Logical standby mode - Dataguard - 9.2.0.4

2003-09-29 Thread VIVEK_SHARMA
A Basic Qs. On Logical standby mode - Dataguard - 9.2.0.4 . Is the following statement correct ? From the Primary Database the DMLs on tables NOT having LONG columns are successfully applied across to the Logical Standby database while those tables containing LONG columns fail .

RE: Logical standby mode - Dataguard - 9.2.0.4

2003-09-29 Thread VIVEK_SHARMA
OR is it so that logical Standby mode is just NOT possible for the Entire Database if the Database has even 1 Table with a LONG field datatype ? -Original Message- From: VIVEK_SHARMA Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 1:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:

RE: Logical standby mode - Dataguard - 9.2.0.4

2003-09-29 Thread Stephane Faroult
A Basic Qs. On Logical standby mode - Dataguard - 9.2.0.4 . Is the following statement correct ? From the Primary Database the DMLs on tables NOT having LONG columns are successfully applied across to the=20 Logical Standby database while those tables containing LONG columns fail Query to find

nls_sort

2003-09-29 Thread GKor
hi all we had a strange sort order on a attribute in a table with dashes (-) in the data. example query with default NLS_SORT (NLS_LANGUAGE=american) R/10-02 R/1-01 R/101-00 R/101-03 query with NLS_SORT=BINARY R/1-01 R/10-02 R/101-00 R/101-03 Anyone with an

Re: workarea_size_policy=auto and performance efficiency [was: Re:

2003-09-29 Thread Richard Foote
Hi Tim, There are couple of parts of the conversation we've missed out ;) Firstly, the server process when talking to the P_A_T instance should have said, What the hell is going on here, what do you mean I can't have my full 100M, this keeps on happening and it's just good enough. Get a bloody

Oracle RAC in a SQL Server Environment

2003-09-29 Thread jwiegand
Howdy. I accepted a job at a SQL Server shop, in the initial stages of implementing an Oracle solution. My previous jobs Id been an Oracle DBA, as well as back-filling on SQL Server for a couple years. I participated in evaluating Oracle High Availability for our solution. Were an

RE: nls_sort

2003-09-29 Thread Stephane Faroult
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 03:04:40 hi all we had a strange sort order on a attribute in a table with dashes (-) in the data. example query with default NLS_SORT (NLS_LANGUAGE=american) R/10-02 R/1-01

Big table, small table

2003-09-29 Thread Sherrie . Kubis
I have five tables, three are 3 million rows, one is a little more than 1 million, one a little less than one million. All tables are structured the same, with the same indexing, just different types of data. There is a date column with a normal index. A query with a 'between' on the date

user who has '

2003-09-29 Thread rgaffuri
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Re: Big table, small table

2003-09-29 Thread Nuno Souto
- Original Message - Why would taking an index off make this query faster? What doesn't the CBO know that not using an index is the best path? The physical sequence of the rows in the smaller table vis-a-vis the range you're querying on. Cheers Nuno Souto [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

interesting sql question

2003-09-29 Thread rgaffuri
Im taking a database theory class(no I dont need help with my homework). There is an interesting query in the book that I have never seen posed before. The solution would be hideously slow if there was even a moderate amount of data in the tables. How would you write it? Given 3 tables: and

Re: FTP big file to little laptop

2003-09-29 Thread Pete Finnigan
Sorry missed off the www the link should be http://www.pgibbs.demon.co.uk. Kind regards Pete icle [EMAIL PROTECTED], Pete Finnigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Bambi If it is ftp that is your issue and not the filesystem you can try another approach, go to a friend of mines site

Re: workarea_size_policy=auto and performance efficiency [was: Re:

2003-09-29 Thread Richard Foote
Hi Tim, There are couple of parts of the conversation we've missed out ;) Firstly, the server process when talking to the P_A_T instance should have said, What the hell is going on here, what do you mean I can't have my full 100M, this keeps on happening and it's just good enough. Get a bloody

RE: interesting sql question

2003-09-29 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Ralph, Assuming that there is no history in the BIDS table (meaning that there are no old records indicating a bid recorded last year), I think the following would work just fine. select name from person, (select distinct sid, count(*) bid_count from bids group by sid) bids where

Re: Suggestion reg. encryption ??

