WG: Re: Data Warehouse on Windows

2002-08-16 Thread Sackwitz, Antje
Hi, Stephane, actually we have the database running on Sybase but there it is way too slow ( as I told everyone here before). The application has about 25 small and about 10 large tables. Data comes in every night about 100-250MB. We have just about 20 users doing 'ad hoc' queries to

OT: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread Grant Allen
Very sorry about OT post - please feel free to flame/respond to me personally. I'm moving to the UK, and wonder what structure most contractors are employed under. I've read about IR35 (pretty much the same as the alienation of income rule here is Aus). Do people work as sole traders, set up

test scenario # 1, dropped online redo logs

2002-08-16 Thread Rahul
list, i will be testing various recovery scenarios on a test instance.. my db is in archive log.. i hv a cold backup, i created a table, inserted some records and switched the logfile.. (i dnt hv a hot backup) , then i deleted both the online redo logs. now i;m trying to re-create the

test scenario # 1, dropped online redo logs - UPDATE

2002-08-16 Thread Rahul
i am able to re-create the control file .. but on doing recover database using backup controlfile the database is requesting a change# which was in the deleted online redo log !!! now what ??? -- From: Rahul Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:57 PM To: 'Oracle

Re: export with first rows

2002-08-16 Thread Connor McDonald
One option is to create a special user for exports, and create a logon trigger for that user which does alter session set optimizer_mode = ... hth connor --- Ed Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, We have the optimizer mode set to first rows on our (25gb) database to meet a vendor

RE: Data Warehouse on Windows

2002-08-16 Thread Bishop Lewis
It is an Oracle on Windows problem. Basically it's not that you can't have files over 4GB - just don't have autoextend on (something I always avoid anyway). You CAN manually extend past the 4GB boundaries (ie 4, 8, 12...). Lewis Bishop --- Barclays Enable/ISS/OPTS - Oracle OCP Database

RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Not much going on over here mate. From what I know its a combination of that which you mentioned. Rates are v.low at the moment and we have laid off quite a few recently. John Hallas on the list is your man. I believe he is in the contractor arena. Cheers Lee -Original Message- Sent:

RE: Simple favor from the guru's

2002-08-16 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Well, thats about as clear as you can get. Stephen, I guess that should give you enough ammo to shoot your co-worker with :-) -Original Message- Sent: 16 August 2002 03:18 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Lord knows I am one of the first to disparage the validity of OCP as a

RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread Bishop Lewis
Grant, Well good luck. Things are still tight here in the UK (see a recent post about FTV's) and there are many contractors on the bench. A recent group forum topic touched on the fact that 35% of new signers-on (the dole) are from IT. Last year I had 2 stints of 6 weeks between contracts and

RE: Rolling sums (?)

2002-08-16 Thread cosltemp-g . manoj
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RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread Bishop Lewis
Apologies, didn't actually answer your original questions :- what structure most contractors are employed under. Do people work as sole traders, set up their own plc, work for a body shop, Most run their own limited companies as directors and use a mixture of wages, dividends and expenses.

RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread Hately Mike
yup .. and me too. It's very slow here. Certainly for DBAs. The PCG site (http://www.pcgroup.org.uk/) has good information on the implications of IR35. regards, Mike Hately Oracle DBA -Original Message- Sent: 16 August 2002 09:53 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Not much

Re: test scenario # 1, dropped online redo logs - UPDATE

2002-08-16 Thread Rachel Carmichael
try open resetlogs. you won't be able to fully recover but you might get the database open --- Rahul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am able to re-create the control file .. but on doing recover database using backup controlfile the database is requesting a change# which was in the deleted

RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread John . Hallas
Grant, I agree with Lewis, things are tight here. Very hard to find work and you have to compete hard on rate to have a chance. You have to work as a ltd company - does not cost much to set up , or use an umbrella company. I would recommend joing the Professional Contractors Group

RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread Bishop Lewis
That's funny - I'm moving to New Zealand in the next couple of years! The way things are going here it'll be sooner rather than later! ;-( Lewis Bishop --- Barclays Enable/ISS/OPTS - Oracle OCP Database Consultant Phone - 020 8298 3418 Mobile - 07950 380857 Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: export with first rows

2002-08-16 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
There were posts re. first_rows last week I think - stick to CHOOSE, problems occur if you use first_rows and all_rows in init.ora. Something to do with how the Oracle database engine accesses internal objects. Which vendor would require that you use first_rows for the whole database? Regards,

Re: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread Manavendra Gupta
Talking about NZ, how are things there? Does anyone know the current state of the economy and the prospects there? With Warm Regards, Manav. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:48 AM That's funny - I'm moving

Response file - example needed

2002-08-16 Thread Vladimir Barac
Linux Oracle 8.1.7.2 EE I have to upgrade oracle version to 8.1.7.4, but there is huge problem (for me, at least)... X software is completely removed from linux box. Why is it so, is completely out of scope of this mail... So, I need some basic response file (or complete one, if possible). I

Re: RE: Dba tools on NT

2002-08-16 Thread Igor Neyman
Jared PS. Just wait, Oracle may have some Perl comin' at you. On Windows installed by default with Apache (Oracle Enterprise Edition 9.2). Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Igor Neyman INET: [EMAIL

Re:Is port 1575 the standard for any Oracle product?

2002-08-16 Thread dgoulet
onames Reply Separator Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 8/16/2002 5:28 AM Is port 1575 the standard port number for any particular Oracle product? Thanks, Cherie Machler Oracle DBA Gelco Information Network -- Please see the official ORACLE-L

RE: RE: Dba tools on NT

2002-08-16 Thread Jesse, Rich
In the form of RDS? I believe that was the strong rumor on this list a few months back... Makes sense, IMHO, for cross-platform thing-a-ma-bobs. Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA

Cannot Connect to DB from 9i DS Release 2

2002-08-16 Thread KENNETH JANUSZ
I have a DB connection problem that I cannot resolve and need your help. Standalone Dell 8200 PC using XP Prof. with 61.6 GB of free space. A couple of days ago I installed my9.2 DB successfully and was able to connect with SQL*Plus and TOAD. Then yesterday I installed 9iDS Rel. 2 which

Is port 1575 the standard for any Oracle product?

2002-08-16 Thread Cherie_Machler
Is port 1575 the standard port number for any particular Oracle product? Thanks, Cherie Machler Oracle DBA Gelco Information Network -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX:

RE: Oracle Arm Twisting?

2002-08-16 Thread John . Whelan
My assumption would be put a BuySell area on the www.orafaq.com web site or a pointer to a broker who deals in these licences. Put a disclaimer in to cover against fraud but normal purchasing departments should be able to sort that out, especially since the normal price on these things is

RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread Bishop Lewis
Having looked into it and spoken to some agencies it appears the same as pretty much everywhere else - quiet. Lewis Bishop --- Barclays Enable/ISS/OPTS - Oracle OCP Database Consultant Phone - 020 8298 3418 Mobile - 07950 380857 Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: 16

reorg steps..

2002-08-16 Thread Peter R
Hi Gurus, Iam going to reorganize my bigtables, Could you people suggest any better ideas?? My environment is Oracle7.3.2 on AIX415. I want to minimize redo and undo at the time of reorg. If I create an Index in unrecoverable mode, Is it I have to bring in recoverable mode?? One of friend

RE: Is port 1575 the standard for any Oracle product?

2002-08-16 Thread Lord, David - CSG
Yep, names. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 16 August 2002 14:28 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Is port 1575 the standard for any Oracle product? Is port 1575 the standard port number for any particular Oracle

ORA-600 on insert over dblink to RDB

2002-08-16 Thread Seefelt, Beth
Hi everyone, I just upgraded out development database from 8.1.7 to 9.2 and I'm getting an ORA-600 error when trying to do insert into table1 (select * from table1@dblink) The error is - ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [qerrmOFBu1], [9100], [], [], [], [], [], []

RE: Oracle Arm Twisting?

