RE: Calling report

2002-09-10 Thread Nirmal Kumar Muthu Kumaran
Hi syed... srw.run_report ('d:\test.rdf destype=file desname=try.out desformat=dflt batch=yes'); The above will work fine. You should not mention 'report' keyword in the command line. This is the mistake in reports help. Nirmal. Prior Deveoper, Current OCP DBA. -Original

Re: NLS_DATE_FORMAT

2002-09-10 Thread zhu chao
Eric Richmond, hi, try to set it in regedit, or click my computer-property-advanced-enviroment variable-add nls_date_format. Regards zhu chao Eachnet DBA 86-21-32174588-667 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.happyit.net === 2002-09-09 11:18:00 ,you wrote£º=== On NT/2000, how can

RE: Aout plan stabilty matching.

2002-09-10 Thread Edward Shevtsov
Chuan, If I remember right, you're supposed to turn the outlines on and then run your sikvel or procedure to catch the offensive statement(s). Regards, Ed Hi, All, From Oracle Doc: if the SQL text of the incoming statement exactly matches the SQL text in an outline in that category,

OEM: Is there a test to find broken dblinks?

2002-09-10 Thread Sivan Rabinovitz
Title: OEM: Is there a test to find broken dblinks? Hi All, I'm looking for an event test in OEM to find broken dblinks. Anyone know such? Thanks.

Tao of backup

2002-09-10 Thread Vladimir Barac
For those who are not enlightened yet http://www.taobackup.com

RE: Is there a test to find broken dblinks?

2002-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Title: OEM: Is there a test to find broken dblinks? That would be useful, as import drops package bodies when there are invalid db links in packages. Short of testing them manually one by one, I don't know of one. Import must be doing it though, when it tries to compile packages. Regards,

RE: Here we go again!!

2002-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
MS will make XML part of the OS... they are the first to bundle XML into an OS... They mention IIS Did anyone review the J2EE and .NET comparison paper on Oracle's site? Do Oracle's conclusions in that paper seem plausible? Regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)

RE: Here we go again!!

2002-09-10 Thread Mark Leith
Can you post a link? I've just been reading an article in Oracle mag about Oracle implementing XML directly in to the database (XML DB), and another article talking of Oracle integrating more tightly with the .NET platform in 9iR2 (as well as support for VLM via Windows' AWE's).. Just wondering

Re: Here we go again!!

2002-09-10 Thread Jan Pruner
On Tuesday 10 September 2002 13:58, you wrote: MS will make XML part of the OS... they are the first to bundle XML into an OS... They mention IIS Really??? What about Mac OS X? Did anyone review the J2EE and .NET comparison paper on Oracle's site? Do Oracle's conclusions in that paper

Oracle's Online DBA services for Oracle Apps 11i

2002-09-10 Thread Robert Stauffer
This may be opening a can of worms, but has anyone on the list used Oracle Support's Online DBA for Applications or Patch Management services for Oracle Apps 11i? If so, what particular services did or are they performing for you? Were or are you satisfied with their work? Thanks, Bob

RE: using obfuscation

2002-09-10 Thread Steiner, Randy
I do have an index on the unencrypted SENSITIVE_DATA. Does it look something like select * from original_table where decrypt(sensitive_data) = 'CLEAR TEXT' Yes but the call to decrypt(sensitive_data) is embedded in the view. An index on the function means the unencrypted sensitive data

RE: Here we go again!!

2002-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
OK... I did a search at www.oracle.com: Overall web page comparing the two: Oracle9i and J2EE vs. Microsoft .NET Comparing Oracle9i to Microsoft .NET can be difficult because Microsoft .NET is a combination of marketing hype, product branding and technology re-architecture. In contrast,

RE: Here we go again!!

2002-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I wasn't making a statement, just reporting what was in the article. : ) Regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:03 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:Re: Here we go again!!

Re:RE: Here we go again!!