2003-09-29 Thread Craig Munday
Hi, For your reference, have a look at http://www.cybcon.com/~jkstill/util/encryption/encryption.html there is some good information from Jared, and a PL/SQL implementation of the Blowfish algorithm that I donated. In answer to your first question: 1) Security being the priority , which would be

Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

2003-09-29 Thread KENNETH JANUSZ
I have a Dell 8200 with XP Prof. SP1. I would like recommendations as to a good firewall for this machine. XP has a firewall but it is not the greatest. Thanks much, Ken Janusz, CPIM

RE: interesting sql question

2003-09-29 Thread Stephane Faroult
- --- Original Message --- - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 05:19:39 Im taking a database theory class(no I dont need help with my homework). There is an interesting query in the book that I have never

Re: BAARF

2003-09-29 Thread Thomas Day
My struggle is not with the directory layout OFA. It is with the mythical OFA that every DBA that I have talked to knows all about. Where ORACLE says that if you are a good and competent DBA you will separate your table data and your index data into two separate tablespaces so that one disk

RE: BAARF

2003-09-29 Thread Hitchman, Peter
Hi, To add my two pennies worth. By design I create physical database lqyouts that seperate indexes and tables by tablespace for ease of management, unless the database is real small. My experience over the years with Oracle, has been the object corruptions in the database have occurred more

RE: interesting sql question

2003-09-29 Thread Khedr, Waleed
select pn.name from (select /*+ no_merge */ count(*) boat_cnt from boat) bt, bid bd, person pn where bd.sid = pn.sid group by pn.name, boat_cnt having count(bd.boat_id) = boat_cnt Waleed -Original Message- Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 9:20 AM To: Multiple recipients of

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

2003-09-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
I use Mcafee online Virus scanner and firewall. Been happy for 3+ years. Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have

Re: RE: interesting sql question

2003-09-29 Thread rgaffuri
From: Stephane Faroult [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/29 Mon AM 09:59:39 EDT To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: interesting sql question - --- Original Message --- - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list

extra thread with SQL*Net DCD turned on

2003-09-29 Thread Jeffrey Beckstrom
For the past 1.5 years, starting at Oracle 8.1.7.3.2 and now 8.1.7.4.10 on windows; we have encountered a problem wherein we encounter a runaway thread during patching of Oracle Applications 11i. This thread is not know to v$session and orakill will not terminate it. The only solution has

RE: RE: interesting sql question

2003-09-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: RE: interesting sql question Here is an attempt ... select p.* from persons p where sid in (select sid, count(bid) from bids group by sid having count(sid) = (select count(boad_id) from boats)) / You wanted to find all persons who have booked all boats ... add criteria for

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

2003-09-29 Thread Mark Leith
I use Sygate Personal Firewall (free), and I've never had any problems. Very good little firewall. Mark -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Jamadagni, RajendraSent: 29 September 2003 15:20To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

2003-09-29 Thread Mark Moynahan
If you have access to a spare pc you're better off running OpenBSD as your firewall/router and leaving your Windoze pc behind the firewall. HTH, Mark Moynahan -Original Message- I have a Dell 8200 with XP Prof. SP1. I would like recommendations as to a good

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

2003-09-29 Thread Grabowy, Chris
Try Zonealarm. It's free. I have a wireless router, which has a built in firewall. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of KENNETH JANUSZSent: Monday, September 29, 2003 10:05 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Off

SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on 9.2.0.4 on Linux

2003-09-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message I have RDBMS 9.2.0.4 on RH 7.3 and Iexecuted the following command: create tablespace wizard datafile '/oradata/WIZ/wizard01.dbf' size 3072M reuse autoextend on next 1024M maxsize 16385m extent management local autoallocate segment space management auto; The whole system

Using dimensions

2003-09-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: Using dimensions I have tried, but haven't found a good example of how to _use_ a dimension in 9ir2. I defined one, but then sat clueless on what to do with it. Is it any good in an OLTP environment? (I smell the answer is a NO, but still) ... Any notes from your experience? TIA Raj

