RE: SCOTT/TIGER

2002-01-23 Thread Mark Leith
The one I have heard is Scott being the main developer way back when.. and Tiger was the name of his pet cat.. -Original Message- Sent: 23 January 2002 16:45 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Anyone out there know the history of this? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

RE: Connecting INGRES using database link

2002-01-23 Thread Bellows, Bambi
Golly, that looks an awful lot like VMS. I think what it's trying to tell you is that the node you specified is not reachable, or that the SID you've specified is not on the node listed. There's some kind of connection problem there. Try doing a select from the Ingres side over the connection.

RE: SCOTT/TIGER

2002-01-23 Thread Conboy, Jim
I was once told with certainty from an Oracle instructor that Scott was an early developer, and Tiger was his cat. But without actually meeting Scott I take this with a grain of salt. I expect there are many urban legends surrounding this. Jim -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday,

FW: Electrical background

2002-01-23 Thread Adams, Matthew (GEA, 088130)
Title: FW: Electrical background Sorry folks, that went to the wrong list. I apologize. We now return you to your regularly scheduled Oracle discussion. Matt Adams - GE Appliances - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thus spake the master programmer: Let the programmers by many and the managers few,

RE: SCOTT/TIGER

2002-01-23 Thread Weaver, Walt
I do. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:45 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Anyone out there know the history of this? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mohan, Ross INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network

RE: SCOTT/TIGER

2002-01-23 Thread Ben Poels
Ed Scott was one of the founders of Oracle and that was a sign on he liked to use. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 11:45 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Anyone out there know the history of this? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

Re: Backup/Recovery questions ...

2002-01-23 Thread Deepak Thapliyal
Fred, one of the easier ways is this: 1. on ur prod take a control file backup to trace 2. copy the trace to server b and edit the path/drives 3. copy init file from prod to server b 4. set the env vars in server b and startup nomount 5. create the control file using edited trace on B 6.

RE: Session_wait

2002-01-23 Thread Babich , Sergey
Hi, Henry, Please, post it. I am terribly sorry for asking dumb questions, but hey! I've come a long way to be a part of this country, learned the language, become a DBA and proud of it! Time to learn! Thanks a bunch in advance! Sincerely, Sergey -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday,

Re: Electrical background

2002-01-23 Thread lembark
-- Adams, Matthew (GEA, 088130) [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/23/02 10:15:31 -0800 Anybody got a EE or electronics background? I've got a question about relays. See: The Art Of Electronics, 2nd ed Horowitz Hill Cambridge U. Press. Excellent descriptions of using and configuring

RE: SCOTT/TIGER

2002-01-23 Thread Mark Leith
LMAO! -Original Message- Kirti Sent: 23 January 2002 18:21 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Prepareing for the OCP, eh? -Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 10:46 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Anyone out there know the history of

Re: Backup/Recovery questions ...

2002-01-23 Thread Rachel Carmichael
First load all the datafiles and logfiles to server B in the locations you want them. Load the controlfiles as well, they aren't useless. Now. edit the init.ora file on server B to point to where the control files are. create a sql script file that contains (for every datafile and logfile)

RE: SCOTT/TIGER - the rumor mill

2002-01-23 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
I heard from unnamed sources that it was a developer named Tiger and Scott was his monkey. Unknown -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 12:26 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I was once told with certainty from an Oracle instructor that

RE: SCOTT/TIGER

2002-01-23 Thread Vergara, Michael (TEM)
Ok...it's true. Take the Oracle Technical seminars and you too may get to meet Scott, Live and In Person. Unfortunately, Tiger is waiting for Scott at the Rainbow Bridge, but Scott is still there (at least he was last year...you know how Oracle's been lately). -Original Message- Sent:

Re:FW: Electrical background

2002-01-23 Thread dgoulet
SO, what did you want? Dick Goulet Ancient Electronics Tech tinkerer, Also certified relay NUT Reply Separator Author: Adams; Matthew (GEA; 088130) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 1/23/2002 10:30 AM Sorry folks, that went to the wrong list. I apologize.

