Re: STATSPACK interpretation

2003-12-24 Thread Jonathan Lewis
Your Parse time is high, and cpu is close to elapsed, so you are almost certainly hard-parsing all the time. This is either a bug, or you have enough parse activity going on, and a small enough shared pool that you keep invalidating the cursor (and it's dependents). Did you report the

Re: STATSPACK interpretation

2003-12-24 Thread Jonathan Lewis
Thanks for the information - that test has been on my TODO list for the last couple of years. Apart from being useful information, it also tells us that it's not the OP's problem, as the number of different possibilities is too low. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk The

Slow process

2003-12-24 Thread Hatzistavrou John
Dear All, Seasons Greetings. I have the following problem: My system is a Oracle EE 8.1.7.4 64bit on Solaris 8 . The last days the datawarehouse people complain that their load process which inserts data into tables is half time as fast as it was two days ago. From

Re: Slow process

2003-12-24 Thread Carel-Jan Engel
My system is a Oracle EE 8.1.7.4 64bit on Solaris 8 . The last days the datawarehouse people complain that their load process which inserts data into tables is half time as fast as it was two days ago. From v$session_wait I can see that the process is spending time on SQL*Net message

Index usage

2003-12-24 Thread bhabani s pradhan
Hi All, Merry Christmas to all. I have this interesting problem.. For this query index ind1 on (c1,c2) columns is getting used. SELECT 'x' FROM tab ta WHERE ta.c1='val1'; (gives index ind1 range scan) But for SELECT 'x' FROM tab ta WHERE ta.c1='val1' AND ta.c3 = 'val2'; (gives FTS) index

Re: Risk Of Knowing Password Hash Value

2003-12-24 Thread Pete Finnigan
Hi If you go to my website http://www.petefinnigan.com/orasec.htm there are links to papers and default password lists i wrote at a previous employer that list known default users and their hashes. I also have a bigger and corrected list with the code that can be downloaded for the SANS

password hash and db link is a risk (was OEM permissions)

2003-12-24 Thread Pete Finnigan
Hi There are risks with knowing the password hash for any user not just system. Unfortunately reading it from dba_users is not the only way to get it. There are a number of other options as well that i won't go into here. As Arup pointed out the password hash is calculated from the username and

RE: Database Instance

2003-12-24 Thread Stephen.Lee
It is not necessarily true that an error in one application will affect all applications. If there is a problem with oracle instance or the database, then all applications might be affected. Multiple schemas which have the same table names can be a problem. If your applications uses public

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

2003-12-24 Thread Orr, Steve
'Twas the night before Christmas And all thru the datacenter, Not a virus was stirring, Not even a worm. . . . And if this Saint Nicolas dude Tries to break in our cage, He will be summarily cuffed And we'll get in a rage. . . . So stay away, Leave us alone. No contact by email, Not even by

RE: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

2003-12-24 Thread Boyle, Christopher J.
'Twas the Night Before Christmas - Written by a technical writer working on a Government contract 'Twas the nocturnal segment of the diurnal period preceding the annual Yuletide celebration, and throughout the place of residence, kinetic

Re: Index usage

2003-12-24 Thread Daniel W. Fink
You answered your own question. ta.c3 is a nonindexed column, this means that the only way to satisfy the predicate is to perform a full table scan. Since this predicate condition forces a full table scan on ta, which will retrieve the ta.c1 column values at the same time, there is no need to use

RE: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

2003-12-24 Thread Orr, Steve
A Computer Christmas 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the shop, The computers were whirring; they never do stop. The power was on and the temperature right, In hopes that the input would feed back that night. The system was ready, the program was coded, And memory drums had

Fw: guidance

2003-12-24 Thread bulbultyagi
Hi tanel , thanks for the prompt reply. I was not able to understand your answer. What do you mean by new software installation ? What happens when you specify nls_lang in your test database ? are your messages in the specified language or do they remain in english ? - Original

Re: Index usage

2003-12-24 Thread anu
No. The index should get used.Thequery result for query 2 is a subset of rows with ta.c1='val1' will get selected. Subset of query 1. So there is no need for a full table scan.The index can be used in the following way : 1) Use index ind1 to get rows with ta.c1='val1' (which is query 1). This