RE: interesting sql question

2003-09-29 Thread Chelur, Jayadas {PBSG}
This would eliminate duplicate bids on the same boat by the same person SELECT p.* FROMPERSON p, ( SELECT COUNT(*) boat_count FROMBOAT ) c, ( SELECT sid, COUNT(DISTINCT boat_id) bid_count FROMBIDS GROUP BY sid

Re: Solaris /etc/system values for Oracle8i

2003-09-29 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! What are you trying to tell me? I am already running my 100MB instances, this is completely irrelevant to my swap space size. Tanel. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 5:34 PM Tanel: How large is

x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Daniel Fink
I was sitting on a mountain here in Colorado, pondering Oracle optimization and an interesting scenario crossed my feeble mind. As I began to ponder this (I asked the resident marmot, but he must be a SQL*Server expert...), I came up with several questions. Where in memory (sga or other) do the

RE: BAARF

2003-09-29 Thread Cary Millsap
Thomas, It *is* a good idea to separate index data from heap data into different tablespaces. But the reason isn't solely to eliminate I/O competition. Even if I/O competition isn't an issue for you (and the OFA Standard doesn't say that it will be), then it's *still* a good idea to separate your

Re: SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on 9.2.0.4 on Linux

2003-09-29 Thread zhu chao

Re: Solaris /etc/system values for Oracle8i

2003-09-29 Thread Reginald . W . Bailey
Tanel: How large is the swap file? For Oracle usage, maximum memory settings in the /etc/system file are based on total memory available, or REAL memory. This would be physical memory + swap file space (virtual memory). So, with 1GB of physical memory, and an equal amount or more of swap space,

RE: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Robson, Peter
Dan - I think you are in grave danger of forgetting the point of sitting on the top of mountains Either that or your Colorado mountains have nothing on our variety from the NW Highlands of Scotland... (grin!) peter edinburgh -Original Message- From: Daniel Fink [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on 9.2.0.4 on Linux

2003-09-29 Thread Hemant K Chitale
I've had no problems with the syntax on 9.2.0.2 on Solaris, HPUX and Tru64. Haven't tried 9.2.0.4 Is the segment space management auto really the problem ? Or is it the file size. Just run the create tablespace with a 100M or 50M initial file size. Hemant At 06:44 AM 29-09-03 -0800, you wrote: I

RE: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
As I understand it, the X$ information is largely a window onto the control structures in shared memory rather than a summary, aggregation or abstraction. I may be wrong here but that's the way I've always understood it to work. So the structures 'occupy' the same space as the data they're

RE: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message You should have asked a grizzly bear. They're much wiser then marmots and they don'trun away that easily. Also, when you see a grizzly bear 100ft away from you and realizethat you only have a camera with you, then you begin to understand that there are biggerworries in this

RE: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Orr, Steve
I was sitting on a mountain here in Colorado, pondering Oracle... You are one twisted individual! :-) Here's some SQL for ya: ALTER brain RECOVER STANDBY consciousness CONTINUE UNTIL CANCEL; -Original Message- Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 9:10 AM To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: Solaris /etc/system values for Oracle8i

2003-09-29 Thread Cunningham, Gerald
Check out doc ID 15566.1 at Metashlink. -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 7:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Mario: If you are using Solaris with 2GB of memory, it will be awfully difficult, if not impossible, to run 6

RE: RE: interesting sql question

2003-09-29 Thread rgaffuri
a user may request the same boat more than once. not sure that work. From: Jamadagni, Rajendra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/29 Mon AM 10:34:53 EDT To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: RE: interesting sql question Here is an attempt ... select p.*

RE: Using dimensions

2003-09-29 Thread Scott Canaan
Title: Using dimensions Dimensions are data warehouse constructs. They are implemented as tables in the database, but have the characteristic of a hierarchy that can be traversed. For example: a time dimension can have the hierarchy of date, day, week, month, quarter, year, decade,

