns the current database name create or replace function database_name return varchar2 is begin return

RE: URGENT REPORTS WONT START

2003-09-11 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: URGENT REPORTS WONT START Getting error: REP-50125: Caught exception: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException One note I found on web said to comment out some tags. Doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
At the time, no policy. Yes we were paying for the software. Small market but a lot of visibility : IATA (International Air Transport Association), ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) those 2 run Oracle, plus all the UN organizations are non profit organizations. Stephane

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
There is at least 2 Stephane : Stephane Faroult (Oriole), Stephane Paquette (Standard Life) Stephane -Original Message- Mladen Gogala Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:50 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Standard life? I thought that you work for Oriole corp.? -- Mladen

8.1.7 on AIX 5.2

2003-09-11 Thread Schauss, Peter
We are getting ready to migrate one of our instances from AIX 4.3.3 to 5.2. Do I need to get different media for this? Thanks, Peter Schauss -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Schauss, Peter INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services--

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

2003-09-11 Thread David Wagoner
Title: RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without You might get some surprising results from SELECT ORA_DATABASE_NAME FROM DUAL; (see below). I have a DEV database cloned from Prod. and it still lists the Prod. DB name with that query. Where is it reading the name from? You can

Re: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Faroult
And possibly more than 20 tables in the hotel's restaurant ... Tanel Poder wrote: In Estonian language, the word administrator also means receptionist. Guess how many former hotel receptionists or whatever security desk operators I've had to turn down in past when they've looked for DBA job.

RE: Documents in or outside the database.

2003-09-11 Thread Pardee, Roy E
And don't forget file permissions issues either--especially if there will ever be a firewall between your db and your users. If the docs are in the db, users won't need OS perms to read/write/delete anything on the filesystem... Roy Pardee Programmer/Analyst/DBA SWFPAC Lockheed Martin IT

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

2003-09-11 Thread Wolfgang Breitling
What is your point? Mike Hately's statement is still correct. It returns the global_name which should be, but not necessarily IS, the same as db_name since it can be set to any arbitrary value. Of course, if you are using replication you better set it to the correct value or it will not work:

Copying statistics : used a lot ????

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
HI, I was wandering if a lot of people are copying statistics using dbms_stats from production to test environment to see what will be the access plan. If not used, why ? no time to look at it, bugged, not usefull ,... ? Stephane Paquette Administrateur de bases de donnees Database

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

2003-09-11 Thread David Wagoner
Title: RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without My point was that you can see different names by using different queries. But, you and Mike brought up a good point- I need to use the alter database rename global_name to XXX after cloning databases to avoid any such confusion.

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

2003-09-11 Thread Govindan K
Good point. Then run the following query: select name from v$database; HTH GovindanK On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:44 , Wolfgang Breitling [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: What is your point? Mike Hately's statement is still correct. It returns the global_name which should be, but not necessarily IS, the

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

2003-09-11 Thread M Rafiq
Just a guess..most possibly it is fetching from v$databaseAfter cloning from production, if you don't change db_name explicitly for dev database , it will show production databse name in v$database Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: DataBase Sizing Guide

2003-09-11 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Munish How close do you need to be on sizing? The most accurate method is to create a test table, load a sample of your data, analyze the table so you get data in user_tables. Then you need to figure out the average number of rows per data block. Then calculate the number of blocks your table

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

2003-09-11 Thread raju pa
Maybe from service_name in init ora file. David Wagoner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might get some surprising results from SELECT ORA_DATABASE_NAME FROM DUAL; (see below). I have a DEV database cloned from Prod. and it still lists the Prod. DB name with that query. Where is it reading the name

RE: asp page errors, odbc drivers for Oracle

2003-09-11 Thread Pardee, Roy E
Have you tried the kb? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;kbhowtosd=MSDNln=EN-USFR=0 this one caught my eye: How to Configure IIS to Connect to Oracle from ASP and ADO http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;193225 HTH, -Roy Roy Pardee

RE: converting long to lob - the easiest and fastest way ?

2003-09-11 Thread Govindan K
Example given below is for the same user. /home/govindank sqlplus user/[EMAIL PROTECTED] SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production (c) Copyright 1999 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.6.3.0 - Production With the Partitioning option

How to tell if XML option is installed in the db?