2002-08-16 Thread Jay Hostetter
Catherine, We are not running HR. We have Financial Apps (GL, AP, PO, etc.). We have test procedures that the users run through. They test basic functionality (bring up various forms, query data, etc). The procedures amount to around 16-20 man-hours of testing. If a patch only affects

RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread David Marshall (damarsha)
Hmm.. Im going to Australia too and am both British/Australian so no worries there, I will be taking a retirement job when I hit mid 30's.. Right now im working Europe for the cash ;-) Interesting enough, I hear the money is in china at the moment, 18month - 5year contracts on 12k US$ per week.

RE: Simple favor from the guru's

2002-08-16 Thread Karniotis, Stephen
Lee: Already did. Thank You Stephen P. Karniotis Product Architect Compuware Corporation Direct: (248) 865-4350 Mobile: (248) 408-2918 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web:www.compuware.com -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 5:04 AM To: Multiple recipients of

RE: Is port 1575 the standard for any Oracle product?

2002-08-16 Thread Seefelt, Beth
Yes, its the default port for the oracle names listener. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:28 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Is port 1575 the standard port number for any particular Oracle product? Thanks, Cherie Machler Oracle DBA Gelco Information

RE: Cannot Connect to DB from 9i DS Release 2

2002-08-16 Thread Seefelt, Beth
Title: Message Did you set your default home back to the 9.2 home after the install? The install will have changed it to the home for 9iDS. Go to start - programs - Oracle installation products - Home selector and set it back. You should also make sure you have TNS_ADMIN set in the

RE: RMAN recovery stuck

2002-08-16 Thread James Howerton
Dennis, Try this: sql startup mount; sql exit rman target sys/password nocatalog then, run { allocate channel d1 type disk; restore database; recover database until cancel; alter database open resetlogs; } Is you're controlfile coming from the RMAN backup set ora are you copying it

RE: Newbie ?

2002-08-16 Thread Gogala, Mladen
Mcfish? With or without the Big Mac and Egg McMuffin? -Original Message- From: Robertson Lee - lerobe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 2:53 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Newbie ? That my friend, seems to be fishier than Fishy

RE: SAN

2002-08-16 Thread John . Whelan
So if I get a problem with my Mainframe Adabas databases Natural or Predict environments where do I post? To come back to the SAN side of things. We have a number. Basically the expensive one works extremely well with Oracle databases. Split out the database, the log files and the redo log

Re: Export to tape

2002-08-16 Thread Mohammad Rafiq
Will it work without volsize parameter? I am producing one more par file for Pawan's reference userid=system/password full=y log=/u100/app/oracle/local/dba/fullexp/log/filename.log file=/dev/tape --Ask your Unix admin for configured tape device #file=/dev/rmt/0m #volsize=16384M volsize=0

Cognos-unix???

2002-08-16 Thread karthikeyan S
Hi, Is it possible to install Cognos (Version 7) in an UNIX environment (HP, SCO or whatever) ? Thanks in advance... regards, Karthik -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: karthikeyan S INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858)

Re: Simple favor from the guru's

2002-08-16 Thread Hemant K Chitale
Maybe those guys were attending the classes at Oracle but were enjoying the break from work [being at some other place, but not an Oracle Education Centre]. Hemant At 11:18 AM 15-08-02 -0800, you wrote: Everyone: I am looking to all of my esteemed peers and gurus to clarify something that

RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread Gogala, Mladen
You can walk in the first accounting firm and ask them to set up a limited company for you. costs around $350. As far as I can remember (1996.) the best jobs available were in the telco country, around Bishopsgate/ London Bridge/ Broadgate Center area and they used to work with a few body

RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread Jenner Mike
Yes, There aren't many positions cropping up! Check www.jobserve.co.uk I now have a permanent job after my contract was not renewed last month. I didn't consider it a preference but under the circumstances it's a whole lot better than nothing. Best wishes to those contracting