Question on snapshots

2003-12-24 Thread Mandal, Ashoke
Greetings, Could you tell me under what scenario the snapshots can have indexes. I was under impression that snapshot normally does not have any index but I saw that some snapshots are creating indexes while creating the snapshots. Thanks, Ashoke Following is the code for the creating the

Re: Index usage

2003-12-24 Thread Mike Spalinger
The difference is that the first query never has to go to the table (because you're selecting a constant 'x'). The second query has to go to the table to filter on c3. Mike anu wrote: No. The index should get used. The query result for query 2 is a subset of rows with ta.c1='val1' will

RE: Database Instance

2003-12-24 Thread anu
One other disadvantage of putting all instances together is if you need to say bounce the database (for parameter change or other maintenanceetc) then all other applications will get affected. Whereas with separate instances other applications will not get affected. To some extent one

Re: Database Instance

2003-12-24 Thread Barbara Baker
You are (I presume) the keeper of the data, responsible for its integrity and safety What you need to present to your manager is what risks to safety and integrity might be faced if all of the databases are rolled into one. How closely tied are the applications for the 5 databases? If 1

RE: Database Instance

2003-12-24 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
I would be very careful about doing this if you have purchased application packages. Sooner or later, you will want to upgrade one of the packages, and it will require a different release of Oracle - and you will be stuck. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original

Holiday Greetings!

2003-12-24 Thread Bellow, Bambi
Friends -- Happy Halloween! And remember that OCT(31)=DEC(25). Best wishes to all, Bambi. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Bellow, Bambi INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego,

Correct way to accuse BCHR tuning method (Was: Hit ratio)

2003-12-24 Thread Yong Huang
[This message is not technical, but educational. Readers interested in technical info only may want to skip] Hi, Cary and Gopal, My last message is misunderstood. Nowadays most DBAs that still use buffer cache hit ratio as a primary performance tuning method are those that rarely browse public

Re: Index usage

2003-12-24 Thread zhu chao
Hi, It cound be possible that without Hint, oracle will choose FTS for second SQL, because with col3 clause, if using index, oracle will have to do a range scan on index ind1 and than table access by rowid. If CBO thinks that col1='val1' will get a lot of rows then doing FTS may be

Oracle Skills Job Opportunities Mail List Launched

2003-12-24 Thread gac
OraJobs-L is a broadcast-only mail list recently launched for employers and recruiters to post Oracle Skills Job opportunities. You will not be able to post messages to this list. To subscribe to this free list go to: http://peopleapps.com/mailman/listinfo/orajobs-l_peopleapps.com You may view

undo and insert

2003-12-24 Thread Roger Xu
An undo segment is used to save the old value of data. For insert operation, there is no old data to be saved. So, there should be no undo generated. Right? Roger Xu Database Administrator Dr Pepper Bottling Company of Texas (972)721-8337

sqldlr LOBFILE specification

2003-12-24 Thread AdamDonahue
Folks, Is there a straightforward way to dynamically create a LOBFILE specification via an Oracle expression? For example, assume the following table (note there is /not/ a field for the file name itself): create table clob_data ( id number , data clob ); And the following

RE: Correct way to accuse BCHR tuning method (Was: Hit ratio)

2003-12-24 Thread Cary Millsap
Yong, The point I want to make is that the buffer cache hit ratio actually *is* useful, in the following way. If its value is greater than about 99%, then I can practically guarantee that there is some high-LIO SQL inside the application whose repair will greatly improve system performance.

Export/Import issue.

2003-12-24 Thread Avnish.Rastogi
I am trying to export a table from one database to another. Table in target database is dropped before importing and is being created as part of import process. During import process data Oracle is complaining Unique constraint violated and throwing out following messages. Its complaining on

RE: Correct way to accuse BCHR tuning method (Was: Hit ratio)

2003-12-24 Thread Anjo Kolk
BCHR tuning is useless as a starting point in the tuning process. Anjo. -Original Message- Yong Huang Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 6:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [This message is not technical, but educational. Readers interested in technical info only may want

RE: Export/Import issue.