2003-09-11 Thread Murali_Pavuloori/Claritas
Gurus: How can we find out if XML is installed in DB? I looked @ the v$option and it doesnot say. I have queried the dba_users for XDB user...is this the correct way? Please help. Thanks in advance. Murali. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET:

Re: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
It's sys.props$ if it reflects global dbname. Tanel. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:37 PM Just a guess..most possibly it is fetching from v$databaseAfter cloning from production, if you don't

DRG-50857: oracle error in drixtab.create_index_tables

2003-09-11 Thread Oracle DBA
Hi List, Has anyone ever seen this erro while creating interMediatext index? If so please help me out to resolve the same. TIA create index hibm_taxonomy.taxcategoryvalue_value * ERROR at line 1: ORA-29855: error occurred in the execution of ODCIINDEXCREATE routine ORA-2: interMedia Text

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

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
Title: RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without When the database was cloned from prod, did the global name changed (alter databeas db rename global_name to ...) Maybe ora_database_name takes it from global_name. Stephane Paquette Administrateur de bases de donnees

64 bit Oracle (8.1.7) on a 32 bit AIX kernel (AIX 4.3.3)

2003-09-11 Thread Schauss, Peter
O/S is AIX 4.3.3 /usr/sbin/bootinfo -p returns chrp meaning that the hardware is capable of either 32 or 64 bit operation. /usr/sbin/bootinfo -K returns 32 meaning that the kernel is running in 32 bit mode. When I run sqlplus the server says: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 -

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

2003-09-11 Thread Spears, Brian
how about select from v$database; bs -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 9:40 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, this statement returns the GLOBAL_NAME value rather than the database name. Admittedly the 2 should usually be the same but often (following

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

2003-09-11 Thread Jose Luis Delgado
Can you try: select global_name from global_name;??? compare it with your select ora_database_name from dual Are they the same? HTH JL --- David Wagoner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might get some surprising results from SELECT ORA_DATABASE_NAME FROM DUAL; (see below). I have a DEV

RE: Copying statistics : used a lot ????

2003-09-11 Thread Jesse, Rich
I don't use it a lot, since our test systems are currently complete copies of our li'l ol' 30GB production DB. But it's nice to have for things like the 9i RAC test, where we can't have a complete copy of the data (although I've yet to try it on there). And it has worked well so far from 8.1.7.4

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Nelson Flores
At my university we were given Oracle licences .. as well as substantial gifts from Sun (Servers, workstations etc)... that way we finished University with good working knowledge of Solaris and Oracle on Solaris... Which is of course in their best interest... :S -Mensaje original- De:

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

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
How about: SELECT 'RUMPELSTILSKIN' FROM DUAL; That should be a good guess. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose Luis Delgado Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:38 PM To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: Copying statistics : used a lot ????

2003-09-11 Thread Grabowy, Chris
By chance, do you have Tom Kyte's latest book? Effective Oracle by Design?? He states his opinion on this approach on page 30, section entitled Test Against Representative Data. -Original Message- Stephane Paquette Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:38 PM To: Multiple recipients

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Stephen Lee
Oh yeah, I forgot to say that in 9.2.0.3 the shared pool was broken up into heaps (Oracle terminology) but whatever fancy stuff they were trying to accomplish by doing this (I think part of the magical self-tuning initiative) was buggy and this hastened the fatal 4031 situation. There is a

quick rman question

2003-09-11 Thread Gene Gurevich
Hi does a command change backuppiece ... delete delete the info about a backup piece from a rman catalog only or does it also delete the backup piece itself from the tape? thanks gene __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design

Re: Copying statistics : used a lot ????

2003-09-11 Thread Wolfgang Breitling
I use it a lot. I create mock databases where I just load the schema (from export rows=no) and then copy the statistics on top. That lets me do what-if scenarios, changing sql, init parameters, statistics, or even the Oracle version, without impacting anyone. When I find something that looks

Re: Copying statistics : used a lot ????

2003-09-11 Thread Stephen Andert
Stephane, No time to look at it enough to do it. Also, not a lot of time is spent tuning our test/dev environments. But I'd like to do it. Stephen [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/11/03 01:37PM HI, I was wandering if a lot of people are copying statistics using dbms_stats from production to test

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

2003-09-11 Thread Jose Luis Delgado
Funny. --- Mladen Gogala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about: SELECT 'RUMPELSTILSKIN' FROM DUAL; That should be a good guess. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose Luis Delgado Sent:

db_file_multiblock_read_count

2003-09-11 Thread bulbultyagi
Hello list, seeking your personal opinions and experiences about db_file_multiblock_read_count. What do you all set your db_block_size and db_file_multiblock_read_count to? How did you all come to decide that those values would suit your systems ? Any windoze user here who can tell me how can

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