Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle

2002-04-09 Thread JoJo Zawawi
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=581ncid=738e=2u=/nm/20020409/tc_nm/tech_oracle_dc_7 Cheers, JoJo

RE: Another RMAN Problem --- Urgent !!

2002-04-09 Thread Jack van Zanen
Hi Note: I'm still testing RMAN and not using it If you have more than one database managed by the same repository you need to somhow tell RMAN which database to duplicate. Connecting to the one to duplicate sounds like an option. Also RMAN is capable of duplicating upto the current time isn't

Re: RMAN madness !!

2002-04-09 Thread Jack van Zanen
Hi, You are probably encountering BUG 1834502 Fixed in 9.0.2 (duh) don't use to date but instead write set until time 'dd-MON- hh24:mi:ss'; {exact format mask} Jack

Enterprise Manager (EM) Questions

2002-04-09 Thread Abdul Aleem
* While installing EM 9i, it asked to creating a separate database for its repository to which I said Yes. Now the problem is that the database tools like SQL*Plus and SQL Workseet defaults to EM Repository database and not the original one. How do I specify the database name for database tools

Re: Oracle Replication - is it on by default?

2002-04-09 Thread Yechiel Adar
Hello Paul Open the replication manager and check there if you have replication working. I concur with Rachel. If you have replication you WILL remember activating it. Yechiel Adar Mehish - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April

Re: Favourite Urban Myth

2002-04-09 Thread hemantchitale
Well, yes ! When installing Oracle, he needs to run root.sh or orainstRoot.sh as root ! Hemant K Chitale Principal DBA Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd Dave Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/04/2002 12:18 AM Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please respond to ORACLE-L

this is how i created mount points - AIX

2002-04-09 Thread Rahul
list, i have 3 hdisks, i created ONE volume group for each hdisk, the VG size was just a little less than that of the disk... hdisk1 vg1 hdisk2 vg2 hdisk3 vg3 then i creatd mount points /hd1, /hd2/, and /hd3 and created 3 file systems on 3 volume groups and mounted them on the above

RE: this is how i created mount points - AIX

2002-04-09 Thread Hately Mike
Yes, you're right in your assumption. There are more complex ways to do this but for a 3 disk setup I think you're wise to keep things simple. I don't see any reason to put each LV in a separate VG though. One point I'd make is that you might like to look at raw devices for at least your online

RE: Table Insert Lock!!

2002-04-09 Thread Nirmal Kumar Muthu Kumaran
Title: RE: Table Insert Lock!! Hi subra( my ex-pm name), Hope that ur not pricise in ur ?. If suppose to keep at maxinum of 1 record at time( like dual), you can restrict this, by table level trigger of INSERTING. Sorry if i was u/s wrongly. Nirmal. -Original Message- From:

SQL : where clause to include data for the previous 24 hours

2002-04-09 Thread Johan Muller
I need a where clause to ACCURATELY (down to the second) calculate the previous 24 hours when a query is run and bump the time by 6 hours (event_date is based on GMT). The default date format has been set to 'S-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS','NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'. I've tried the following: where

Re: Another RMAN Problem --- Urgent !!

2002-04-09 Thread Ruth Gramolini
It will ask for the necessary archive and active logs. I am still on 8.0.6.3 and will be forever, and there is no duplicate command. You have to fool rman into making a duplicated database. But it works the same way. Ruth - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle

2002-04-09 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Message-From: JoJo Zawawi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 4:28 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=581ncid=738e=2u=/nm/20020409/tc_nm/tech_oracle_dc_7 Cheers

Re: SQL : where clause to include data for the previous 24 hours

2002-04-09 Thread Jack van Zanen
Hi Maybe completely misunderstood the Q: where event_date sysdate-18/24 Jack Johan Muller

Re: OCP-Network Exam

2002-04-09 Thread Bill Buchan
Also, be sure of the correct terminology. Know what network service names, connection strings, etc. are. I went into the exam last week knowing exactly what these things LOOKED like in the config files but not what you're meant to call them (although it was possible to work them out from