2002-09-10 Thread dgoulet
What I found interesting in MicroSoft's marketing hype was their inference that the OS would provide all of the functionality of an Application server. Now they just were in court for bundling the OS and browser. Are we in for a new round of court battles as they bundle the application server

RE: Privileges for other's table

2002-09-10 Thread Hand, Michael T
zhu chao, Thanks for checking this out. I tried it again this morning and it worked like your example. At first I thought there might be a difference when creating a view on all rows (*) versus creating the view on a subset (x, y, z) but under both conditions a view was created successfully.

RE: Disabling local partitioned indexes for load

2002-09-10 Thread John Weatherman
Beth, This seems to be it. If I disable to PK, the ignore for everything else is happy...so, the question becomes... I have a table that represents quarterly data. The data in it is basically the same for every quarter...adding the period is what makes things unique. What is important from a

Ioug meeting or HOTSOS Seminar

2002-09-10 Thread Yechiel Adar
Hello List I got a message about Hotsos Tuning seminar in Dallas. Scheduled in February 2003. The lecturers list include among others: Tom, Anjo, Gaja. http://www.hotsos.com/events/symposium/ I also know that there is an IOUG Live meeting on May 2003, and many of you recommended going.

Re: using obfuscation

2002-09-10 Thread Don Jerman
What about... create view my_data as select de_encrypt(sensitive_data) as clear_sensitive_data where sensitive_data = encrypt('CLEAR TEXT') ? This lets you create an index on the sensitive data without decrypting it, and the function need only be called once on the clear text. Caveat: no idea

RE: Here we go again!!

2002-09-10 Thread Steven Lembark
MS will make XML part of the OS... But will it really be XML? They have a history of bending the standards to the point that anyone else's products break with M$. I'd wait to see how well they conform to buy-the-book XML before depending on it for anything. For a good example of this look at

RE: NLS_DATE_FORMAT

2002-09-10 Thread Viral Desai
To set it at the session level, You need, Alter session set nls_date_format='DD-MON- HH24:MI'; You can give any valid format string. If you want this to happen automatically in your sqlplus session you can add this to your glogin.sql script. Hope this helps. Viral. From: Farnsworth, Dave

gathering history v$ to predict system change

2002-09-10 Thread zhu chao
hi, list friends: We know statspack can gather history data and let you compare statistics from different time snapshot.But it is something difficult, for you must make multiple report and open them one by one and compare data between different reports. Now i want to gather some

RE: using obfuscation

2002-09-10 Thread Steiner, Randy
Don, It seems like a real good idea, but what am I putting inside my call to the encrypt function in my Create View statement? Randy -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:13 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:Re: using obfuscation

methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread JOE TESTA
I've been tasked to ensure only certain app programs access the database. I'm thinking on-logon trigger, check the program field from v$session. unfortunately v$session is for all sessions, i can't seem to find the view that tells me only MY info during login. I only want the sid, serial#,

Reorganizing a database

2002-09-10 Thread Brooks, Russ
Hi, We are creating a 45GB database from a restore of a current system. My boss has requested that I reorganize the entire new database. I have my doubts that this will provide as much benefit as he seems to expect, but they are adamant that this is what they want. One of the desired

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Joe, I use the following with decent success on a logon database trigger: -- Set a unique string for the session and update the session info. client_info_str := 'WTWLOGIN_' || LTRIM(dbms_random.value,'.'); DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.SET_CLIENT_INFO(client_info_str); -- look into the

RE: gathering history v$ to predict system change

2002-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Zhu - You can use STATSPACK to gather the statistics into its tables and then query those tables directly. In the book ORACLE High-Performance Tuning with STATSPACK, Don Burleson describes how to do this in detail and provides many example queries. He advocates gathering STATSPACK statistics over

RE: using obfuscation

2002-09-10 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: using obfuscation Can you create a Function based index on that column? That could be of use ... Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is personal and

Re: Ioug meeting or HOTSOS Seminar

2002-09-10 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Depends on what you are looking for. The Hotsos Seminar will be strictly tuning, will be very intense on that, will not have vendors The IOUG conference will have a vendor hall, will have a much wider variety of presentations on all topics It's sort of like deciding between a meal at a buffet,

