Re: Re: Shell scripting

2002-10-08 Thread Cyril Thankappan
Sure THanks Omar But I was looking for a 'non-file based' solution :) Thanks anyway On Mon, 07 Oct 2002 Omar Khalid wrote : hi well i think i did this once, you can read the output of the SQL query into shell variables by first redirecting the output of the SQL query to an OS file and then

RE: Warehouse design: snowflake vs star schemas

2002-10-08 Thread Alexandre Gorbatchev
Stéphane, Thanks for response. I have always discplined myself to use star schema and never snowflake. Would you mind asking why? The Which one is easier to implement and easier ETL ? is not a good question as your data model should not be design for the ETL procecess but only for the

FW: Siebel NOTE number for approving CBO for EIM

2002-10-08 Thread Leonard, George
Title: Message Hi guys. That Siebel note about CBO that was asked for. George George Leonard Oracle Database Administrator Dimension Data (Pty) Ltd (Reg. No. 1987/006597/07) Tel:(+27 11) 575 0573 Fax:(+27 11) 576 0573

RE: DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DATABASE_STATS analyzes SYS and SYSTEM inde

2002-10-08 Thread Connor McDonald
Evidently not... SQL grant dba to blah identified by blah; Grant succeeded. SQL conn blah/blah Connected. SQL create table IOT ( x number primary key, 2 y char(100) ) organization index 3 including x overflow; Table created. SQL select segment_name from user_segments; SEGMENT_NAME

RE: DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DATABASE_STATS analyzes SYS and SYSTEM inde

2002-10-08 Thread Connor McDonald
Had it for ages - I think I put it together 'round 8.1.5 when dbms_stats was looking good, but still didn't work at all well at the SCHEMA or DATABASE levelwhich of course, is probably still the case :-) The main thing of course was being able to control the sample size based on segment

RE: Remember me? Oracle DBA veteran considering getting certifi

2002-10-08 Thread Bishop Lewis
Title: RE: Remember me? Oracle DBA veteran considering getting certifi I expect that there are plenty of copies still in circulation but to my knowledge coriolis is no more shame, really, although the exam cram books tended to have quite a few errors they were an excellent portable

Re: Unix script to stop password-protected listener

2002-10-08 Thread Michal Zaschke
Yes, you can change your listener.ora file permission up to 600 on the server side. In a shell script you can then use encrypted password found in listener.ora on line PASSWORDS_listener. lsnrctl EOF set password C6C144CF750E3CA5 stop exit EOF If the password is not in the listener.ora file,

log_checkpoint_interval - Any Critically High Value ?

2002-10-08 Thread VIVEK_SHARMA
Qs log_checkpoint_interval - Is there any Upper Limit to Setting it's Value on Oracle 8.1.7 ? NOTE - On a Hybrid 150 GB Database (Oracle 7.3.4) on setting increasing it's Value from 4,70,000 to 10,00,000 we had faced a Huge performance problem had Scaled it Down back to 4,70,000 NOTE -

Re: log_checkpoint_interval - Any Critically High Value ?

2002-10-08 Thread Connor McDonald
Its worthwhile noting that from 8.1, these parameters are the not the same old when we hit the threshold, do a full checkpoint. They more set a limit on how out of date your datafiles are allowed to get, that is, you end up with a changes dribbling out to the files rather than the big checkpoint

RE: log_checkpoint_interval - Any Critically High Value ?

2002-10-08 Thread Naveen Nahata
log_checkpoint_interval is specified in number of OS Blocks. Depending upon the size of ur OS Block it will force a checkpoint after that many number of bytes written in the redo buffers. Normally it should be a divisor of the redo log size, means for 500MB it should be 1MB, 2MB, 5MB but not 7

Oracle9i client install problem

2002-10-08 Thread Greg Faktor
Hi ALL! I tried install Oracle9i (9.2.0.1) client on Windows 2000 server (sp2). First screen (for installer) show up in grey color and after I press NEXT I get this: Can't find bundle for base name OUIVersion locale. This is first Oracle install on that box. Any ideas? Thanks. Greg. -- Please

Modify init.ora

2002-10-08 Thread shuan.tay\(PCI\)
Hi! DBAs, If I modify the "Process" in init.ora after database was created and running for quite a long while, is it true that the maximum of the process will increase as what i changed? do i need to change anything? init.ora will be used everytime the database start, right? or just for

RE: log_checkpoint_interval - Any Critically High Value on 8i ?