RE: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle

2002-04-09 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
/20020409/tc_nm/tech_oracle_dc_7 Cheers, JoJo

Re: where clause to include data for the previous 24 hours

2002-04-09 Thread Igor Neyman
No conversions required: where event_date (sysdate - 1 + 6/24) Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 8:13 AM I need a where clause to ACCURATELY (down to the second)

Re: SQL : where clause to include data for the previous 24 hours

2002-04-09 Thread Connor McDonald
where x sysdate - 18/24 hth connor --- Johan Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need a where clause to ACCURATELY (down to the second) calculate the previous 24 hours when a query is run and bump the time by 6 hours (event_date is based on GMT). The default date format has been set to

RE: SQL : where clause to include data for the previous 24 hours

2002-04-09 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Johan, There is no need to convert sysdate to a string and back to a data. I'm not sure what you mean by calculate the previous 24 hours when a query is run and bump the time by 6 hours. It looks like you are trying to retrieve all records that have a date/time within the last 18 hours - is

RE: RE: Oracle vs. MS SQL

2002-04-09 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Jared - The list prices we were able to find were Standard Edition Unlimited users $15,000 per CPU Enterprise Edition Unlimited users $40,000 per CPU This is list, your organization may be able to get a better deal. Needless to say, for new projects we have been looking VERY hard

RE: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle

2002-04-09 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
09, 2002 4:28 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=581ncid=738e=2u=/nm/20020409/tc_nm/tech_oracle_dc_7 Cheers, JoJo

Re: IOUG conference get together

2002-04-09 Thread Peter Barnett
Do we have a location, date, time??? --- Joe Testa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So for those of us going to the IOUG Conf, do we want to plan a get together? Throwing this out for ideas, etc. Joe -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Joe

RE: SQL Tuning - How to avoid TOCHAR function against a date

2002-04-09 Thread Cherie_Machler
Ron, That's an idea. Easy to implement and test. I'll give it a try tonight to see if it helps. It is a small table. Cherie Ron Rogers

Export taking to long

2002-04-09 Thread Smith, Ron L.
I have an export of a 16G database that is consistently taking 6 hours to export. It doesn't matter what time of the day or night the script is executed. There is very little activity on the server. Any ideas? #!/bin/ksh export ORACLE_SID=adprod export ORACLE_HOME=`grep $ORACLE_SID /etc/oratab

RE: How to read user dump file

2002-04-09 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
What do you mean by user dump file? The result of an Oracle Export? Looking up Oracle dump file on Google, I found the following: http://www.unal-bilisim.com/products/ioradumpreader/ioradumpreader.html http://www.unal-bilisim.com/products/ioradumpreader/ioradumpreader.html Dennis Williams DBA

Pl/sql question - if statement

2002-04-09 Thread Roland . Skoldblom
anyone whom can tell me why this statement fails in a pl/sqll code: I get this error message PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol ||AvdNr|| when expecting one of the following: . ( * @ % = - + / at in mod not rem then an exponent (**) or != or ~= = = and or like betwe when i run

RE: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle

2002-04-09 Thread Ron Rogers
://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=581ncid=738e=2u=/nm/2002 0409/tc_nm/tech_oracle_dc_7 cid=581ncid=738e=2u=/nm/20020409/tc_nm/tech_oracle_dc_7 Cheers, JoJo -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ron Rogers INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services

RE: How to read user dump file

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Leith
Also, what do you want to report on, what version of Oracle, what format does the report have to be in? What does the dump file contain? Does it contain data? We have a tool, but before I plug it, it may be better to know your requirements a little better.. Mark

Re: Pl/sql question - if statement

2002-04-09 Thread G . Plivna
You have messed up quotes in IF condition Maybe You can use some coding style other than chaotic? It helps in debugging, believe me. Gints Plivna IT Sistçmas, Meríeïa 13, LV1050 Rîga http://www.itsystems.lv/gints/