RE: ORA-600 on insert over dblink to RDB

2002-08-16 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Beth - Interesting. I pasted your argument into the ORA-600 lookup function on MetaLink and received the message: Description for this argument is not yet published. Your request is recorded and will be used for publishing prioritization. Looks like you're right out there on the bleeding

Re: ORA-12500 TNS:listener failed -- Intermittent

2002-08-16 Thread Chaim . Katz
Bob, We've had a symtoms like that (Oracle 7.3 and windows NT). In our case it was related to the size of the Oracle executable on windows - it grows dynamically based on the number of connections (and how much work the connections are doing?) but it normally can't grow larger than 2Gb because

Re: Re:Is port 1575 the standard for any Oracle product?

2002-08-16 Thread KENNETH JANUSZ
All I have seen is 1521 for the default port. Ken Janusz, CPIM - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:48 AM onames Reply Separator Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

RE: Simple favor from the guru's

2002-08-16 Thread John Weatherman
Immediately after the definition of a database above is the heading Other Key File Structures, beneath this heading it says The oracle server also uses other files that are NOT part of the database: - The parameter file that

init.ora processes ??

2002-08-16 Thread Bob Robert
All, What is the impact of processes init.ora parameter other than restricting number of user sessions ? I know it needs more memory (like stack size + sort area size + etc. ) whenever it gets new connection. My question is: Is there any additional resource (does it take more memory? ) usage if

RE: init.ora processes ??

2002-08-16 Thread Fink, Dan
For each process 'reserved' by oracle, there is a small amount of space allocated in the SGA and a semaphore is reserved at the O/S level (assuming UNIX). A lesser number of processes will allocate a slightly smaller amount of SGA and fewer semaphores. Until a session is started, no other memory

RE: Newbie ?

2002-08-16 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Here we have the McLobster... Regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 12:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:RE: Newbie ? Mcfish? With or without the Big Mac and Egg McMuffin? --

RE: RMAN recovery stuck

2002-08-16 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
James Will try your suggestion. I dodged the problem you describe with the control file. I couldn't get RMAN to create the controlfile without the database being mounted, so I've just been doing a backup controlfile. Thanks for the ideas. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Cognos-unix???

2002-08-16 Thread Jesse, Rich
Cognos what? They make several products. Most of them even talk with Oracle of all things... ;) Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA -Original Message- From: karthikeyan S

AW: Cognos-unix???

2002-08-16 Thread Kulev, Milen
Yes, We runnung it On Solaris 8. HTH. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: karthikeyan S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Freitag, 16. August 2002 16:39 An: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Betreff: Cognos-unix??? Hi, Is it possible to install Cognos (Version 7) in an UNIX

RE: Oracle Arm Twisting?

2002-08-16 Thread John Weatherman
My experience is only up through 11, not 11i, but I would resist the only test what Oracle says is touched approach. If a patch has nothing but a form .inp, you can get away with it, but the second you touch a lib or object file...I've seen too many problems appear in areas they shouldn't not to

RE: Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory userid to logon

2002-08-16 Thread John . Whelan
Could you point me in the right direction? Thanks John -Original Message- Sent: August 15, 2002 5:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L logon to I have it working and am pretty happy with it. It doesn't allow a user to connect to the database without entering anything,

RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Well, thats a new one on me London - beautiful ??? -Original Message- Sent: 16 August 2002 16:59 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L You can walk in the first accounting firm and ask them to set up a limited company for you. costs around $350. As far as I can remember

Re: Re:Is port 1575 the standard for any Oracle product?

2002-08-16 Thread Alessandro Guimaraes
Hi, 1575 Oracle Names server using TCP/IP or TCP/IP with SSL 1521 listener 2481 8i Jserv TCP/IP 2482 8i Jserv TCP/IP with SSL 1630 client connections to the Oracle Connection Manager 1830 administrative commands to Oracle Connection Manager Alessandro - Original Message - To:

RE: Data Warehouse on Windows

2002-08-16 Thread Hemant K Chitale
It is a problem with Oracle DataFiles on the 4GB boundary. Doc ID: Note:148894.1 Subject: ALERT: Problems with Datafile AUTOEXTEND/RESIZE on Oracle8i on NT/2000 Platforms Type: ALERT Status: PUBLISHED Content Type: TEXT/PLAIN

RE: Newbie ?

