RE: Tuning Answer (Short)

2003-09-19 Thread New DBA
Following Stephane's advice, I rewrote the query to use underlying tables rather than the view. The execution plan looks much better and the elapsed time came down appreciably. My Question is , Since I was simply selecting from the view, eliminating a lot of columns and adding a few more

Re: sort area size?

2003-09-19 Thread Tanel Poder
http://www.ixora.com.au/q+a/0011/21013327.htm http://www.ixora.com.au/newsletter/2000_11.htm#sort_area Tanel. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 6:34 AM Saw your post on o racle.server. I didnt see the

Re: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! You can have spread your datafiles in 1, 2, 3,4 ..100 different directories or mount points, but the performance remain the same for all of them as long as all the mount points are striped on the same disks. If you think of mount points as different sets of disks, e.g. when adding a new

RE: IBM AIX 32-Bit

2003-09-19 Thread Shiva Subramaniam
Title: IBM AIX 32-Bit Yes it can be done - 64 bit oracle can be run in 32 bit os mode. Regards Shiva Subramaniam -Original Message- From: Daiminger, Helmut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:30 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: dbms_job issue.

2003-09-19 Thread Hatzistavrou John
Have you checked number of queues lately? Kind Regards, Hatzistavrou Yannis Database Administrator SchlumbergerSema Phone ext. 478 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003

RE: IBM AIX 32-Bit

2003-09-19 Thread Munish Bajaj
Title: IBM AIX 32-Bit Hi, Sorry for intruding, But just curious that how can a 64 bitapplication run on a 32 bit OS. I always thought that it was never possible. Can u please explain how is this possible Regards Munish -Original Message-From: Shiva Subramaniam

AW: IBM AIX 32-Bit

2003-09-19 Thread Stefan Jahnke
Title: IBM AIX 32-Bit Blind guess: I guess youneed to allocate 2 words in order to fit in a 64 bit word. Sounds easy ;). Stefan -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-Von: Munish Bajaj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Gesendet: Freitag, 19. September 2003 13:05An: Multiple recipients of list

wrapping packages

2003-09-19 Thread A.Bahar
Title: IBM AIX 32-Bit how can I wrap package bodies in oracle8i

Re: wrapping packages

2003-09-19 Thread Tanel Poder
Title: IBM AIX 32-Bit Look at wrap command (under oracle_home) Tanel. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 3:37 PM Subject: wrapping packages how can I wrap package

Antw: wrapping packages

2003-09-19 Thread Guido Konsolke
Even on a Windows client: the thing is called WRAPxx.exe (version dependent). [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19.09.2003 14.37 Uhr how can I wrap package bodies in oracle8i -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Guido Konsolke INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network

RE: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Goulet, Dick
Ryan, You can have separate mount points from your server's perspective, but once you get into the NetApp it's just a pool of disk drives that are allocated as necessary by their WAFL (Write Anywhere File Layout) system. Therefore in reality you get zero benefit. Dick Goulet Senior

RE: sizing sort_area_size

2003-09-19 Thread Mladen Gogala
The following query will give you an idea how to tune sort area size: 1 select n.name,s.value 2 from v$statname n,v$sesstat s 3 where n.statistic#=s.statistic# 4and n.name like '%sort%' 5and s.sid in (select sid from v$session 6* where

AW: Effective Oracle By Design - Sample chapters

2003-09-19 Thread Stefan Jahnke
Hi Absolutely great. Interesting details about LMTs and extent allocation for example. I loved his other books, too. Stefan -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Tanel Poder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Freitag, 19. September 2003 00:15 An: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Package Body created with compilation errors-

2003-09-19 Thread Oracle DBA
Hi List, Could you please help to see the errors in the package compilation? Please see below SQL @xyz_pkg.sql DOCCREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE XYZ_PKG DOCAS DOC-- DOCPROCEDURE UPDATE_TEST(COL1 IN DROP_ME.C1%TYPE); DOCEND XYZ_PKG; DOC DOC*/ Warning: Package Body created with compilation errors.