RE: Export taking to long

2002-04-09 Thread Hately Mike
Ron, you're taking a lot of steps that I would take myself. Which part of the machine starts to glow when you run this? I'll assume that the target file is not on a disk that's shared with any database files. Running sar for the first few minutes of the export will probably show you where your

RE: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle

2002-04-09 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
=581ncid=738e=2u=/nm/2002 0409/tc_nm/tech_oracle_dc_7 cid=581ncid=738e=2u=/nm/20020409/tc_nm/tech_oracle_dc_7 Cheers, JoJo -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ron Rogers INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538

RE: Export taking to long

2002-04-09 Thread Nguyen, David M
Does it happen everytime you do export or just once awhile? David -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:28 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I have an export of a 16G database that is consistently taking 6 hours to export. It doesn't matter what time of the day

RE: Export taking to long

2002-04-09 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Hi Ron, Why are you using consistent - do you have to? Have you tried bumping up your buffer, to like 10MB? Lisa Koivu Oracle Database Administrator Fairfield Resorts, Inc. 954-935-4117 -Original Message- From: Smith, Ron L. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002

RE: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle

2002-04-09 Thread Pardee, Roy E
Why, in-house developed applications, of course. Tailored to the requirements of your business by real people who actually asked you what your requirements are... 8^) Here's Oracle's take on web services: http://otn.oracle.com/tech/webservices/content.html -Roy Roy Pardee Programmer/Analyst

Re: Export taking to long

2002-04-09 Thread Mohammad Rafiq
Parameters looks ok, Just use gzip instead of compress . File extention should be .gz instead of .Z If you can try larger recordsize than 65K ,try it. Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 06:28:20 -0800

RE: RE: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle

2002-04-09 Thread Post, Ethan
I have worked with a little with PeopleSoft and a lot with J.D. Edwards OneWorld. Also have worked with a lot of people who have worked with them all. I know the finance guys, the sales order guys, inventory etc...My experience is that most of them agree the OneWorld is very capable of being

RE: Export taking to long

2002-04-09 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I am just throwing these quickly ... how large are your rollback segments? Consistent=y means Oracle has to remember every data block that existed at the time your export began. I haven't seen recordlength= before, is this the equivalent of the older buffer= parameter? Here I often set

Re: Pl/sql question - if statement

2002-04-09 Thread DBarbour
Check your quotes. Better yet, create a variable as the string then check the variable. If I understand your code, the first line would look like this: If 'A'||AvdNr||'.ICA_ARTIKEL@'||LookUpServerName|| 'BORTTAGS_FLAGG' = 0 THEN I suspect you're going to have problems with the rest of your

RE: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle

2002-04-09 Thread Scott . Shafer
***inline... Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210-581-6217 -Original Message- From: Boivin, Patrice J [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I think this is good news, Oracle accepting these user groups. *** Assimilation can not be far off. This is a bad thing. So much for an

RE: Export taking to long

2002-04-09 Thread Smith, Ron L.
Every time. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 10:38 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Does it happen everytime you do export or just once awhile? David -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:28 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle

2002-04-09 Thread Pardee, Roy E
No way! I'd say that web services are a collection of standards that allow HTTP-borne remote procedure calls between clients and servers. It's all XML objects under the skin, if I understand it correctly. The theory is that neither client nor server need to run any specific brand of software,

Re: Insert append generating redo

2002-04-09 Thread Mohammed Shakir
This is code I use and it works. If you see I do not use 'AS' before select. I am not sure if you need it. insert /*+ parallel(1, 6) */ into 1 select /*+ parallel(2, 6) */ * from 2; Shakir --- paquette stephane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm trying the following insert /*+ append */ into

RE: Export taking to long

2002-04-09 Thread Wong, Bing
Like someone suggested, use BUFFER=10MB or more so that you have less I/O. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 8:58 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Parameters looks ok, Just use gzip instead of compress . File extention should be .gz instead of .Z If you can