2002-08-16 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Aha, that is for me and the Sprites who live at the bottom of my well to know -Original Message- Sent: 16 August 2002 16:48 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Mcfish? With or without the Big Mac and Egg McMuffin? -Original Message- From: Robertson

RE: Cognos-unix???

2002-08-16 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
Cognos can connect to databases on unix. I think though that the actual Cognos software is windoze based. Dave -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, Is it possible to install Cognos (Version 7) in an UNIX environment

Urgent help on Silent installation

2002-08-16 Thread Arun Chakrapanirao
Hi, Has anybody installed Oracle 8i silent installation on sun Solaris, I am trying to do custom installation on 20 servers in which I do not want apache and Enterprise manager, but whenever I try to install without these components it fails. Can you please let me know how to install the

Re: c_USER#

2002-08-16 Thread Igor Neyman
Title: RE: c_USER# No, it'll be the same whether it's locally or dictionary managed tablespace. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: BigP To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 3:53 PM Subject: Re:

Re: init.ora processes ??

2002-08-16 Thread Rachel Carmichael
the larger the number of processes in the init.ora, the larger the number of semaphores you need on most Unix systems. Not all, I *think* from reading the list that AIX doesn't use semaphores (I've only worked on HP-UX and SUN, both of which use semaphores) If the processes parameter is set so

RE: Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory userid to logon

2002-08-16 Thread Seefelt, Beth
Metalink doc 60634.1 but set OS_AUTHENT_PREFIX = and OSAUTH_PREFIX_DOMAIN = TRUE HTH, Beth -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:19 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L logon Could you point me in the right direction? Thanks John -Original

RE: To_Char Problem

2002-08-16 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: To_Char Problem a) Do not convert date fields to characters in a comparison. In your query, use and a.updated_date = (select max(updated_date) ... b) If you absolutely want to create two character strings from a date, and then compare the strings, this is the format to use:

Re: Cognos-unix???

2002-08-16 Thread paquette stephane
I've install Cognos tools on hp-ux 10.20 a while ago. The tool was Cognos Tranformer. We decided to build the cubes on the unix box (instead Win NT) then ftp the cubes on a Winframe server. Which tool do you want to install ? --- karthikeyan S [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi, Is it

Re: RMAN recovery stuck

2002-08-16 Thread Ruth Gramolini
And that is why you have to use the controlfile from the time of the backup. Your current constrolfile doesn't know about back then, You can then roll forward to whenever you want. HTH, Ruth - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday,

RE: DBA tools on NT - PERL

2002-08-16 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: DBA tools on NT - PERL -Original Message- From: Pat Hildebrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I'm not responding to any single message here but a few general comments about perl. All right already! I'll quit using C/gcc and start using Perl! Is this the first book I

RE: Nologging and redo generation

2002-08-16 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: Nologging and redo generation -Original Message- From: Smith, Ron L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Can I use the nologging option on simple inert and deletes to eliminate rollback problems and redo generation? Which version of Oracle? From Oracle8i Concepts Release 2

RE: RMAN recovery stuck

2002-08-16 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Thanks Ruth. Actually the controlfile keeps records for quite a few backups. I actually don't care about rolling forward. In a disaster recovery I will probably only have the level zero backup from tape. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent:

Re: what is wrong with this idea ...