RE: Package Body created with compilation errors-

2003-09-19 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: Package Body created with compilation errors- the code you provided and the oracle error message do not rhyme ... you are showing us the wrong code. Raj -Original Message- From: Oracle DBA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 10:35 AM To:

RE: Package Body created with compilation errors-

2003-09-19 Thread Virk, Istifad
Try compiling without the quotes around the package name: CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE XYZ_PKG -Original Message- Sent: 19 September 2003 15:35 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi List, Could you please help to see the errors in the package compilation? Please see below SQL

Re: Package Body created with compilation errors-

2003-09-19 Thread Tanel Poder
Try show err package body xyz_pkg instead or select directly from user_errors. It seems to be a sqlplus problem, that it doesn't always show the error - or maybe it's expected behaviour... I've not read the docs on sqlplus that much.. Tanel. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients

RE: Package Body created with compilation errors-

2003-09-19 Thread Igor Neyman
The command would be: Show errors package body XYZ_PKG; Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Oracle DBA Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:35 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi List, Could you please help to see the errors in the package

SQL Query

2003-09-19 Thread Imran Ashraf
Hi, I have the following data in a table: col1 col2 col3 1 2 A 1 2 B 1 2 C I want to display this as : col1 col2 col3 1 2 A B C How can i do this? Regards Imran -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

RE: Package Body created with compilation errors-

2003-09-19 Thread Paulo Gomes
It seams that u didn't create any body to the package -Mensagem original- De: Oracle DBA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviada: sexta-feira, 19 de Setembro de 2003 15:35 Para: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Assunto: Package Body created with compilation errors- Hi List, Could you

RE: Move SQL Server Tables to Oracle

2003-09-19 Thread Igor Neyman
Yeah, that's what I thought, though I'm not familiar with UPI. Sorry, question was kind of tongue in cheek -:) Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Tanel Poder Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 6:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L No it doesn't,

RE: Package Body created with compilation errors-

2003-09-19 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Sami, Why do you have a */ as the last line? And why is the script prefaced with DOC ? It looks like you have either an unbalanced comment indicator (*/) or the whole thing is a mess. Further, the error indicates that you have errors in the package body but you are showing us the package. If

9iAS R2 V9.0.2.0.1 Solaris 9

2003-09-19 Thread Charlie_Mengler
Has anyone successfully installed 9iAS R2 V9.0.2.0.1 on Solaris 9? I'm asking because I've tried failed numerous times. I opened a TAR with Oracle on the 10th and am still waiting for an answer from them. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET:

Fwd: Re: Tempfile weirdness

2003-09-19 Thread Hemant K Chitale
funny how my previous email seems to have been truncated where I put three dots [ie , .] to signifiy 3 lines. Resend : For a critical database where I want to be SURE that the file system has enough space for the TempFile, I run a large SELECT * FROM DBA_SOURCE UNION SELECT * FROM DBA_SOURCE

weird

2003-09-19 Thread Stephen Lee
No question here. Just something weird. This is a long-running insert with NO NONE ZERO ZIP ZILCH NADA commit. It makes me wonder if something weird is going on, or if I am overlooking something in the query. SQL select a.username,sum(b.used_ublk) x from v$session a, v$transaction b where

How to check data between two similar tables?