RE: Oracle 9i SE vs EE and options

2002-04-09 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Dennis is right. We had to pay extra for partitioning, on top of EE. What a lovely day it was. The total (to run on a wimpy w2k machine, named user) could have bought me a new car. Lisa Koivu Oracle Database Dog Catcher Fairfield Resorts, Inc. 954-935-4117 -Original Message-

RE: Oracle 9i SE vs EE and options

2002-04-09 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Ron - My interpretation, based on Oracle Partitioning, is that Option means that you need Enterprise Edition and you must pay extra on top of that. Thanks for passing this along. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 10:23

RE: Export taking to long

2002-04-09 Thread Seema Singh
Ron Let me know which version of oracle you are running? If it taking longer or longer? Following may help you to reduce export time -Try to take export in one file -Try to take on diffrent disk wich has less IO Thx -Seema From: Hately Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Ang: RE: Pl/sql question - if statement

2002-04-09 Thread Roland . Skoldblom
Yes but then it fails onthe word borttags_flagg, thi serrormessage : PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol BORTTAGS_FLAGG when expecting one of the following: . ( * @ % = - + / at in mod not rem then an exponent (**) or != or ~= = = and or like I reallydont see what the error is:

rman views one other rman question - long, sorry

2002-04-09 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Hello everyone, I'm digging through rman again. Wish I had more time to do this ongoing. I've looked at the v$views in the past, but didn't dig into them too deeply. Now that my backup strategy is backup to disk - wait for media manager to take files to tape, I'll need to be able to

FAIL OVER SETTING

2002-04-09 Thread Seema Singh
Hi I have 3 HP9000 enterprise servers and disk array.One of them are application server on which OiAS 9i is installed.On 2 DB server I installed Oracle9i.I want to set up fail over.The disk array is connected with one of primary db server say db01.Whenever DB01 fail then db02 will take take

Re: UWIN 3.0 and ORA-12560 error

2002-04-09 Thread Mohammed Shakir
I donot have UWIN so I can not test it. However on UNIX using ksh you not only you set the ORACLE_SID and ORACLE_HOME environment variable, but you need to export them as well. try it, Shakir --- Deshpande, Kirti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am getting this ORA-12560: TNS Protocol

RE: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle

2002-04-09 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Patrice - For an introduction to web services, go to http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47-68-85-1942_STO64099,00.h tml (or go to http://www.computerworld.com, click on Quickstudies, and scroll down to web services). Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: How to read user dump file

2002-04-09 Thread Simon Waibale
If the user dump file is an output of a traced session, use tkprof to generate a *.prf and the vi *.prf --- CSW -Original Message- From: Yahoo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 5:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: How to read user

RE: Using OID

2002-04-09 Thread Jay Mehta
Hi Rich, Thanks much for detailed information. I was glad to see an OID implementation out in the field. Couple of more questions: I know TNSNAMES.ORA can be replaced by OID, but have you taken the next step and migrated Oracle accounts to OID? We are looking at OID to centralize user

Re: Export taking to long

2002-04-09 Thread claudio cutelli
Hi, try setting BUFFER (size of data buffer) big enough and statistics=n if the default is Y By - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 5:33 PM What about using a direct export? Also, you could look at the

Rman ... what do YOU need

2002-04-09 Thread Freeman, Robert
I'm contemplating doing an Rman backup and recovery handbook. I'm wondering what you would like to see in such a book and would you use such a book? Ideas and comments welcome. Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP Oracle DBA Technical Lead CSX Midtier Database Administration The Cigarette Smoking

RE: Oracle 9i SE vs EE and options

2002-04-09 Thread Freeman, Robert
Yea, but just how fast would that used car lookup, sort and group 2 TB of data? :-) RF Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP Oracle DBA Technical Lead CSX Midtier Database Administration The Cigarette Smoking Man: Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom away from him.