RE: Ioug meeting or HOTSOS Seminar

2002-09-10 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: Ioug meeting or HOTSOS Seminar Since performance tuning is just one aspect (although extremely important) of my DBA role I would choose IOUG thinking that I would get performance info. as well as other aspects of my role covered and could pick/choose. Although a conference with

9ir2 Install on Linux

2002-09-10 Thread Peter Barnett
I am attempting to install 9ir2 on a Red Hat 7.2 Linux box. Part way through the first attempt I decided to changed the Oracle home value. I stopped the install, deleted the previous Oracle home directory tree, built the new directory and restarted the install. Oracle has stored the value of

RE: Table Locks

2002-09-10 Thread Aponte, Tony
Title: RE: Table Locks Call me crazy if you wish. But I would take a process or system state dump and navigate the locking session's object hierarchy. Yes, I know, ugly as Sin and potentially life-shortening. HTH Tony Aponte -Original Message- From: Alan Davey [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Ioug meeting or HOTSOS Seminar

2002-09-10 Thread Karniotis, Stephen
Given that you will probably see Anjo, Cary, Tom and potentially Gaja, at the event, I would recommend IOUG Live! Reason 1: Significantly more presentations Reason 2: More opportunities to network with other people in your position Reason 3: Greater opportunity to share your

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Shaw John-P55297
use v_$mystat - it has the sid - then do your join with v$session -Original Message-From: JOE TESTA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:58 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Thomas Day
Yes. This works great. You posted your logon trigger before and I've used it with considerable success (and modification). We (will) use the logon trigger to ensure that a particular Oracle userid is logged on only from one machine (no sharing of userids). We also allow certain exemptions,

RE: Reorganizing a database

2002-09-10 Thread Cary Millsap
Russ, This is OT relative to your question slightly, but Be sure to take some good response time measurements (10046 level 8) before the rebuild so that you can make objective before/after comparisons. If youre right about your prediction that all this work wont provide much of a

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Lord, David - CSG
Joe You can use the sys_context function to get the auditing session id - select * from v$session where audsid = sys_context('USERENV','SESSIONID'); David Lord -Original Message-From: JOE TESTA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 10 September 2002 16:58To: Multiple

Idle Connections

2002-09-10 Thread SARKAR, Samir
Hi All, I am facing problems with a database with some very irresponsible users who just connect to the database from their applications and simply dont logout. Apart from the usual chidings I have been giving them, could any of you please tell me whether any parameter exists which can be put

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Fink, Dan
Can you use the USERENV or SYS_CONTEXT function? -Original Message-From: JOE TESTA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:58 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to I've been tasked

Re: gathering history v$ to predict system change

2002-09-10 Thread Stephane Faroult
zhu chao wrote: hi, list friends: We know statspack can gather history data and let you compare statistics from different time snapshot.But it is something difficult, for you must make multiple report and open them one by one and compare data between different reports. Now

RE: Ioug meeting or HOTSOS Seminar

2002-09-10 Thread mkb
Are we taking votes? From what Cary/Gaja/Anjo/Tom etc have contributed so far on list, I'd say Hotsos. Hey Cary, when are you planning to present in the Washington DC area? mkb --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since performance tuning is just one aspect (although extremely important) of my DBA

Re: gathering history v$ to predict system change

2002-09-10 Thread Joe Raube
Why not issue queries against the statspack tables to get your info? (if you are using statspack that is) -Joe --- zhu chao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, list friends: We know statspack can gather history data and let you compare statistics from different time snapshot.But it is

Re: Ioug meeting or HOTSOS Seminar

2002-09-10 Thread Jared . Still
I don't think you can really compare them. I haven't been to a HOTSOS seminar, but it is in depth tuning of Oracle. IOUG is a smorgasboard of Oracle topics and an excellent networking opportunity. Jared Yechiel Adar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/10/2002 07:23 AM