2003-09-19 Thread Oracle DBA
Hi Is there any script available for comparing tow tables in different databases using DB_LINK? Thanks Sami __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

RE: Package Body created with compilation errors-

2003-09-19 Thread raju pa
Just FYI : Quotes do not mean anything here. Quotes are generally used to create lowercase objects. Without quotes everything is converted to uppercase. "Virk, Istifad" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try compiling without the quotes around the package name:CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE XYZ_PKG-Original

RE: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Matthew Zito
This is actually platform dependent. For example, if you're using UDP mounts under Linux, you can only have one request outstanding per mount. Consequently, multiple mounts can improve performance by allowing parallel operations. A side benefit of Oracle on Netapp is WAFL, which as Dick

RE: weird

2003-09-19 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: weird try committing and see if the number changes too ... me thinks it is showing the number of undo blocks used by your current transaction. Since this info is mainly coming from v$, it isn't dependent upon your transaction committing ... Raj

Reducing the number of databases

2003-09-19 Thread Stephane Paquette
Hi, We have around 120 databases. Most applications have 5 environments (dev, test, integrated test, acceptance, prod) some applications have more.The applications are a mix of home developped and bought application (peoplesoft, harvest, compass,...) New applications are coming in. New

Re: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Tanel Poder
I just hit a description of async IO in Oracle docs, it is very simply described there: quote With synchronous I/O, when an I/O request is submitted to the operating system, the writing process blocks until the write is confirmed as complete. It can then continue processing. Asynchronous I/O

Re: Re: Tempfile weirdness

2003-09-19 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! Try with 2 dots, you might get the same behviour. Or put a space before every dot. Some old unix mailers considered dot in beginning of the line as end of mail... Tanel. - Original Message - From: Hemant K Chitale To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: Re: max parallel query

2003-09-19 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Ryan NetApp is in another class of devices labeled NAS for Network Attached Storage. Because its connection with your server runs over a network connection, the performance is very much dependent on the speed and configuration of the network connection. As has been explained to me, and I

RE: sizing sort_area_size

2003-09-19 Thread Hitchman, Peter
Hi, Looking at v$sort_segment also can gve you a good idea of how much space you are using in your temporary tablespace, across the current uptime of the instance, assuming that it is a true temporary tablespace. Regards Pete -Original Message- Sent: 18 September 2003 23:35 To: Multiple

RE: SQL Query

2003-09-19 Thread Nelson, Allan
Assume your table is name fred: select a.col1 a.col2 a.col3||b.col3||c.col3 from fred a, fred b, fred c; Allan -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 10:15 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, I have the following data in a table: col1 col2 col3 1

RE: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Jesse, Rich
And on some platforms, like OpenVMS, async IO isn't an option -- it's the default. :) Rich OpenVMS bigot, despite not having any more VMS boxen around... :( Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA

RE: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Goulet, Dick
Matt, Well I'm happy to see that you consider WAFL as crafty. In my book it does not have such a nice connotation. Consider the typical disk drive where you layout your files as contiguous blocks of space around the disk drive. So long as the file remains it's current size all of

Re: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Tanel Poder
available raid stripe that's free and writes the block there, then updates the tree. Besides being rather crafty, it creates a situation where And the tree is living in batter backed cache? Tanel. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Tanel Poder

RE: sizing sort_area_size

2003-09-19 Thread Mladen Gogala
That gives you only the current use of sort segments. The same applies to reasoning based on v$sort_usage and V$TEMP_SPACE_HEADER. The only True Way(TM) of tuning sorts is by using v$sysstat and v$sesstat values, That gives you an overview of the sort statistics since the instance (or the

Re: Reducing the number of databases

2003-09-19 Thread AK
I have seen more requirement for individual development databases ( where ind schema is not possible ) due to complexity of application . Developers step on each other if they work of same database . A pl/sql developer is invalidating procedure while a java developer is trying to make his

Re: sizing sort_area_size

2003-09-19 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! Just few additions about 9i's nice features for tuning sorts, hash joins other work area operations: SQL select n.name,s.value 2 from v$statname n,v$sesstat s 3 where n.statistic#=s.statistic# 4 and n.name like '%workarea executions%' 5 and s.sid in ( 6 select sid from