Re: SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on 9.2.0.4 on Linux

2003-09-29 Thread Tanel Poder
Title: Message Hi! If your server process couldn't be even killed, then probably it was waiting on kernel IO or smth like that. This is a case when a process can't be killed just like that, even with -9. I assume you already tried to isolate the problem, by creating smaller file or

Re: SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on 9.2.0.4 on Linux

2003-09-29 Thread Richard Foote
Title: Message Hi Mladen, I can't help you with your problem, I haven't had the pleasure on NT or Tru64 but I just wanted to point out that you can't forget about PCTFREE even with ASSM. Cheers Richard - Original Message - From: Mladen Gogala To: Multiple recipients

RE: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Stephane Faroult
I was sitting on a mountain here in Colorado, pondering Oracle optimization and an interesting scenario crossed my feeble mind. As I began to ponder this (I asked the resident marmot, but he must be a SQL*Server expert...), I came up with several questions. Where in memory (sga or other) do the

Re: BAARF

2003-09-29 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! * Index segments have different backup and recovery requirements than their corresponding heap segments. For example, as Peter mentioned, if you have an index block corruption event, then it's convenient to just offline, kill, and rebuild an index tablespace. If the indexes and data Even

RE: SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on 9.2.0.4 on Linux

2003-09-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message Smaller file didn't help. Removing the SPACE MANAGEMENT clause did the trick. --Mladen GogalaOracle DBA -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanel PoderSent: Monday, September 29, 2003 11:55 AMTo: Multiple

RE: RE: interesting sql question

2003-09-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: RE: interesting sql question Hey ... the question wasn't complete ... give us the full statement of the question ... g Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this

RE: Using dimensions

2003-09-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: Using dimensions Thanks Scott, okay lets forget OLTP .. but I haven't seen any _actual_ uses of dimensions ... where does one use them? in SQLs? I have scannedTFM, but haven't STFW'd yet ... scared of too many hits. Thanks Raj

Re: RE: interesting sql question

2003-09-29 Thread rgaffuri
you could do this, but i would have concerns over the indexing strategy. select name from person, (select distinct sid, count(*) bid_count from bids group by sid HAVING count(*) = (SELECT COUNT(BOAT_ID FROM BOATS)) bids where person.sid = bids.sid; Now yours bids table is an intersect

RE: SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on 9.2.0.4 on Linux

2003-09-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message And why not? Forgetting about PCTFREE/PCTUSED is the main point of automatic segment space management. Initial/next are resolved by using LMT, because that's what takes care of your extent sizes. --Mladen GogalaOracle DBA -Original Message-From: [EMAIL

Re: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! X$ fixed tables are just interfaces to Oracle database and instance memory structures. In my understanding, there are no separate memory structures built only for serving x$ tables, x$ tables just help humans to read existing instance memory and physical structures more easily. Selecting from

RE: SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on 9.2.0.4 on Linux

2003-09-29 Thread Matthew Zito
Title: Message Tanel is right. An unkillable process represents one that is in an interruptible wait context on system response (i.e. a system call). If you waited long enough, it would probably return (or the box would crashed). What's an indication of a real hung process/serious kernel

RE: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Orr, Steve
What happens when these x$constructs begin to consume large amounts of memory? Is there an upper bound? Dan, can you think of a scenario where X$ constructs could consume enough memory that DBA marmots like us should meditate on them? OT: Are there many grizzlies in CO? There are plenty here

RE: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Pepper spray? I would feel much safer with a good Springfield rifle by my side. I'm not sure that a can of pepper spray can stop a 700 lbs animal, charging at 30 MPH, armed with 2 teeth and 5 claws. On short distances, a bear can outrun a deer. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

2003-09-29 Thread Brian Dunbar
KENNETH JANUSZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Monday, September 29, 2003 9:05 AM said; I have a Dell 8200 with XP Prof. SP1. I would like recommendations as to a good firewall for this machine. XP has a firewall but it is not the greatest. ZoneAlarm on the desktop - free version or pay to

Re: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Tanel Poder
A lot of memory structures x$ tables reflect are located in SGA fixed area, for example x$ktuxe which a transaction entry table is located there and controlled by init parameter transactions Sorry, I was talking about x$ktcxb here, this is the transaction object table in SGA fixed area.