RE: Ioug meeting or HOTSOS Seminar

2002-09-10 Thread Cary Millsap
Yechiel, Just to clarify... There are actually two different event types here that I think Jared might have blended together in his response. 1. The Hotsos Clinic is a 3-day course, taught by Jeff Holt and me, dedicated to the single purpose of teaching Oracle performance problem diagnosis and

Fatal Error: cannot map libwtc8.so

2002-09-10 Thread Thomas Day
I'm trying to use SQLLDR Oracle 8.1.6 on a UNIX box but I'm getting: Fatal Error: cannot map libwtc8.so My environmental variables are: ORACLE_BASE=/m1/oradec1/app/oracle ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/8.1.6 LIBPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jlib

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Kirsh, Gary
Select sid from v$msystat where rownum = 1 Gary Kirsh Next Extent Consulting -Original Message-From: JOE TESTA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:58 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: methodology to keep only certain programs to

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Kevin Lange
With a setup like this, how do you stop a user from simply renaming the program they are using to match what you expect to see and, therefore, getting past your security ?? -Original Message-From: Shaw John-P55297 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002

RE: Ioug meeting or HOTSOS Seminar

2002-09-10 Thread Johnson, Michael
Goto Both -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:23 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hello List I got a message about Hotsos Tuning seminar in Dallas. Scheduled in February 2003. The lecturers list include among others: Tom, Anjo, Gaja.

LOBs Questions. Need help.

2002-09-10 Thread Meomeo Nguyen
Hi All, I want to load PDF files into the database and view the content of the lobs column. Below is what I did step by step. Anyone please point out what did I do wrong in my procedure. I am still unable to view the content of the Lobs column. I need you all for your help. Please note that I

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Nastase, Mr. C. (Catalin)
Joe, you may try: select sid, serial#, username, program from v$session where audsid = userenv( 'sessionid') Regards, Catalin Nastase -Message d'origine-De: JOE TESTA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Date: mardi 10 septembre 2002 17:58À: Multiple recipients of list

9ir2 install on linux(removal)

2002-09-10 Thread JOE TESTA
try removing the /etc/oraInst.loc and the oraInventory file(the location of it is in the .loc file). Joe

RE: Fatal Error: cannot map libwtc8.so

2002-09-10 Thread Jerry Hess
Check your LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 1:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I'm trying to use SQLLDR Oracle 8.1.6 on a UNIX box but I'm getting: Fatal Error: cannot map libwtc8.so My environmental variables are:

RE: 9ir2 Install on Linux

2002-09-10 Thread Ji, Richard
How about the oraInventory? -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 12:18 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I am attempting to install 9ir2 on a Red Hat 7.2 Linux box. Part way through the first attempt I decided to changed the Oracle home value. I stopped the

RE: Reorganizing a database

2002-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Russ - Why don't you consider this: - Create a new tablespaces LMT and uniform sizes (please read the documents to understand this concept clearly). - Move tables into the new tablespaces using ALTER TABLE MOVE. This is MUCH faster than export/import. - If you have space issues, just

BMC Backtrack until_cancel

2002-09-10 Thread Gurelei
Hi all: I have been trying to use the until_cancel option in BMC Backtrack 3.3.00 to do until cancel recovery. But in the maual the description of this option is applies archive logs until there are no more. This is not exactly until cancel IMO. Is there any way to do a real until cancel via

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Kevin, That has been my point in the past. It is really not feasible to establish connection policy this way. For example: anybody can change the name of the sqlplus.exe executable on their desktop, run it, and connect to the database. v$session.program now reports the new executable name

Re: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Jared . Still
Joe, Try this: select s.username, s.sid, s.serial# from v$session s where userenv('SESSIONID') = s.audsid; Jared JOE TESTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/10/2002 08:58 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Cursor : please help

2002-09-10 Thread JOSHY MON M C
Hi All, I ve a JSP application. Each time I query database ( oracle 9i) from the page, I see that the no.of cursors increments by one. I m accessing database using JDBC, I close resultset and statement objects after query. But I m not closing Connection object since I use a Connection Pool. Can