Re: sizing sort_area_size

2003-09-19 Thread Tanel Poder
That gives you only the current use of sort segments. The same applies to reasoning based on v$sort_usage and V$TEMP_SPACE_HEADER. The only True Way(TM) of tuning sorts is by using v$sysstat and v$sesstat values, I think tuning sorts based on in-memory sort vs not-in memory sort calculations

RE: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Matthew Zito
Well, the other semi-unique thing about WAFL is the fact that all meta-data stored in files, rather than custom structures. So, the tree I was describing is actually three files- the free inode map, the free space map, and the inode file. The most important one for our purposes here is the

RE: sizing sort_area_size

2003-09-19 Thread Mladen Gogala
Tanel, you are a genuine treasure and a very nice addition to this list. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanel Poder Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: sizing sort_area_size

2003-09-19 Thread Mladen Gogala
I'll amend The True Way (TM) based on your suggestions. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanel Poder Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:10 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re:

RE: Reducing the number of databases

2003-09-19 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
As long as your management doesn't base its decisions on the ratio of databases per DBA. Otherwise, you may cut the number of databases and then management will say why do we need so many DBAs. I can see performing server consolidation. That can reap a real ROI in terms of Oracle licensing.

RE: Re: max parallel query

2003-09-19 Thread Matthew Zito
The real differences between NAS and SAN is how data is accessed - NAS is file-based (open this file, read that file, lock this other file) while SAN, like direct-attached, is block based (read block 45345 from disk 7, write block 2442 from disk 3). SAN runs over Fibre Channel, which is a

RE: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Mladen Gogala
That reminds me of structures called BITMAP.SYS and VOLUME.SYS directory names like SYS$SYSTEM:[SYSEXE], but unfortunately, those things belong to the forgotten past in a galaxy far, far away where Billy Bitsandbites was fighting VMS demons. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original

RE: replace ' with '' ???

2003-09-19 Thread Eberhard, Jeff
Janet, Sorry, I'm just going through the list. I've run into the same problem. Have you got any answers? I got it resolved by using the following code that I found but I don't remember where/who I found it from. Something like this: String FChar =

RE: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Matthew Zito
True, true - snapshot management in database environments is certainly a pain point with Netapps, and its also true that the performance degradation due to filesystem aging is negative as well. However, a lot of that is mitigated through the use of lots of spindles, the fact that tied disk

RE: Re: max parallel query

2003-09-19 Thread Goulet, Dick
Matt, Question: What else do you have running on your Fiber Channel? Answer: Nothing Question: What do you have running on your TCP/IP network? Answer: Everything. For this one can see that a SAN's fiber channel is dedicated to handling data from one server to

RE: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Thater, William
Mladen Gogala scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: That reminds me of structures called BITMAP.SYS and VOLUME.SYS directory names like SYS$SYSTEM:[SYSEXE], but unfortunately, those things belong to the forgotten past in a galaxy far, far away where Billy Bitsandbites was fighting VMS

OT, But really STUPID

2003-09-19 Thread Goulet, Dick
British Company Declares War On Internal E-mail British telephone retailer Phones 4u expects to save about $1.6 million a month by prohibiting employees from sending interoffice e-mails. http://computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,85174,00.html?nlid=AM Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle

RE: 9iAS R2 V9.0.2.0.1 Solaris 9

2003-09-19 Thread Pena, Carol A
I have installed 9iAS R2 v9.2.0.1, Solaris 9 on a Sun E250. What type of problem are you experiencing? Carol -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 10:00 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Has anyone successfully installed 9iAS R2

RE: Reducing the number of databases

2003-09-19 Thread Guang Mei
Here we have 3 environments formost applications (dev, QA andprod) and all Oracle version are the same (8173 now). It works fine. And to save Oracle license costs, we also consolidated some db servers byputting multiple instances onone server machine.No problem so far. Guang

RE: Package Body created with compilation errors-

2003-09-19 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
The way SQL*Plus works: if you run a script with set echo off, but the script has a multi-line comment beginning with /* and ending with */, every comment line after the first one will show in the SQL*Plus output with DOC in the line prefix instead of SQL. The show errors will not show errors