RE: RE: interesting sql question

2003-09-29 Thread rgaffuri
no there are examples in the book using where 'not exists'. the query was horrible. Ill post it later if you want to see how bad it is. no its not homework. Id get the answer wrong if i did it this way, since Id have to follow the model in the book. Which is terrible. From: Mercadante,

RE: Top (=10) Issues faced by Oracle DBAs Deploying in a

2003-09-29 Thread Bellow, Bambi
Hemant -- I just came off a gig where I was the storage/Unix/DBA geek, and, in my opinion, while the level of expertise *does* need to be higher, *and different*, for in that environment, it's all front-end. Once you have the database configured and the backup and recovery scripts written and

Re: RE: SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on 9.2.0.4 on Linux

2003-09-29 Thread rgaffuri
i thought i read that auto-segment management only handles pctused. you have to handle pctfree yourself? From: Mladen Gogala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/29 Mon PM 12:09:46 EDT To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on

RE: guidance

2003-09-29 Thread Bellow, Bambi
YOU HAD BOOKS? In my day, we drew on cave walls with sticks. Sticks represented 1s. Stones represented 0s. Our compilers were VERY slow... and we learned everything we knew about correlated subqueries by watching the antelopes and marmots eating grizzly bears on the Serengeti (well, actually,

RE: guidance

2003-09-29 Thread April Wells
Title: RE: guidance WOW... and with sticks and stones... I'll bet abends were extremely painful and resulted in broken bones! April Wells Oracle DBA/Oracle Apps DBA Corporate Systems Amarillo Texas /\ / \ / \ \ / \/ \ \ \ \ Few people really enjoy the simple pleasure of flying a kite

Re: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

2003-09-29 Thread KENNETH JANUSZ
My PC is stand alone with dial-up phone line. Ken - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 12:04 PM KENNETH JANUSZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Monday, September 29, 2003 9:05 AM said; I have a Dell 8200

Re: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Tanel Poder
What I have not checked so far is how an ALTER SYSTEM increasing a parameter affects the SGA. In practice it's a realloc() (functionally speaking). It would seem reasonable to me to have a shared memory segment to hold all parameters which can by dynamically changed. I wouldn't touch it if

OT: Going to OT with Griz

2003-09-29 Thread Orr, Steve
It's not just any pepper spray but is specially formulated for Griz. Here's what you NEED in Montana: http://www.udap.com/ Last year a hunter was killed by Griz while dressing his elk. Griz has actually learned to head towards gun fire knowing he may find a gut pile left by some hapless hunter.

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

2003-09-29 Thread Robson, Peter
On the same area - I'm using Black Ice, but its never been clear to me whether these products trap outgoing stuff. The BIG problem as I see it as when one inadvertently loads a 1 pixel gif, populated from a rogue site, which then gives implicit confirmation that there is a PC at the end of the

Re: (long and boring) SQL AREA and LIBARARY CACHE size?

2003-09-29 Thread Paul Baumgartel
No expert? Hardly! Tanel, just how the heck do you KNOW all this stuff? --- Tanel Poder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! As I understand, when shared pool heap is allocated, half of it's memory is actually hidden at first. Oracle just allocates one big permanent type chunk for that. The

Re: RE: Using dimensions

2003-09-29 Thread rgaffuri
i think there are examplse in the datawarehouse doc on otn. there is an oracle datawarehouse book that has come recommended(havent read it). tim gorman wrote that one right? Id bet its in there too. you use dimensions with star schema's right? From: Jamadagni, Rajendra [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Using dimensions

2003-09-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Raj - Actually a good place to start is the Oracle9i Data Warehousing Guide http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96520/logical. htm#97703 http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96520/logical .htm#97703 I think it is important for all Oracle DBAs to

RE: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
With all due respect, I don't believe that it is a fixed area. You can create X$ tables by running certain catalog scripts. I believe that the description of X$ tables is located logically close to the description of the data dictionary, which would mean shared pool, not the fixed one. Now, can we

oracle newsgroup

2003-09-29 Thread AK
How to one subcribe to Comp.database.oracle newsgroup . Can it be added into outlook directly . thanks, -ak