RE: using obfuscation

2002-09-10 Thread Kirsh, Gary
I've seen this type of thing done using domain indexes, i.e. defining your own indextypes. Looked like a bit of work, though. HTH, Gary Gary Kirsh Next Extent Consulting -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:58 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Don, It

Re: Ioug meeting or HOTSOS Seminar

2002-09-10 Thread Rachel Carmichael
I stand (sit?) corrected... the Hotsos Seminar will have vendors. Possibly a more selective list of vendors, but there will be vendors there. --- Rachel Carmichael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Depends on what you are looking for. The Hotsos Seminar will be strictly tuning, will be very

Re: Fatal Error: cannot map libwtc8.so

2002-09-10 Thread Reginald . W . Bailey
Thomas: Try setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Typically for Solaris it is set to the following: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/dt/lib:/usr/ucblib:$ORACLE_HOME/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/network/lib export LIBPATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH If you still get that error, try

Re: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread JOE TESTA
Jared(and others) thanks, a bunch you all had what i was looking for perfectly. joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/10/02 12:55PM Joe,Try this:select s.username, s.sid, s.serial#from v$session swhere userenv('SESSIONID') = s.audsid;Jared"JOE TESTA" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent by: [EMAIL

RE: Fatal Error: cannot map libwtc8.so

2002-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Thomas export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib   Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 1:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I'm trying to use SQLLDR Oracle 8.1.6 on a

RE: ALTER TABLE MOVE command causes table to grow

2002-09-10 Thread Miller, Jay
DEGREE=1 -Original Message- Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 8:38 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L What is the DEGREE setting on the table? -Original Message- Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L alter table

Re: 9ir2 Install on Linux

2002-09-10 Thread Ron Thomas
Did you delete the OraInventory directory? It's location is specified in /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc file. Ron Thomas Hypercom, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except where void or prohibited by law. -- Roy Santoro

Re:Idle Connections

2002-09-10 Thread dgoulet
Samir, Yes there is, 1st set resource_limit = TRUE in the init.ora file. 2nd bounce the database. 3rd create a profile for those who are the inconsiderate bunch and set idle_timeout = x where x is in minutes. Their session will show up in V$session as sniped. You can then easily put

RE: 9ir2 Install on Linux

2002-09-10 Thread Jesse, Rich
On a RH7.1 test box that I'd hosed, I needed to manually delete and reinstall Oracle. To do this, I needed to remove the $ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory directory (along with all the old $ORACLE_HOME dirs) as this contains all the fun stuff that the installer uses. But one shouldn't nuke directories

Re: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Glenn Stauffer
I'm working with an application that uses a combination of encrypted seed numbers and password protected roles to limit access to the application tables to the specific application and version. In this database, any external application (sqlplus, etc) cannot provide access to the application

SQL Query tuning help

2002-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
I am trying to tune a SQL query on Oracle 8.1.6. I have tried several optimizations, but so far have made no improvements. I would appreciate any suggestions. SELECT am.lid, am.name FROM am, so, sa WHERE so.lid = am.lid AND so.key_ = sa.so_key AND am.active = 1 AND so.code = 11 AND sa.ret = 'SB'

Re: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Stephane Faroult
Joe, Create a view over V$SESSION with the condition where audsid = SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV', 'SESSIONID') call it USER_SESSION and grant SELECT TO PUBLIC on it. -- Regards, Stephane Faroult Oriole Software -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author:

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Markham, Richard
what are the drawbacks with such a trigger, what if the code went invalid and would not compile is it possible that you could lock yourself out, or would the base login functionality still work regardless or the status of this trigger? -Original Message-From: Mercadante, Thomas F

Re: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Stephane Faroult
More thoughts : SQL*Plus fills MODULE in, don't know about TOAD (I think it does), but typically a number of PC clients may appear as the name of a DLL. I think that you shoud rather allow in than exclude out, and (ab)use DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO in the programs which are allowed. -- Regards,