2002-10-08 Thread VIVEK_SHARMA
Naveen There was a Database-wide slowdown in execution of ALL Processes with 1000 user processes doing Mostly OLTP Operations . We Reset the Value Back from 10,00,000 to 4,70,000 performance came back to Normal We never tried such a Value in Oracle 8i version NOTE - This was Done on a

RE: Modify init.ora

2002-10-08 Thread Naveen Nahata
INIT.ORA is looked up at the time of STARTUP only. PROCESSES cannot be changed until the DB is bounced. To see whether a particular parameter can be modified without bouncing the DB query the V$PARAMETER view Regards Naveen -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Modify init.ora

2002-10-08 Thread Igor Neyman
Yes, init.ora will be used every time database starts. And you need to do some RTFM. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: shuan.tay(PCI¾G¸R³Ô) To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 9:23 AM Subject:

RE: SQL and case structure

2002-10-08 Thread Robson, Peter
Doug Burns wrote a very informative paper on Decode, presented at an earlier UK-OUG meeting. Its available from his web site: http://doug.burns.tripod.com/decode.html And the answer to the question posed below is 'yes'. peter edinburgh -Original Message- From: Droogendyk, Harry

Re: Oracle9i client install problem

2002-10-08 Thread Gabriel Aragon
I've installed 9.2.0.1 client on 2000 with a previous 8.0.6. client and both are working perfectly. Gabriel --- Greg Faktor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi ALL! I tried install Oracle9i (9.2.0.1) client on Windows 2000 server (sp2). First screen (for installer) show up in grey color and after

RE: Modify init.ora

2002-10-08 Thread Ramon E. Estevez
Title: Message Yes, the process parameter will be increased to the value you changed. The Init.ora, parameter file, is used anytime you start your DB. Probably you should check the parameters for the SGA. Luck -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Remember me? Oracle DBA veteran considering getting certifi

2002-10-08 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: Remember me? Oracle DBA veteran considering getting certifi Yes, they were concise and just what was needed - there were some errors - really not soo much in Mike Ault's. However, for one shot study guide - great! -Original Message-From: Bishop Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: BACKUP database question

2002-10-08 Thread Yechiel Adar
Add a local disk to one of the machines and put your Rman catalog there. Yechiel Adar Mehish - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 8:31 PM List, With all of the recent discussion and the forth coming books and

RE: Are ODBC connection handles shareable over multiple threads?

2002-10-08 Thread Rodrigues, Bryan
Grant, Thanks for the short answer, is there anything in the long answer, that I should warn the developer of? Thanks, Bryan -Original Message- Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 8:53 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L threads? Rodrigues, Bryan[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Hi

RE: Warehouse design: snowflake vs star schemas

2002-10-08 Thread paquette stephane
Snowflake is often used because people still want to normalize (and save some disk space !) which is not the way to go to ease query. If you do an hybrid data model, your loading will be easier as you will have less problems to solve. I agrre with you, the complexity comes from the number of

Re: Modify init.ora

2002-10-08 Thread Hemant K Chitale
The parameter will take effect only the next time you start the database instance. Till then, the instance will continue running with the value that was set when the instance was last started. You can change init.ora parameters [except for DB_BLOCK_SIZE and DB_NAME] after the database has

Re: Re: Shell scripting

2002-10-08 Thread Jared Still
Omar, If what you mean is: How do I send a value from sqlplus plus directly to a variable in my shell environment? You can't. What you've done is the way it is usually done. Another way to do it is to use the '|' korn shell mechanism. e.g. sqlplus -silent scott/tiger@$ORACLE_SID | This

RE: Modify init.ora

2002-10-08 Thread Hsu, Anthony C., ,CPMS
In 9i, a new parameter file called SPFILE is introduced. A SPFILE enable you to self-tune the parameter values that are recorded in the file. You can use ALTER SYSTEM parameter = value [ SCOPE=MEMORY|SPFILE|BOTH] command to change the values of the dynamic instance parameters. Thanks.

Oracle 817 agent fails to start on Win 2000

2002-10-08 Thread Noble, Larry H.
Hi, I am installing Oracle 817 on a Window 2000 SP2 system. The install stops with an O/S error starting service OracleORANT817Agent. The Application Event Viewer message is OracleAgent failed to run auto-discovery script nmiconf.tcl. Look in the nmiconf.log for more information. There is no

Modify init.ora

2002-10-08 Thread shuan.tay\(PCI\)
Thanks for everyone who replied! by the way, why can't i get the mail that i sent? i used to receive what i sent. regards

9.2 on Red Hat 8.0

2002-10-08 Thread Gogala, Mladen
Has anybody tried installing it? Any experiences/remarks/problems/rantings? Any RH 8.0 comments in general?