RE: RE: Oracle vs. MS SQL

2002-04-09 Thread Brian_P_MacLean
The last time I checked SE didn't have patch maintenance. So you could get v8.1.7 but not v8.1.7.3. If that works for you, fine. Didn't work for me. Brian P. MacLean Oracle DBA, OCP8i

RE: RE: Oracle vs. MS SQL

2002-04-09 Thread Jared . Still
Sorry, my mistake. Just checked the Oracle store: 40k per CPU for EE. Yikes! Jared DENNIS WILLIAMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/09/02 07:03 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:

Function based index

2002-04-09 Thread Rick_Cale
Hi, If I have a function based index such as CREATE INDEX emp_idx01 on emp(SUBSTR(first_name,1,20)) Is there a way to build index where 1,20 portion can be parameterized? If so how would this be done? Thanks Rick -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author:

Re: Rman ... what do YOU need

2002-04-09 Thread Ron Rogers
Robert, Put me on the list for a copy when you finish. Seriously, It is a needed book that will make sense of the information presented in the doc's. A down to earth instruction manual that explains in real terms the usage and options for RMAN. Lisa posed a question about the different views

RE: RE: Oracle vs. MS SQL

2002-04-09 Thread Brian McGraw
MSRP. Of course, the actual price depends on which part of the fiscal year you catch the sales weasels in... :) Brian -- | Brian McGraw /* DBA */ Infinity Insurance | | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | --

RE: RE: Oracle vs. MS SQL

2002-04-09 Thread Post, Ethan
I have a buddy that works for Gartner. Says they have a deal that if you call them they will come in free of charge and look at the price you have negotiated with Oracle. They will then make a recommended price or negotiate the deal, not sure which. They get to keep 25% of the total savings.

RE: Rman ... what do YOU need

2002-04-09 Thread James Howerton
I agree with Ethan. 1. Please give some good examples for working the various storage management products, Veritas, Tivoli, Legato, etc? I've spent a huge ammount of time trying to get the transport layer working properly. 2. Cloning (I can share the scripts I've used) again I had a lot of

RE: Rman ... what do YOU need

2002-04-09 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Robert, That's good to know. A dedicated RMAN book would be great !! Hope you cover *all* available MML stuff.. like IBM/Tivoli ADSM/TSM, Legato etc.. etc.. and how to setup and use RMAN for Disaster Recovery scenarios, where databases would be recovered on different server and different

RE: Rman ... what do YOU need

2002-04-09 Thread Freeman, Robert
I have the book, and it is a pretty good 101 book. My book seeks to go to the next level, looking at things like the data dictionary views, the recovery catalog tables and how they are used, backup and recovery case studies, and the like. I will look for input from this thread for additional

migrate from 8i to 9i

2002-04-09 Thread Kader Ben
Hi friends, I need your advise on the following question. I have DB on 8i and I want create new one on another machine with 9i. I thought do the following steps: 1 - Install oracle 9i on a new machine 2 - make full export of the 8i DB 3 - import it on the new one (9i) So before I proceed

RE: Rman ... what do YOU need

2002-04-09 Thread Koivu, Lisa
How about an exhaustive list of differences between running with a catalog and without. In the documentation it is so brief. It also seems that the disadvantages of running nocatalog are becoming less and less. I flipped out at first when I found out I wouldn't have another license (and

RE: Rman ... what do YOU need

2002-04-09 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Kirti - Thanks for mentioning it. I went ahead and ordered it, so maybe I can report to the list in about a week. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 1:41 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L FWIW -- Oracle

RE: Rman ... what do YOU need

2002-04-09 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Robert, Sample queries against the Rman Views - or - how to navigate to find stuff within the structure would be very helpful. As well as standard installation procedures for using Rman against the various SBT software components. Configuring these beasts is where most of the challenge lies.