2002-08-16 Thread BigP
but you dont know how many records can be there in child table . Also if the status changes for child record you will have to take care of updating teh parent one also . -bp - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002

Re: Hot backup mode stops writing to the datafiles

2002-08-16 Thread Ray Stell
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 01:58:32PM -0800, Ray Stell wrote: I have yet to test it, but the gtar flag --ignore-failed-read may get around this. I used gtar --ignore-failed-read and it did give a msg that the file changed, but did not end in error as before. I was able to restore a functional

How to clone a local database from 9i server to a remote 8i server site

2002-08-16 Thread Meomeo Nguyen
Hi All, Anyone please direct me where I can find good resources about how to clone a local database from Oracle9i server to a remote Oracle8i server site.Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. LenkaDo You Yahoo!? HotJobs, a Yahoo! service - Search Thousands of New Jobs

RE: pl/sql exception and whenever sqlerror

2002-08-16 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: pl/sql exception and whenever sqlerror (see answer below - What a difference, a raise makes!) -Original Message- From: Baker, Barbara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I have a command procedure running a sql*plus script that then runs a stored procedure. (This is VMS,

RE: Cognos-unix???

2002-08-16 Thread Vergara, Michael (TEM)
We moved away from the Cognos-on-UNIX because of limitations in the tool. Plus, believe it or not, Cognos on Windoze is a LOT faster. Just my 2¢ worth... Mike -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I've install Cognos tools

RE: RMAN recovery stuck

2002-08-16 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Thanks Jim. This morning I did something close to what you describe. I just did run { allocate channel d1 type disk; restore database; } Same result. It recovers the same set of files and hangs. At least this rules out a lot of things like the time format of time. Now I'm thinking maybe I

RE: init.ora processes ??

2002-08-16 Thread Bob Robert
How about with Microsoft Windows NT ? --- Fink, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For each process 'reserved' by oracle, there is a small amount of space allocated in the SGA and a semaphore is reserved at the O/S level (assuming UNIX). A lesser number of processes will allocate a slightly

Re: query problem

2002-08-16 Thread Don Jerman
how about select tab1.id from tab1,tab2 where tab1.id=tab2.id group by tab1.id having sum(decode(tab2.status,'Y',1,'N',-1,0)) 0; Harvinder Singh wrote: Hi, we have 2 tables tab1 and tab2 each having id column and tab2 also has column status that will contain value 'Y' or 'N' for

RE: Cognos-unix???

2002-08-16 Thread paquette stephane
At the time, we didn't get a better performance on unix than on windows because the tool was not able to use more than one cpu. I hope that the current version can take advantage of multiple cpu. --- Vergara, Michael (TEM) [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : We moved away from the Cognos-on-UNIX

Catching errors on inserts

2002-08-16 Thread Bob Metelsky
Oracle Water Walkers! I have a very large insert script that may contain data that is larger than the column, I need to be able to identify rows that fails with Value too large for column Im doing 10k inserts via insert into table (val1,val2,...) Is there a way to do this (trap bad

RE: Catching errors on inserts

2002-08-16 Thread Karniotis, Stephen
Bob: You can use WHEVER conditions within your SQL*Plus script, however, it stops when an error is received. You could put into an anonymous pl/sql block and use exception handling. Use this format: BEGIN PROCEDURE XXX is BEGIN INSERT STATEMENT with variables for all

RE: How to clone a local database from 9i server to a remote 8i s

2002-08-16 Thread Straub, Dan
Title: RE: How to clone a local database from 9i server to a remote 8i server site Anyone please direct me where I can find good resources about how to clone a local database from Oracle9i server to a remote Oracle8i server site. See the export/import documentation and Metalink #

RE: Catching errors on inserts

2002-08-16 Thread Gogala, Mladen
alter session set events='0001 trace name errorstack forever, level 10'; All duplicate value errors will then be trapped in the alert.log file. You can always substitute your own favorite error in place of 0001. -Original Message- From: Bob Metelsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: ORA-600 on insert over dblink to RDB

2002-08-16 Thread dunal (ubTools)
Hi, Upload your trace file to iOraBugFinder at http://www.ubTools.com/products/iorahanganalyzer/iorahanganalyzer.html regards... DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: Beth - Interesting. I pasted your argument into the ORA-600 lookup function on MetaLink and received the message: Description for this