RE: Re: Shell scripting

2002-10-08 Thread Kevin Lange
Actually Jared, you can by setting up a sqlplus coprocess and using unix pipes. The routine below will get a parameter from the v$parameter table using sqlplus. Kevin === get_db_parm() { unset vRETURNED_PARM unset vRESPONSE typeset -u vPARM

Oracl Database Server Configurations

2002-10-08 Thread Donald Bricker
Currently we have the following configuration. E450 3 - 250 MHz processor 1 Gb Memory 3 - 9Gb 2 -18Gb disks We are running Solaris 8 and Oracle 8.1.7.2. We currently have 3 databases. One is a catch all of smaller apps. Its current size is 2.5 Gb and will grow slowly at maybe a half a

RE: Re: Shell scripting

2002-10-08 Thread Jared . Still
Kevin, Thanks for the 'coprocess', I couldn't remember what it was called. This is what I was describing in my previous email. Jared Kevin Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/08/2002 09:23 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list

Reports

2002-10-08 Thread Thomas Day
I don't work with Oracle Reports but one of my co-workers does. His problem --- TNS can't find the database. He has three Oracle homes. I've copied the good tnsnames.ora to all of his homes (I know about the NETWORK and NET80 directories). It's Report 6i on a Win2K machine trying to connect

RE: Server Performance

2002-10-08 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
David - I don't see where anyone has posted a reply to your question, so I'll try to at least give you some feedback. Will both machines be running Unix? My gut feeling is that the HP can support many more users because it will have better I/O. For databases, I/O is a rather critical performance

Re: Restrict certain database access using 3rd party tools.

2002-10-08 Thread Yechiel Adar
Just deny login if your trigger does not know the program. Check the archives for example scripts for login triggers. Yechiel Adar Mehish - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:08 PM Oups ! you're right.

How to re-trace a session

2002-10-08 Thread Xie, Tom
Hello, I successfully traced a long running session by using dbms_system.set_ev procedure, and moved the trace file to somewhere else. However, when I used the same command to re-trace the same session, I can't see the trace file again. There was no error message. I tried to use oradebug and

RE: Warehouse design: snowflake vs star schemas

2002-10-08 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Alexandre Stephane gave you an excellent reply. If you want to learn more about these DW design issues, I would start by visiting http://www.ralphkimball.com. He is one of the leading figures in the DW field, and has copies of all his articles posted on his site. I would start with the oldest

RE: Restrict certain database access using 3rd party tools.

2002-10-08 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Yechiel, this is a never-ending chase. security by attempting to control what program is to be used is useless. it will always be broken - or the DBA will always be stuck monitoring what is being used. security based on Oracle Roles is the only good answer. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified

Re: How to re-trace a session

2002-10-08 Thread Tim Gorman
If you are running a UNIX variant, then the Oracle server process which was writing to the trace file probably still had a file handle open on it. On some platforms, you can use the fuser command to verify this... So, when you re-initiated tracing, it was still trying to use the existing file

ORA-1554: Out of transaction slots

2002-10-08 Thread Rajesh . Rao
Hello Folks, I carried out a test, whereby I had just one rollback segment online with a block size of 2K, and then running updates against the database thru different sessions without commiting any of them? As expected, it accepted the first 21 transactions, and on the 22nd transaction, threw

Re: Reports

2002-10-08 Thread Ron Thomas
make sure you also copy a good sqlnet.ora file. This file has you default domain, etc. Ron Thomas Hypercom, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs. -- Kernighan

Re: How to re-trace a session

2002-10-08 Thread Jared . Still
Tom, The problem is that you moved the file. Oracle will use the same file name, when you stop/restart tracing, and in fact leaves the file handle open until the session disconnects. Moving the file disables the output. Jared Xie, Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

But I *want* to use RBO!

2002-10-08 Thread Jesse, Rich
(just kidding) No more RBO as of 10i... http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_datab ase_id=NOTp_id=189702.1 10i? I haven't even upgraded to 9i yet because none of our vendors have, either. Rich Rich Jesse System/Database

Re: How to re-trace a session

2002-10-08 Thread Anjo Kolk
Don't move the file if you are on UNIX and the session is still running. Just copy the file. The trace file is closed when the session ends. Anjo. Xie, Tom wrote: Hello, I successfully traced a long running session by using dbms_system.set_ev procedure, and moved the trace file to

RE: Restrict certain database access using 3rd party tools.