Re: Backup/Recovery questions ...

2002-01-23 Thread Fred Smith
Would I be better off doing that or doing a backup controlfile to trace from server A, moving the datfiles logfiles to server B, and then editing the newly created trace file into a script that creates a new controlfile with the new datafile/logfile locations? From: Rachel Carmichael

RE: SCOTT/TIGER - the rumor mill

2002-01-23 Thread Scott . Shafer
Poor thing got spanked a lot, eh? Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210-581-6217 Common sense will not accomplish great things. Simply become insane and desperate. -Original Message- From: Farnsworth, Dave [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:11 PM To: Multiple

RE: Yet Another Off Topic Discussion

2002-01-23 Thread Jared . Still
Thanks Larry. I had forgotten about the 75 message per day problem. That was really a pain. This list finally came about when the 'other' list was down for 10 days. The list owner would not answer his emails or his phone. ( I had to track down his phone #, for all the good it did ) I think

RE: ROLLBACK SEGMENT?

2002-01-23 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
I think one should not be running export of those tables when heavy DML is being done against those. - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 3:11 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L If you want to avoid snapshot too old set the DB (or tablespaces) to

RE: Column Rename

2002-01-23 Thread Jared . Still
Both an Oracle DBA instructor and myself have encountered some rather nasty results from changing column names in the data dictionary. I was able to recover from my predicament. :) He wasn't. :( Jared Deshpande, Kirti [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/23/02 07:55 AM

RE: dropped datafile problem

2002-01-23 Thread Eric D. Pierce
ORACLE-L Digest -- Volume 2002, Number 023 -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:09:23 -0500 Subject: Re:RE: dropped datafile problem While the damage here has already been done, it should be a point of caution for us all. I make a point

Re: ORACLE-L Digest -- Volume 2002, Number 023

2002-01-23 Thread Eric D. Pierce
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RENAME DATAFILE

2002-01-23 Thread Seema Singh
Hi Rename data file from one location to another location is riskly process? If some thing wrong what will happened?Can I do it database on condition? Can I do it when db is running?If yes then it is risky? Thx -Seema _ Get your

Re: Trace/Event Info

2002-01-23 Thread Jared . Still
If you have access to Oracle on a unix system, take a look at $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/oraus.msg. Events 1 - 10999 are of interest here. You may also note that it says they are for debugging Oracle. As such you will likely never find documentation for some of them. A few of them are

RE: Backup/Recovery questions ...

2002-01-23 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Fred, Either method works fine. You have the same amount of data editing in both methods (Either issue alter database rename commands, or edit the create controlfile file. The other consideration is that in Rachel's method, you are simply opening the database afterword. With the re-creation

Re: How to calculate Last and First Day of Month?

2002-01-23 Thread Charlie Mengler
I would have thought that the first day of the month is ALWAYS the 1st, as in 1 (ONE)! Please explain why it needs to be calculated or could be a value other than ONE. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/23/02 10:35AM Hey guys, I know this is propablby easy, but I'm a bit overwhelmed here this

Re:RENAME DATAFILE

2002-01-23 Thread dgoulet
Renaming or moving a datafile is a two step proposition. Whether or not you do it with the database running depends on the archive log mode of the database. If at all possible the OS portion should be done with the database shutdown. If your in noarchive log mode then you have no choice. If

RE: RENAME DATAFILE

2002-01-23 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Seema, It is not a risky process. The proper way to do it is: Alter tablespace {name} offline; ! host copy filename to newlocation; Alter database rename file 'oldname' to 'newname'; alter tablespace {name} online; * backup your database! * if all goes well, remove the old file. You

Re: How to calculate Last and First Day of Month?

2002-01-23 Thread Stephane Faroult
Charlie Mengler wrote: I would have thought that the first day of the month is ALWAYS the 1st, as in 1 (ONE)! Please explain why it needs to be calculated or could be a value other than ONE. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/23/02 10:35AM Hey guys, I know this is propablby easy, but I'm

Re: How to calculate Last and First Day of Month?