RE: OT, But really STUPID

2003-09-19 Thread Mladen Gogala
Speaking of Britts, here is an innovative do not work at home money making opportunity, originating in the UK. http://www.wewantyoursoul.com/ -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Goulet, Dick Sent: Friday,

RE: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Jesse, Rich
I just dumped all my old VAX/DEC Professional mags a month or two ago. I miss the Bruce Ellis, KGB, and Goat Hunter articles. Great tech stuff. At least someone younger than me is now experiencing Bitsandbites. I still have my VAX Architecture Reference Manual though... Rich Rich Jesse

RE: OT, But really STUPID

2003-09-19 Thread Stephen Lee
I saw that on cnn.com too. Didn't the article say the guy has broken his neck three times? Maybe that tells you something. -Original Message- British Company Declares War On Internal E-mail -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Stephen Lee

RE: OT, But really STUPID

2003-09-19 Thread Guang Mei
Maybe we should ban all email mailing lists also, including this one. List members will have to communicate either face-to-face or by phone (that is: user group meeting or call other list members with questions). Guang -Original Message- Goulet, Dick Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:55

PL/SQL Question:Eliminate duplicate rows

2003-09-19 Thread Johan Muller
Looking for an a sample cursor routine to load a PK enabled table to eliminate any dupes from the load table. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

RE: Re: max parallel query

2003-09-19 Thread Ron Thomas
To counter that... If our network admin had our NAS traffic on the same backbone as our internet/itranet traffic, they would very quickly be looking for employment elsewhere... Ron Thomas Hypercom, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs. -- Kernighan

RE: Reducing the number of databases

2003-09-19 Thread Guang Mei
Title: Message Thanks for the suggestions. I already have planned to move all our instances to one server and move all schemas (in all instances) to sys schema. This way I can have better use of system tablespace and drop all other tablespaces. Also I will put in a cron job to "rm" all

RE: Reducing the number of databases

2003-09-19 Thread Saira Somani-Mendelin
Title: Message Unfortunately, thats what we have! And yes, my resume is on-line Our database configuration and installation was outsourced and so was the installation of our ERP. So guess what happened? No consultation with the support analyst and now they want to split the

RE: Re: max parallel query

2003-09-19 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Ron I think you are correct. However, most network administrators might not understand Matthew's suggestion of gigabit + jumbo frames. In fact, I'm not sure every system vendor has gigabit network cards available, and even if they do, the price may be an issue. Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP,

RE: Re: max parallel query

2003-09-19 Thread Matthew Zito
Well, it is certainly true that the advantage of dedicated infrastructures is that they're guaranteed to be useless for other tasks. :) However, the notion that because TCP/IP is used by many applications it is unsuitable for storage traffic is simply not true. Proper network and infrastructure

RE: PL/SQL Question:Eliminate duplicate rows

2003-09-19 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Johann, how about the following. what this does is, using the inner begin/end block, catches when an insert would fail because of the PK failure and ignores the error. This is very quick and dirty - it will work fine if you are not working with a huge amount of data. declare cursor c1 is

RE: PL/SQL Question:Eliminate duplicate rows

2003-09-19 Thread Mladen Gogala
Easy way: delete from table where rowid not in (select max(rowid) from table group by PK); Complicated way: Alter table mytab enable constraint PK exceptions into exceptions; Then, you should see how many rows are duplicated and use the method 1 on that set of rowids. If the table in question is

RE: PL/SQL Question:Eliminate duplicate rows

2003-09-19 Thread Ron Thomas
except your too_many_rows exception should be dup_val_on_index... Ron Thomas Hypercom, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs. -- Kernighan

log miner views contain object IDs and HEX values

2003-09-19 Thread Steve McClure
OK my first usage of log miner seemed to go exactly by the book until I went to look at the data in v$logmnr_contents. The sql_redo column was filled with strings like the following. update UNKNOWN.Objn:3167 set Col[43] = HEXTORAW('7867090f010101') ... I created the dictionary file, and didn't