2003-12-24 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Avnish, Are you absolutely sure that the target table is either gone before the import, or empty? You should not be getting a unique constraint violation if the table does not exists before import. The step that Oracle import follows for importing is: Create the table import the data create

RE: Export/Import issue.

2003-12-24 Thread Avnish.Rastogi
I am 100% positive . I tried this process 2-3 times using different approach but same output. I tried to create objects first using no data. I also tried to create objects as part of loading data but no difference. I enabled 10046 trace for the import process but that also didnt help, it

RE: Export/Import issue.

2003-12-24 Thread anu
I think data will never change like that. Are the owners the same. Or are you doing fromuser touser. You can use the show option to see the contents of the export dumpfile. Then make sure all objects are dropped. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am 100% positive . I tried this process 2-3 times using

Re: undo and insert

2003-12-24 Thread zhu chao
For insert, in order to rollback, Oracle will still have to get the rowid of the new inserted rows, so that it can rollback when needed. So there will still be undo. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 1:49

RE: Export/Import issue.

2003-12-24 Thread Avnish.Rastogi
Owners are different. I am using fromuser touser. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of anuSent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 12:04 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Export/Import issue. I think data will

Re: undo and insert

2003-12-24 Thread A Joshi
I have a related question : What about update? In rollback segment : Will it store the whole row for before image or just the changed column and rowid. Is there a way to get the size of the rollback from some where in the database. or v$ views. Like we can get an idea about redo size from redo log

Re: undo and insert

2003-12-24 Thread Jonathan Lewis
And then there's the previous version of whichever ITL entry gets taken by the transaction doing the insert. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk The educated person is not the person who can answer the questions, but the person who can question the answers -- T. Schick

Re: Question on snapshots

2003-12-24 Thread Jared Still
Time to hit the books. 5 minutes with the SQL reference manual and a quick test will show you what is happening. Jared On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 08:09, Mandal, Ashoke wrote: Greetings, Could you tell me under what scenario the snapshots can have indexes. I was under impression that snapshot

Re: Database Instance

2003-12-24 Thread Jared Still
Good counsel. The assumption is made though that each database has it's own ORACLE_HOME, which may not be the case. Jared On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 08:39, Barbara Baker wrote: You are (I presume) the keeper of the data, responsible for its integrity and safety What you need to present to your

Flashback queries

2003-12-24 Thread Jonathan Gennick
It's been awhile since I've looked at flashback queries, and I have a couple questions: * Given an SCN, is there any way to know for certain whether a flashback query to that SCN is possible? Can a non-DBA user determine this? * Is there an easy way to determine how much undo data my database is

Re: undo and insert

2003-12-24 Thread Jonathan Lewis
Just the previous version of the changed columns, plus an overhead of about 80 bytes which relates to ITLs, linked lists, operation descriptions etc. Bear in mind that undo relating to indexes is not the same as undo relating to tables, though. An update to an indexed column results in one

Re: Flashback queries

2003-12-24 Thread Jonathan Lewis
Answers in-line Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk The educated person is not the person who can answer the questions, but the person who can question the answers -- T. Schick Jr One-day tutorials: http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/tutorial.html Three-day seminar: see

Re: exam

2003-12-24 Thread bulbultyagi
Can you tell me if the same happens to you when you specify nls_lang in 9i release 2, or is it just me ? - Original Message - To: Jamadagni, Rajendra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 02:17 Thanks anyway merry xmas - Original Message - From:

List please help

2003-12-24 Thread bulbultyagi
List , sorry to keep troubling you all but even if you are not interested in helping could someone just let me know if this happens by default in 9i release 2 or am I doing something wrong. I am using 9.2.0.1.0 enterprise edition on windows. Earlier when I use to specify

Ignore: List please help

2003-12-24 Thread bulbultyagi
List, I did a reinstall and got the french language support back when I specified the languages during the reinstall. Thanks Merry xmas and happy new year :) - Original Message - To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 06:39 List , sorry to keep troubling you all but

Re: List please help

2003-12-24 Thread Jared Still
Could be that no one has an answer. When I set NLS_LANG=French_France.US7ASCII, everything is in English, which is what I would expect with US7ASCII. Are you sure that was your previous setting? Jared On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 17:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: List , sorry to keep troubling you all