2002-10-08 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
http://www.orsweb.com/downloads/source/440.html I don't think this would prevent determined people from logging in though. IP addresses, machine names and program names can all be spoofed. Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) Systems Admin Operations | Admin. et Exploit. des

RE: Reports

2002-10-08 Thread Kirsh, Gary
If the problem is not the sqlnet.ora, check if he has TNS_ADMIN set in any of his ORACLE registry keys. Gary Kirsh Next Extent Consulting -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:44 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L make sure you also copy a good sqlnet.ora

trace an SQL session

2002-10-08 Thread Saira Somani
How would I find out the exact SQL statement? I can locate the SQL_ADDRESS from the v$session table but I do not know where to go from there. I am running a query via an OLAP tool (Cognos Impromptu) and it is taking an excessive amount of time. I suppose it would also be a good idea to find if

RE: Re: Shell scripting

2002-10-08 Thread Kevin Lange
Ahhh I had not seen that part of the response. Well, now they have a sample of just how complicated it can get. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 12:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Kevin, Thanks for the 'coprocess', I couldn't remember what it

RE: How to re-trace a session

2002-10-08 Thread Xie, Tom
Jared, Tim and Anjo, Thanks for your help. In fact, I stopped the tracing first, then cp the trace file to other directory and rm it. Also I can't trace other sessions now. Tom -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 12:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: But I *want* to use RBO!

2002-10-08 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: But I *want* to use RBO! 9i is also being de-supported soon ... 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. QOTD:

RE: But I *want* to use RBO!

2002-10-08 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Title: RE: But I *want* to use RBO! 9i is being desupported soon? you really must be joking. At least I hope you are. Oracle, if it is moving this fast, is going to hurt themselves. We can't move that fast. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message-From:

Re: trace an SQL session

2002-10-08 Thread Igor Neyman
select v$sql.sql_text from v$sql, v$session where v$sql.address = v$session.sql_address and v$session.sid = sid; Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 3:08 PM How

RE: But I *want* to use RBO!

2002-10-08 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: But I *want* to use RBO! Metalink Note: 201685.1 Product Details:Platform(s) Details: Product: Oracle Server - Client, Enterprise Edition, Parallel Server, Personal Edition, RAC Standard Edition Product Version(s): 9.0.1 (9i) Platform(s): ALL Platforms Platform Version(s):

RE: But I *want* to use RBO!

2002-10-08 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: But I *want* to use RBO! -Original Message- From: Jesse, Rich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] No more RBO as of 10i... http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT_id=189702.1 Does this mean Oracle is getting rid of their data

oracle 9i desupport dates

2002-10-08 Thread JOE TESTA
9.01, aka 9ir1 Error correction support(ECS) ends jun 30, 2003. -- yes in like 8 months 9.2, aka9ir2, ECS ends sep 30, 2005. joe

RE: But I *want* to use RBO!

2002-10-08 Thread Cherie_Machler
Last I saw, version 9.0.1.x is scheduled to be desupported in June of '03. I haven't seen any desupport date for Rev2 of 9i which is 9.2.0.1. We've upgraded from 9.0.1 to 9.2.0 in order to avoid any issues with desupport before we even get our product to market which we've been developing on 9i.

RE: ORA-1554: Out of transaction slots

2002-10-08 Thread K Gopalakrishnan
Rajesh: The header block of the rollback segment contains the transaction table and this is roughly equal to the ITL in the data block headers. And number of transaction slots depends on the block size and for a 2k Block size you get 21 slots. The transaction slots in the rollback segments

CodeNotes for Oracle9i...

2002-10-08 Thread Grabowy, Chris
So every few months my Lookout reminder pops up to remind me to check out what new Oracle books have been released. I stumbled upon a new book called CodeNotes for Oracle9i on Amazon.com, but the interesting part is that it is available in eBook format. Here's the (probably broken) link...

Re: ORA-1554: Out of transaction slots

2002-10-08 Thread Jared . Still
It's dependant on block size, or at least it was the last time I checked, which was a few years ago. You can see the number of slots by doing a block dump the rollback segment. Jared [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/08/2002 11:34 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L

Re: But I *want* to use RBO!