2002-01-23 Thread Viktor
It is the 1st. I've already got quick help on that... thanks --- Charlie Mengler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would have thought that the first day of the month is ALWAYS the 1st, as in 1 (ONE)! Please explain why it needs to be calculated or could be a value other than ONE.

RE: How to calculate Last and First Day of Month?

2002-01-23 Thread Weaver, Walt
select last_day(add_months(sysdate,-1)) from dual; -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 2:38 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L It is the 1st. I've already got quick help on that... thanks --- Charlie Mengler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would have thought

Re: How to calculate Last and First Day of Month?

2002-01-23 Thread Ron Rogers
First day calculations; select last_day(add_months(sysdate,-1))+1 form dual; for current month 1st day. select last_day(add_months(sysdate,-1)) from dual ; for end of previous month. ROR [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/23/02 10:35AM Hey guys, I know this is propablby easy, but I'm a bit overwhelmed

Re: How to calculate Last and First Day of Month?

2002-01-23 Thread Jared . Still
Well, yes the first day of the month is always 1. Representing it as the first day of the current month requires you to use the SYSDATE function. Returning the first day of the month can be done in several ways, some more reasonable than others. there's the new to SQL basic programmer DBA

RE: Backup/Recovery questions ...

2002-01-23 Thread Jared . Still
With the re-creation of the control file, you must (I think) alter database open resetlogs. A minor difference. But one worth noting. If this method is chosen and the database must be opened with resetlogs, you must take a cold backup before allowing the database to be used. As to the

RE: How to calculate Last and First Day of Month?

2002-01-23 Thread lhoska
the first is always the first and the last may be calculated by using last_day function. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 4:32 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Charlie Mengler wrote: I would have thought that the first day of the month is ALWAYS the

performance problem with partitioned table query.

2002-01-23 Thread Jessica Mao
Oracle 8.1.7.0.0 table event_t range partitioned by column poid_id0. only 1 partition called p_1 out of the 14 contains data. A query on event_t became significantly slow after rows increase: select poid_DB, poid_ID0, poid_TYPE, poid_REV, start_t, end_t, sys_descr from event_t where

creating a procedure

2002-01-23 Thread Lance Prais
I want to create a stored procedure that takes the following information and puts it into a table. How would I do this? CREATE OR REPLACE Procedure Used_license as Begin Select A.Pc_session_id From pt_client_event A where A.pc_event_op = 'LAUNCH' and A.pc_date =SYSDATE -1 minus Select

RE: creating a procedure

2002-01-23 Thread Seefelt, Beth
I think you need a ; at the end of the select statement. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 6:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I want to create a stored procedure that takes the following information and puts it into a table. How would I do this?

RE: SCOTT/TIGER

2002-01-23 Thread Rachel Carmichael
there are several instructors named Scott how do you know which one it is or even if it's one of the instructors? --- Vergara, Michael (TEM) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok...it's true. Take the Oracle Technical seminars and you too may get to meet Scott, Live and In Person. Unfortunately,

RE: creating a procedure

2002-01-23 Thread Gogala, Mladen
You used an incorrect name for the procedure. Here is one that compiles flawlessly: CREATE OR REPLACE Procedure RTFM Begin Select A.Pc_session_id From pt_client_event A where A.pc_event_op = 'LAUNCH' and A.pc_date =SYSDATE -1 minus Select B.Pc_session_id From pt_client_event B

Re: creating a procedure

2002-01-23 Thread Peter . McLarty
I think that all you need is a ; before the end You need to close your statement within the procedure body -- = Peter McLarty E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical ConsultantWWW: http://www.mincom.com APAC Technical Services

RE: Backup/Recovery questions ...