RE: what is wrong with this idea ... - thanks

2002-08-16 Thread Gurelei
This is to thank all those who replied to my post - Thomas, Dennis, Jack, Melissa, Manavendra, Jerome, Steven , Stephen and Michael (sorry if I missed someone). I have been able to create the aggregate which IMO will speed up the reports so hopefully the developers will go along. thank you all

compile invalid objects

2002-08-16 Thread BigP
I am feeling lazy today .. so if someone can give me script that compiles all invalid objects untill all objects are valid will be great . Yes I am looking for the one which does this in a loop so that i dont have to run this many times to get 0 invalid objects . Thanks , -Bp

RE: How to clone a local database from 9i server to a remote 8i s

2002-08-16 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Lenka - Perhaps you can explain your requirements in a little more detail. Here are some questions that occur to me: - What do you mean by clone specifically. Do you mean you have some data in one or more tables you wish to move? Are you thinking you can move datafiles themselves? Have you

RE: How to clone a local database from 9i server to a remote 8i s

2002-08-16 Thread Meomeo Nguyen
Just wanted to have exact copy of my Oracle9i database serveron Suse Linux 7.3 on the remote Oracle8i database server. This is a very huge database (around 17 million records or so) needs to betransferred to the remote server. We are in planning process. The actual data is not readyto do

Re: Cannot Connect to DB from 9i DS Release 2

2002-08-16 Thread DBarbour
Specify the tnsnames.ora file to Toad. On the startup page, click the SQL*Net Help button. David A. Barbour AISD KENNETH

RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

2002-08-16 Thread Suhen Pather
John, The contracting market here in Sydney is really slow as well. The rates have dropped substantially. There are just a few permanent Oracle DBA jobs but they don't pay that well. Lots of them ask for very specific skills. I guess it is the employers market right now to get the best for

Re: Catching errors on inserts

2002-08-16 Thread Jared . Still
Bob, Why not just use SQL*Loader to load the data? It's much faster, and has the handy feature of saving rejected rows in a reject file. Jared Bob Metelsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/16/2002 12:48 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients

Re: Cannot Connect to DB from 9i DS Release 2

2002-08-16 Thread Jared . Still
Ken, When installing new Oracle products, it is not unusual for that product to install it's own sqlnet.ora and tnsnames.ora. These will of course be incorrect. As Cherie said, you may want to just try setting TNS_ADMIN, or you can make sure the files are in sync. Jared KENNETH JANUSZ

RE: Cannot Connect to DB from 9i DS Release 2

2002-08-16 Thread Jared . Still
Oops, I identified Cherie as the respondent to Ken's question, and it was actually Beth. Sorry Beth. @#$ non-threading Lotus Notes MUA. The responses to email do not appear with the questions. Jared Seefelt, Beth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/16/2002 08:43 AM Please

SAMPLE QUESTIONS OCP-DBA EXAMS

2002-08-16 Thread syed riyaz
Dear List guys and Gurus, Hi every body and very Goodmorning ! I am preparing for Oracle8i OCP/DBA Exams, and going to purchase some online Sample Questions. If some one would like to share with me, email me in private on: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My appologies in advance for not replying to list,

Re: compile invalid objects

2002-08-16 Thread Hemant K Chitale
Why not use utlrp.sql from $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin ? If you are running Oracle Applications, you might want to have multiple runs of the compile APPS schema script $AD_TOP/admin/sql/adcompsc.sql. At 02:28 PM 16-08-02 -0800, you wrote: I am feeling lazy today .. so if someone can give

pls-00553 when Set Serverout On in glogin.sql

2002-08-16 Thread Madhusudhanan Sampath
List, Are we not supposed to 'Set Serveroutput On' in the glogin.sql file? I'm getting the following error when using DBMS_OUTPUT in pl/sql if the parameter is set in glogin.sql. SQL Create or Replace Procedure TEST1 as Begin DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('TEST'); End; Compiles ok, but