RE: PL/SQL Question:Eliminate duplicate rows

2003-09-19 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
You know, I never use that exception, so I can't remember it correctly. You are correct, of course - thanks for embarrasing me in front of thousands and thousands and thousands (how many Jared??) of people! :) Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message- Sent:

RE: PL/SQL Question:Eliminate duplicate rows

2003-09-19 Thread Igor Neyman
Check SQL Reference for exception_clause when creating Primary Key. Could help to do what you need just using SQL (no PL/SQL). Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Mercadante, Thomas F Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 2:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list

Re: wrapping packages

2003-09-19 Thread Pete Finnigan
Hi Research the wrap command, the binary is located in $ORACLE_HOME/bin and running it for example would be like this for instance: $ wrap iname=./test.sql oname=./test.plb kind regards Pete In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] components.com writes how can I wrap package

Re: Effective Oracle By Design - Sample chapters

2003-09-19 Thread Pete Finnigan
Thanks Tanel, cheers pete In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tanel Poder [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi! Take look at the following link if you want to have a taste of Tom's new book. http://www.osborne.com/products/0072230657/ Tanel. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net

Re: Re: max parallel query

2003-09-19 Thread Tanel Poder
The case for Fibre is getting less and less compelling all the time. The last holdout was those who are serious about block-based storage access (which is understandable), and iSCSI has effectively filled that gap. Fibre isn't going away anytime soon, but whenever it does, its not soon enough

Re: sizing sort_area_size

2003-09-19 Thread Tanel Poder
This is the true way only until more advanced mechanisms for digging into a problem become available. (They might already be here, without our knowing ;) Tanel. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:29 PM

RE: PL/SQL Question:Eliminate duplicate rows

2003-09-19 Thread Ron Thomas
Hi Tom- Submitting to a listserve is like living in a small town. Make 1 little oops and everybody knows about it. Do I need to look over my shoulder on the way to my car tonight??? ;) Ron Thomas Hypercom, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs. --

control_file_record_keep_time

2003-09-19 Thread quriyat
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96536/ch126.htm#1015367 I backup once a week. Default as per the manual is 7 days. I might skip taking backup due to various reasons i a week. How will i ever know what % of my control file records are avbl.for rewriting and that i

Stuck Query

2003-09-19 Thread MacGregor, Ian A.
SQL describe chanarch_nlc.archive_wave_i Name Null?Type - -- PV_ID NUMBER(38) TIMESTAMP DATE

RE: asynch I/O

2003-09-19 Thread Jared Still
Of course, that is the default for Windows NT, 2000 and 2003 as well. ;) On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 09:29, Jesse, Rich wrote: And on some platforms, like OpenVMS, async IO isn't an option -- it's the default. :) Rich OpenVMS bigot, despite not having any more VMS boxen around... :( Rich

RE: weird

2003-09-19 Thread Jared Still
I think the 'wierd' part that is referred to is the fact the undo blocks dropped from 893 to 2, then jumped back to 3181. Without a commit in the middle, that does seem a little weird. Jared On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 08:54, Jamadagni, Rajendra wrote: try committing and see if the number changes

RE: Re: max parallel query

2003-09-19 Thread Johnston, Tim
Hrrrmmthe on-topic-ness of this has strayed far from Oracle. My apologies. Not sure I agree with the last statement... I think it is on topic... Many of us DBA types are often involved in these kinds of discussions internally and the more informed we are the better off we are... It

RE: weird

2003-09-19 Thread Stephen Lee
Send the man a pair of Madonna's panties. He noticed! -Original Message- I think the 'wierd' part that is referred to is the fact the undo blocks dropped from 893 to 2, then jumped back to 3181. Without a commit in the middle, that does seem a little weird. Jared --