RE: RE: Using dimensions

2003-09-29 Thread Stephane Paquette
Title: Using dimensions I`ve not used dimensions in Oracle only read about them. But I have designed DW using dimensional modeling. So from what I've read in the doc, Oracle will used the dimensions to be better atquery rewriting because it knows the hierarchy of the data (example :

RE: oracle newsgroup

2003-09-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message comp.databases.oracle is not a newsgroup, it's a family of newsgroups. Yes, it can be added to outlook directly. --Mladen GogalaOracle DBA -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AKSent: Monday, September 29, 2003

RE: Using dimensions

2003-09-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: Using dimensions Thanks Dennis ... We have a group who design their application as if this is a DW environment, so I thought learning this stuff might be beneficial for me. I'll check it out. Raj

Oracle 10g Pricing

2003-09-29 Thread Tony Johnson
... or lack thereof. I saw this AM that now pricing will now not be out on 10g til late October. Gee, Larry .. I thought we were supposed to get this 2 weeks ago. ORACLE SILENT ON 10G COSTS | VNunet It looks as if Oracle Corp. will not announce its pricing strategy for its 10g database and

RE: oracle newsgroup

2003-09-29 Thread Orr, Steve
Title: Message You can access it through the Outlook Newsreader via the Tools menu on IE but... you have to have DNS/ISP set up for it and most companies don't give carte blanche to news because of all the other junk out there. ;-) -Original Message-From: AK [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Estimating space needed for UNDO tablespaces

2003-09-29 Thread Thomas Jeff
Kirti, Thanks for this information.I've implemented AUM in a number of our development databases.One of the things I have to do is write up a monitoring policy to hand to our contracted production DBAs -- guidelines on how to address certain scenarios and so forth -- otherwise, they will

RE: Solaris /etc/system values for Oracle8i

2003-09-29 Thread Steve McClure
Just wanted to jump in a bit here. I have 4 oracle instances running on a solaris box with 2GB of RAM. My available memory hovers at a little more than 1 GB free. Swap size isn't really a factor, unless you are actively swapping, which we are not. Now granted the largest of these instances has

10G

2003-09-29 Thread Jerome Roa
Does anybody know FOR SURE whether 10G will be available on 32 and/or 64 bit? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jerome Roa INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing

RE: oracle newsgroup

2003-09-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message Plus, Forte Agent and Gravity are much better choices to read news then the obfuscator express (OE). http://www.newsville.com/support/Free_Agent/ http://more-news-groups.com//gravity.htm http://pan.rebelbase.com/(the best one) --Mladen GogalaOracle DBA -Original

Describe privilege on procedures packages

2003-09-29 Thread Gary Jackson
Hello, I wanted to give another user access to view my procedures packages (just DESC capability), but it seems that the only way for him to be able to DESC them is for me to grant execute. Is this correct?? (I guess I have never had this situation before, it just seems surprising if there

Re: oracle newsgroup

2003-09-29 Thread Todd Boss
Two options you can look into: - read and post via groups.google.com. I post this way using a fake yahoo account that i never check. Be warned; posting to a newsgroup causes open season on your email address for spam. - if your isp doesn't have a newsfeed, you can get a free account around

RE: 10G

2003-09-29 Thread Pete Sharman
Yes, I know for sure. :) Pete Controlling developers is like herding cats. Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook Oh no, it's not. It's much harder than that! Bruce Pihlamae, long-term Oracle DBA -Original Message- Jerome Roa Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:05 AM To: Multiple

Re: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread K Gopalakrishnan
Mladen: I hope you are not kidding.. X$ table (!) definitions are defined in the source code and you can not create/update/delete them. However there are some undocumented procudures , thru which you can reset certain tables. Regards, Gopal - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients

Problems creading a Index

2003-09-29 Thread Teresita Castro
HI!! I want to createthe next index: CREATE UNIQUE INDEX LAWSON2.IOEINVCLINE1 ON "LAWSON2".OEINVCLINE(COMPANY, INVC_PREFIX, INVC_NUMBER, ITEM) TABLESPACE LAWSON_PRUEBAS_INDICES PCTFREE 5 STORAGE(INITIAL 40960 ) But I can't because Oracle send me the next error: The following error has