Re: Insert append generating redo

2002-04-09 Thread Robert Pegram
Stephane, I don't understand what you mean when you say you can select on t1 before any commit. I just tried this on an 8.1.7 database, and there was a signicant reduction in redo. There was only 668 bytes of redo generated vs. 2320 (see below). I think some redo will still be generated as

Re: Function based index

2002-04-09 Thread Stephane Faroult
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, If I have a function based index such as CREATE INDEX emp_idx01 on emp(SUBSTR(first_name,1,20)) Is there a way to build index where 1,20 portion can be parameterized? If so how would this be done? Thanks Rick No. The function is simply applied to the

RE: Rman ... what do YOU need

2002-04-09 Thread Freeman, Robert
Oh... I'm sure I'll be asking for help, particularly where the media management layer is involved :-) RF -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:36 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Robert, Sample queries against the Rman Views - or - how to navigate to find

RE: function based index

2002-04-09 Thread Khedr, Waleed
You need a simple index on the column that gets queried Max(columnname). The index is always sorted. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 8:00 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L hi everyone we have a query with several max functions in it. The performance

Differences between Oracle JDBC thin and thick drivers

2002-04-09 Thread Louis Avrami
Hello all, I have a question concerning the Oracle JDBC thin vs. thick drivers and how they might affect operations from an application perspective. We're in a Solais 8/Oracle 8.1.7.2 environment. We have several applications on several servers connecting to the Oracle database. For

Re: migrate from 8i to 9i

2002-04-09 Thread tday6
I'm assuming that you're creating a 9i database on the new machine when you install Oracle. I find it useful to pre-create the tablespaces (and users) on the new database, rather than let the import do that. This gives you more control over where datafiles end up and do some clearup on

RE: rman views one other rman question - long, sorry

2002-04-09 Thread Brian McGraw
Lisa - Note 98342.1 might provide you some information. An excerpt: RMAN DATA DICTIONARY VIEWS used to query the control file - If you are not using a recovery catalog, RMAN information is stored in the target database's control file .

RE: Explain: In List Iterator

2002-04-09 Thread Koivu, Lisa
OMG I thought we were looking at a canned-app query If it was my database, I would be turning the query upside down and educating the developer in a not-so-gentle manner. But that's my style - hormonal and direct. :) You are the better person if you can get through to the developer

RE: Does index need rebuilding when table is truncated

2002-04-09 Thread Sherman, Paul R.
Hello, Lisa, what I was wondering when I read Rick's e-mail was... what about the HWM for the indexes when someone truncates a table. The table's HWM pointer gets reset of course, but I can never recall seeing anything about what happens to the index space. Thank you, Paul Sherman DBA voice -

RE: Explain: In List Iterator

2002-04-09 Thread Freeman, Robert
Uh I'm just wondering about the customer table there... anything look odd about the use of that table in this query or am I missing something there? RF -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 5:44 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L OMG I thought we were looking

Re: Explain: In List Iterator

2002-04-09 Thread Stephane Faroult
Baker, Barbara wrote: Hi, list. I'm trying to find out what's eating my system. I found the query, and explain'ed it. I've never seen an in list iterator before. Can anyone tell me what that is??? Thanks!! Barb Execution Plan

Re: Differences between Oracle JDBC thin and thick drivers

2002-04-09 Thread Marc Perkowitz
This is my understanding as well. So if you wanted to use the thick driver, you would need to install SQL*Net on each of your clients. If your clients are all internal and already use SQL*Plus, for example, you should be all set. Otherwise you may have some difficulties with this option. Marc

RE: SQL : where clause to include data for the previous 24 hours

2002-04-09 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
how about sysdate -1 that will give you exact 24 hours up to the second?? Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that of ESPN Inc.

RE: SQL Tuning - How to avoid TOCHAR function against a date

2002-04-09 Thread sundeep maini
I am jumping in the middle of this thread so execuse me if I am repeating the past suggestions I haven't read yet. In a DW you'd have a date dim of dates only (no time component to date) and a time_dim (down to seconds). Your fact table should have a date_key and a time_key if both date and time

RE: Does index need rebuilding when table is truncated

2002-04-09 Thread Freeman, Robert
Oracle Database Tank Hmmm... so are they going to send you to Afghanistan or Iraq in that database tank Lisa? RF -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Freeman, Robert INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858)