RE: Apps 11.5.8 and 9i

2003-09-19 Thread John Kanagaraj
Ron, We are 'in the process' of moving from 11.5.7/8.1.7.4 to 11.5.8/9.2.0.4 - planning/testing starts after approval. We went ahead and installed a test db in any case. Make sure that you start out with 9.2.0.4 - the older 9.2.0.3 is buggy and Oracle seems to have ratified .4 recently. John

Re: Stuck Query

2003-09-19 Thread Stephane Faroult
MacGregor, Ian A. wrote: SQL describe chanarch_nlc.archive_wave_i Name Null?Type - -- PV_ID NUMBER(38) TIMESTAMP

RE: Apps 11.5.8 and 9i

2003-09-19 Thread Ron Thomas
John, Thanks for the info. You may want to skip 11.5.8 and go to 11.5.9. There are major patches (the family pack variety) to apply subsequent to 11.5.8 Ron Thomas Hypercom, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs. -- Kernighan

RE: log miner views contain object IDs and HEX values

2003-09-19 Thread Steve McClure
OK seems I must have fat fingered something when I typed in my dictionary location in start_logmnr. Odd though I saw no errors. -Original Message- Steve McClure Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L OK my first usage of log miner seemed to

Re: Re: wrapping packages

2003-09-19 Thread bhabani s pradhan
one caution: there is no unwrap cmd/exe Regards On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 Pete Finnigan wrote : Hi Research the wrap command, the binary is located in $ORACLE_HOME/bin and running it for example would be like this for instance: $ wrap iname=./test.sql

Migrating from ONAMES to OID

2003-09-19 Thread Ponnusamy Rangasamy
Folks, We are in the process of evaluating - migration from Oracle Names to 9i OID and will be glad to know your experiences.. I understand that clients should be 8i. we have Oracle Ver. 7 thru 9i. Listed below is an overview of the procedures.. a) Installing 9i OID on the database server b)

RE: weird

2003-09-19 Thread Khedr, Waleed
You need to monitor it on the transaction level not rolled up to the user level. Waleed -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:10 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L No question here. Just something weird. This is a long-running insert with NO NONE ZERO ZIP

Re: SQL help needed

2003-09-19 Thread Tim Gorman
Great idea, Mark! By the way, does anyone remember the yes command in UNIX? Same concept. I think it was invented to answer ³yes² to any program which mindlessly prompt for ³yes/no² responses in situations where only ³yes² makes sense. Case in point: ³fsck². As in: ³Do you want to repair this

Re: DBMS_STATS and CBO

2003-09-19 Thread Tim Gorman
If you want to get the same effect entirely from the SQL prompt (i.e. without having to issue operating-system copy commands), you can first create a tablespace (named DUMMY_TEMP?) with datafiles of the name and size you want for your TEMP tablespace. Then drop the DUMMY_TEMP tablespace and

Re: Apps 11.5.8 and 9i

2003-09-19 Thread Tim Gorman
Plus, no more jinitiator in 11.5.9! Finally, the removal of SQL*Form/Oracle*Forms/Forms is complete... on 9/19/03 4:24 PM, Ron Thomas at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, Thanks for the info. You may want to skip 11.5.8 and go to 11.5.9. There are major patches (the family pack

Re: OCFS is as fast as raw?

2003-09-19 Thread Tim Gorman
Don't know for sure, but I'll bet that OCFS doesn't bother with a buffer cache and simply performs direct I/O, just like raw devices. Besides better performance for databases, it also eliminates the need for cache coherency mechanisms like the innards of RAC. Sometimes the simplest explanation

FW: SQL help needed

2003-09-19 Thread Tim Gorman
Sorry for the last response in this thread which was truncated. Very annoying! The full response looks as follows (hope this goes through in it¹s entirety)... -- Forwarded Message Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 22:05:19 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Great idea, Mark! By the way, does anyone