RE: oracle newsgroup

2003-09-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
AK - A simple way to get started is to just surf over to http://groups.google.com http://groups.google.com You don't have to hassle with installing anything or arguing with your network people. You could try it and then if you find the groups are useful, then you might find one of the other

Last Call for RMOUG Training Days 2004

2003-09-29 Thread Daniel Fink
Today is the last day to submit an abstract for Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group Training Days 2004 in sunny and snowy Denver, Colorado. Last year, we had sessions from oracle-lers Cary, Anjo, Rachel, Tim as well as Stephan Haisley, Gary Goodman, Kent Graziano, Dave Ensor, Craig Shallahamer and

Re: RE: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread rgaffuri
i think there are memory structurse that oracle isnt telling us about. wouldnt surprise me if the x$ tables are stored in some place that is not documented. From: Mladen Gogala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/29 Mon PM 02:24:46 EDT To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: RE: Using dimensions

2003-09-29 Thread rgaffuri
so basically your saying you use dimensions hand in hand with materialized views. do they have other uses? From: Stephane Paquette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/29 Mon PM 02:39:43 EDT To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: RE: Using dimensions Using

RE: Using dimensions

2003-09-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Raj - There is some melding of DW and OLTP environments at some sites today. Most DW's are separate environments with data extracted from the OLTP on a regular batch schedule. But it is possible to have a combined environment that satisfies both requirements, especially if you are starting from

RE: x$ constructs and memory

2003-09-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
You are right. This is what has confused my script, as taken from SQL.BSQ: create table kottbx$ of kottbx /* additional type table */ oid '00010042' / -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems creading a Index

2003-09-29 Thread Daniel Fink
Teresita, The problem has nothing to do with existing indexes, but rather that the combination of the columns is not unique. I don't know Lawson, so I'm taking a guess, but Ithink the issue may be that the same item could appear more than once on an invoice. If you add invoice line do you have

RE: RE: Using dimensions

2003-09-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Ryan, Stephane Here is the way I would put it, based on my admittedly small experience: - The in the star schema design, dimension hierarchy gives users a clearer way to select data. Often in the GUI screen they have pull-down boxes for the hierarchies. - The regularity of the star schema

Re: Oracle 10g Pricing

2003-09-29 Thread Jonathan Gennick
Monday, September 29, 2003, 2:44:40 PM, you wrote: TJ t the same time, users are being prepared for a new TJ list of licensing options that, depending on their clarity, could TJ confuse the software market even more. Clarity? Fortunately, there won't be any clarity, so no one need be confused on

RE: Last Call for RMOUG Training Days 2004

2003-09-29 Thread Melanie Caffrey
Uhhh Dan? The Website states that the deadline has been extended to Oct. 1st. Which is more correct? You or the Website? Just so I know to turn to a few people here and tell them to hurry up. Of course, I should probably just do that anyway. :-) -Original Message- Daniel Fink

v$sort_usage

2003-09-29 Thread bulbultyagi
List, I am unable to find v$sort_usage in the 9i docs, though this synonym exists. Any idea why ? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San

shared_Pool

2003-09-29 Thread bulbultyagi
List, will the following two queries give the same value for the shared_Pool-size ? select sum ( bytes) / (1024*1024) from v$sgastat where pool = 'shared pool'; and show parameter shared_pool_size I always get a difference , the first one gives a value greater than the second by 12MB I tried

RE: v$sort_usage

2003-09-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Yes. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 4:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: v$sort_usage List, I am unable to find

Re: Last Call for RMOUG Training Days 2004

2003-09-29 Thread Stephane Faroult
Daniel Fink wrote: Today is the last day to submit an abstract for Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group Training Days 2004 in sunny and snowy Denver, Colorado. Last year, we had sessions from oracle-lers Cary, Anjo, Rachel, Tim as well as Stephan Haisley, Gary Goodman, Kent Graziano, Dave

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