2002-01-23 Thread Rachel Carmichael
and most importantly of all, if you don't want to have to repeat (and repeat) this exercise... BACKUP THE NEW DATABASE --- Mercadante, Thomas F [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fred, Either method works fine. You have the same amount of data editing in both methods (Either issue alter database

RE: SCOTT/TIGER

2002-01-23 Thread Vergara, Michael (TEM)
The name I was given is Scott Gossett. My team leader and one of our team members took the advanced seminars last year, and their instructor was Scott, and he admitted his notoriety. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 4:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

link error - gnu compiler / cygwin / Pro*C / Oracle 8.1.7 / Windo

2002-01-23 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: link error - gnu compiler / cygwin / Pro*C / Oracle 8.1.7 / Windows 2000 My apologies for this non-strictly DBA question. Has anyone successfully used Oracle 8.1.7 Pro*C on Windows 2000 using the Gnu Compiler (gcc) that comes with Cygwin? I've tried the following commands in Cygwin

RE: creating a procedure

2002-01-23 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: creating a procedure -Original Message- From: Lance Prais [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I want to create a stored procedure that takes the following information and puts it into a table. How would I do this? CREATE OR REPLACE Procedure Used_license as Begin Select

Re: ORACLE-L Digest -- Volume 2002, Number 023

2002-01-23 Thread Eric D. Pierce
Ethan, Thanks for the alternative code. I got the exact same time either way. table a = 7000 records, table b = 30,000 records. old netware/oracle7 server. 1 select 2 count( m.student_ssn ) 3from 4 student_master m, 5 SIS_CSUS_ALL_FALL_2001_eos1 x 6

RE: creating a procedure

2002-01-23 Thread Steve McClure
I am not one to usually shout RTFM from the mountain top, but I somehow feel compelled because I have read a couple of responses that hadn't mentioned that age old mantra. Your procedure might be salvagable by putting a ; at the end of your select statement, but I don't believe it will do

Eval copy of 91

2002-01-23 Thread kjanusz
I have purchased an eval copy of 9i for my PC using XP Prof. The eval is for 30 days. What happens at the end of the eval period? Does my PC melt, does the DB lock up, or nothing? TIA, Ken Janusz, CPIM -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET:

RE: SCOTT/TIGER

2002-01-23 Thread Arn Klammer
So who was SYS, and why on earth did s/he name his/her pet CHANGE_ON_INSTALL??? :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 24/1/2002 12:00:27 This message has been scanned by MAILSweeper. The name I was given is Scott Gossett. My team leader and one

RE: Connecting INGRES using database link

2002-01-23 Thread Ahmadsyah Alghozi Nugroho
Dear Bambi, Unfortunatly, 10 years ago I still a kid.. ^_^ Did you know any web site/mailing list/or other resources relate with this problem (INGRES), so I can solve this problem? Thanks in advance Holly -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 1:02 AM To: Multiple

Re: Eval copy of 91

2002-01-23 Thread Joe Testa
Yes your PC melts down. my question is why would you purchase an eval copy when you can join technet and download the latest version and play with it to your heart's content(single user developer license)? joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have purchased an eval copy of 9i for my PC

Re: SCOTT/TIGER

2002-01-23 Thread Joe Testa
That was Scott's Dad, and system was his mother and Yes Jared, i'm moving it to the OT list :) joe Arn Klammer wrote: So who was SYS, and why on earth did s/he name his/her pet CHANGE_ON_INSTALL??? :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 24/1/2002 12:00:27 This message has been scanned by

Re: Eval copy of 91

2002-01-23 Thread Charles Wolfe
Nothing, really. But it is quite likely that an Oracle sales rep will be giving you a call sometime during your evaluation. Chuck - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 10:15 PM I have purchased an eval copy

A Question About the Form6i on Web

2002-01-23 Thread ludh
When I migrate the Form5 to Form6i and deploy the form into WEB, I encounter a problem. In Form5, I use a form to call all the functions forms and process the login. So, the functions forms can get the login user's information by :Global variable. Now, in Web method, I use a jsp to process

Re: Oracle 9i installation Java RunTime Environment was not found.

2002-01-23 Thread E.Onder Kokturk
Dear Friends, I am trying to install Oracle 9i on Sun Solaris 5.8.But while installting i get the following error hi, you need JRE for installation. I think your system didn't installed or have a problem. You can download , install and try to install Oracle again. -Onder Kokturk