2002-10-08 Thread Tim Gorman
Title: RE: But I *want* to use RBO! 9iR1 or 9.0.1 isscheduled to be"de-supported" as of June 2003. No "extended support" (i.e. possibly translates to "we'll take more of your money beyond what we're already taking"?) will be offered, but "extended assistance" (i.e. possibly translates to

Re: But I *want* to use RBO!

2002-10-08 Thread Tim Gorman
Title: RE: But I *want* to use RBO! The well-known problems with using CBO to query the statistics-less data dictionary had been resolved in Oracle9i, as discussed in an earlier thread on this list. Not sure how they fixed it, but I suspect that Oracle is not throwing away the RBO code-base,

RE: oracle 9i desupport dates

2002-10-08 Thread April Wells
Wait a min... Apps isn't even certified on 9.2 yet! April Wells Oracle DBA Keep yourself well oiled with life, laughter, new ideas and action. Otherwise you will rust out. _Anonymous -Original Message-From: JOE TESTA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002

Re: ORA-1554: Out of transaction slots

2002-10-08 Thread Rajesh . Rao
Sorry if I did not phrase my question correctly. I do know that for a database with block size 2K, the number of max transaction slots is 21. When I was running my tests, I was expecting to see an Out of transaction slots on the 22nd session. Instead Oracle tried to use the system rollback

Re: But I *want* to use RBO!

2002-10-08 Thread Scott Canaan
Only 9.0.1 (June 30, 2003). There is no desupport notice for 9.2. You'd be better off on 8.1.7, which is supported until Dec. 31, 2003. "Mercadante, Thomas F" wrote: 9i is being desupported soon? you really must be joking.At least I hope you are.Oracle, if it is moving this fast, is going to

RE: oracle 9i desupport dates

2002-10-08 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Will 9i Release 2 be the final version for 9i? Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) Systems Admin Operations | Admin. et Exploit. des systèmes Technology Services | Services technologiques Informatics Branch | Direction de l'informatique Maritimes Region, DFO |

RE: oracle 9i desupport dates

2002-10-08 Thread Gogala, Mladen
Good. Is anybody here ORacle12i certified? -Original Message-From: JOE TESTA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 3:59 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: oracle 9i desupport dates 9.01, aka 9ir1 Error correction support(ECS) ends jun

RE: How to re-trace a session

2002-10-08 Thread Xie, Tom
I made a mistake. In fact, I can trace other sessions. But I can't re-trace the session of which trace file had been removed. Is there any way that I can re-trace the session without restarting the session? Tom -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:14 PM To: Multiple

RE: oracle 9i Desupport dates

2002-10-08 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Looks like, but 9202 will be coming out in about 4-5 days and 2903 is schedules for Feb03. Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that

RE: ORA-1554: Out of transaction slots

2002-10-08 Thread Rajesh . Rao
Thanks Gopal for the info provided. I would want to know how I can simulate this error? I did some tests but I got an Unable to use system rollback segment for non system ... . We had one of our applications report this in the application log. I am trying to find out why? Thanks Raj

Re: ORA-1554: Out of transaction slots

2002-10-08 Thread Anjo Kolk
Rajesh, Your database has probably only the system rollback segment. Oracle will probably leave a slot open so in that rollback segment. Create an additional rollback segment and you will probably see the error. Anjo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry if I did not phrase my question

RE: oracle 9i desupport dates

2002-10-08 Thread Carle, William T (Bill), ALCAS
Yes. 9i Release 2 is the final version of 9i. Thats why its desupport date is so much further out. Bill Carle ATT Database Administrator 816-995-3922 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Boivin, Patrice J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002

RE: oracle 9i desupport dates

2002-10-08 Thread Gene Sais
Is that a new requirement for the OraStaff DBA position? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/08/02 04:33PM Good. Is anybody here ORacle12i certified? -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 3:59 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L 9.01, aka 9ir1 Error correction support(ECS)

RE: oracle 9i Desupport dates

2002-10-08 Thread Rodd Holman
Oracle 29? We are wy behind the upgrade curve. Yikes. ;-^) On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 15:54, Jamadagni, Rajendra wrote: ... and 2903 is schedules for Feb03. Raj __ -- Rodd Holman Enterprise Data Systems Engineer

RE: oracle 9i Desupport dates

2002-10-08 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: oracle 9i Desupport dates oops that's what happens when you are refreshing 3 databases on three machines. Please read it as 9203 ... due out Feb/03. Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN

Re: But I *want* to use RBO!