Re: Question about Forms Version

2002-04-09 Thread Marc Perkowitz
Perhaps you're referring to Developer/2000? If so, that name was first usedwith Forms 4.5. I believe it was also used for Forms 5.0, but dropped after that. Marc PerkowitzSenior ConsultantTWJ Consulting, LLP - Original Message - From: JoJo Zawawi To: Multiple

RE: Explain: In List Iterator

2002-04-09 Thread Baker, Barbara
Wow. Can't believe I didn't see that. She's grabbing every transient customer (cgrno is the customer type), and is not matching any other criteria. This list never ceases to amaze me . . . Thanks. Barb -- From: Freeman, Robert [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Reply To: [EMAIL

dedicated server

2002-04-09 Thread Hamid Alavi
List, I have a problem for shutdown one of the instances, got error OAR-00106 I was looking for the solution on the net, they recommened connect as internal without using the string connection( I beleive it means service name) but if you have more than one instance how can connect internal to a

RE: Rman ... what do YOU need

2002-04-09 Thread Austin, Steve S
I'm currently struggling with the MML Veritas NetBackup. What I'd like is cohesive definition and examples showing use of the views (v$backup_sync_io and v$backup_async_io) that are there to supposedly let me know if the tape is streaming, and to compare throughput from the point of view of

Re: Question about Forms Version

2002-04-09 Thread JoJo Zawawi
Thanks. So the most recent version of Forms is called 6i, is this correct? Can anyone recommend a good book for this? I appreciate all suggestions. Also, if I study a 4.5 book, would that work out alright? Thanks in advance, JoJo - Original Message - From: Marc Perkowitz To:

Re: Question about Forms Version

2002-04-09 Thread Peter . McLarty
Hi You can try two books for learning Oracle Developer Advanced Forms and Reports by Dorsey and Koletzke I also have another one that Uni is using for a subject on Developer Enhanced Guide to Oracle 8i, Morrison Morrison both have supporting websites and Peter Koletzke hangs out on the

RE: Oracle 9i SE vs EE and options

2002-04-09 Thread Kimberly Smith
Faster then the database running on Windows:-) -Original Message- Robert Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:04 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Yea, but just how fast would that used car lookup, sort and group 2 TB of data? :-) RF Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP Oracle DBA

Re: Question about Forms Version

2002-04-09 Thread JoJo Zawawi
Hi Peter, Thanks a lot for the book recommendations. I have another question: I have Oracle 8i on an NT box. I just downloaded Oracle Forms Developer 6i Release 2 for NT (which has as part of it, Oracle 9iAS Forms Services for NT). Can I install it on that same NT box, or is it going to mess

Re: Question about Forms Version

2002-04-09 Thread Peter . McLarty
I have both running on a laptop here the only thing that will happen is that Developer uses its own net8 client and as such sets the Oracle HOME to teh home you install Dev 6i in. You most likely will want to install a copy of your tnsnames in your Develop home. If you have the Home selector

standby database problem ???

2002-04-09 Thread Janet Linsy
Hi, I created a primary and a standby database. Both are 9i on Win2000, the same host. Everything was fine, except the last step: SQL RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE TIMEOUT 20; ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below ORA-01152: file 1 was not restored

RE: Favourite Urban Myth

2002-04-09 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
We had one dba who (by mistake) issued a 'chown -R oracle:dba' followed by 'chmod -R 750 *' from the '/' directory while logged in as root. Fortunately, it was a server with no production databases on it, just a couple of Development databases. She never new what a '#' prompt was. She is long

LMT's or DMT's

2002-04-09 Thread Sujatha Madan
Hi, I know this topic has been done to death, but I've only just migrated to 8.1.7 from 8.0.6 and am looking into LMT's vs DMT's. Do listers reccomend migrating all tablespaces (other than system) or should I do my temp tablespace only?? What is the general thought out there? Also, is the

collecting statistics

2002-04-09 Thread prem
Hi, I have a table in which inserts/updates or deletes are taking place very frequently( in the order of 1/sec) , Now I want to have the information on how many inserts or updates or deletes took place in the table. I might ask for a query like how many inserts took place on a specific date