2002-10-08 Thread Connor McDonald
Certainly a lot of the recursive SQL I've seen in traces is riddled with ORDERED, FIRST_ROWS or a long explicit list (ala outline style) hints You get the feeling it was: - explain SQL under RBO - not down plan - craft hints to make sure it does it under CBO Cheers Connor --- Tim Gorman

TEST -pls ignore

2002-10-08 Thread Diego Cutrone

Re: ORA-1554: Out of transaction slots

2002-10-08 Thread Rajesh . Rao
Anjo, To simulate the ORA-1554, I tried the following, which I think, is along the same lines you mention : 1. Created a database with block size 2K. 2. Created one rollback segment in the tablespace RBS. 3. Started 21 session all updating different tables, and not commiting. 4. v$rollstat at

Re: trace an SQL session

2002-10-08 Thread Stephane Faroult
Igor Neyman wrote: select v$sql.sql_text from v$sql, v$session where v$sql.address = v$session.sql_address and v$sql.hash_value = v$session.sql_hash_value and v$session.sid = sid; Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards, Stephane Faroult Oriole Software -- Please see

RE: oracle 9i Desupport dates

2002-10-08 Thread Rodd Holman
Title: RE: oracle 9i Desupport dates I figured as much, but with the rate at which Oracle is releasing new versions it just might be. Rodd On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 16:39, Jamadagni, Rajendra wrote: oops that's what happens when you are refreshing 3 databases on three machines.

RE: ORA-1554: Out of transaction slots

2002-10-08 Thread Fink, Dan
This is pure conjecture with a little bit of old 'knowledge' tossed in, but it does explain the scenario. Any and all corrections to my knowledge/reasoning are VERY welcome. I could test, but that would take too long to provide the answer in a timely manner. Explanation of test scenario: I

Oracle 9i and BLAST

2002-10-08 Thread Eric Richmond
Has anyone worked with 9i in combination with BLAST? Just looking for feedback positive and/or negative. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Eric Richmon INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San

RE: Are ODBC connection handles shareable over multiple threads?

2002-10-08 Thread Grant Allen
Rodrigues, Bryan[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Grant, Thanks for the short answer, is there anything in the long answer, that I should warn the developer of? We had some nasty problems with early version 8 drivers with thread safety, but I could never determine if this was our code or

RE: oracle 9i desupport dates

2002-10-08 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
But, Of Course! They need all the time to get all the bugs fixed. ;) - Kirti -Original Message-From: Carle, William T (Bill), ALCAS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 3:59 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: oracle 9i desupport

Re: oracle 9i desupport dates

2002-10-08 Thread Joe Testa
good question,. as it looks right now, yes. joe Boivin, Patrice J wrote: Will 9i Release 2 be the final version for 9i? Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) Systems Admin Operations | Admin. et Exploit. des systèmes Technology Services| Services

Re: 9.2 on Red Hat 8.0

2002-10-08 Thread Joe Testa
Mladen, i've got a presentation in st louis on thu, probably this weekend, i'll give it a whirl and let you know. Joe Gogala, Mladen wrote: Has anybody tried installing it? Any experiences/remarks/problems/rantings? Any RH 8.0 comments in general? -- Please see the official

Re: 9.2 on Red Hat 8.0

2002-10-08 Thread Joe Testa
Mladen, i've got a presentation in st louis on thu, probably this weekend, i'll give it a whirl and let you know. Joe Gogala, Mladen wrote: Has anybody tried installing it? Any experiences/remarks/problems/rantings? Any RH 8.0 comments in general? -- Please see the official

RE: 9.2 on Red Hat 8.0

2002-10-08 Thread Orr, Steve
Oracle only supports RH 7.1, SLES-7, RH Advanced Server 2.1. Right? I understand Oracle is having problems supporting RH 7.1 but they won't admit it to the general public. So even official RH 7.1 support could be risky. ;-) Any rumors? On another note, I've heard that RH Advanced Server 2.1

Re: 9.2 on Red Hat 8.0

2002-10-08 Thread Joe Testa
true officially, so i live on the bleeding edge when it comes to oracle :) joe Orr, Steve wrote: Oracle only supports RH 7.1, SLES-7, RH Advanced Server 2.1. Right? I understand Oracle is having problems supporting RH 7.1 but they won't admit it to the general public. So even official RH 7.1

RE: But I *want* to use RBO!

2002-10-08 Thread K Gopalakrishnan
Title: RE: But I *want* to use RBO! Not sure about their Optimizer migration strategy. Would it be better if they allow us to define the constants for the Optimizer when there is no statistics? -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of