RE: Reorganizing a database

2002-09-10 Thread Inka Bezdziecka
You can drop/re-create users and tablespaces, and import users. Down timealso depend on i/o bus and disk system. inka -Original Message-From: Brooks, Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:44 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject:

Re: Reorganizing a database

2002-09-10 Thread Thomas Day
I've done something similar in the past (move a database to a new machine and go to uniform extents). I didn't find any quick and easy methodology. Basically you have to pre-create the tablespaces where you want them and with the storage parameters that you want. Then import the database to

OT: Misinformation Ranting

2002-09-10 Thread Jared . Still
RANT I've just spent 30 minutes with our SAP administrator trying to convince her that we really don't need to reorganize the tables in our production SAP database. Due to some misinformation in an Oracle Press book, 'Oracle Unleashed' I think, she is equating number of extents with

RE: ALTER TABLE MOVE command causes table to grow

2002-09-10 Thread Seefelt, Beth
I hope this isn't overly simplistic but, is it because of the larger extent size? For instance, if it was in 4m extents before and used 26M, it would have fit in 7 extents with 2M of free space. But when moved to 25M extents, it would use 2 extents with 24M free space. How many segments is

OEM 9iR2 : Console won't launch from OEM Web Site

2002-09-10 Thread Kawatra V (Vikas) at Aera
Sorry about the previous incomplete mail ! We've been trying unsuccessfully to get the OEM console to launch from OEM's website hosted on a Windows 2000 server running IIS (not oracle HTTP). The EM 9.2.0.1.0 readme clearly states that MS IIS 5.0 is can be used to serve the EM 9.2.0.1.0

RE: SQL Query tuning help

2002-09-10 Thread Nicoll, Iain \(Calanais\)
Dennis, If you use the ordered hint and have sa then so then am and also hint to use the index on sa(ret) then I think that would be about the best as you'd be starting with the best filter ie 1.3m/281 giving less than 5000 on average (assuming ret is indexed). I don't know if you'd have to

Re: Fatal Error: cannot map libwtc8.so

2002-09-10 Thread Jared . Still
I don't see LD_LIBRARY_PATH in there. It should be set to $ORACLE_HOME/lib Jared Thomas Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/10/2002 11:13 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Kevin Lange
I have always thought this was the best way to implement a security package. Nice to see you implemented the seed number for changing encryption. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 1:49 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I'm working with an application that

RE: using obfuscation

2002-09-10 Thread Steiner, Randy
Title: RE: using obfuscation Wouldnt that store the sensitive data in the index? -Original Message- From: Jamadagni, Rajendra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 12:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: using obfuscation Can you

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Thomas Day
My experience is that an invalid trigger doesn't fire --- no effect. Also, userids with the DBA role don't fire the trigger. So you can't lock yourself out of the database. Just go in with a DBA role userid and drop the logon trigger.

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Jared . Still
You can't. This is one of the reasons I haven't tried to use this. Jared Kevin Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/10/2002 10:53 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:

Re: dbwr high count of threads

2002-09-10 Thread David Miller
Hi Richard, A couple of questions. What version of Oracle? What version of Solaris? Are you using asynch I/O? Are you on filesystems? If so, which one (ufs, vxfs, vxfs with quickio)? Have you specified ioslaves? If so, how many? How did you determine how many threads you were using? Is the

OEM 9iR2 : Console won't launch from OEM Web Site

2002-09-10 Thread Kawatra V (Vikas) at Aera
Is there a -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Kawatra V (Vikas) at Aera INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists

Re: SQL Query tuning help

2002-09-10 Thread Stephane Faroult
DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: I am trying to tune a SQL query on Oracle 8.1.6. I have tried several optimizations, but so far have made no improvements. I would appreciate any suggestions. SELECT am.lid, am.name FROM am, so, sa WHERE so.lid = am.lid AND so.key_ = sa.so_key AND am.active = 1

Re: SQL Query tuning help

2002-09-10 Thread Jared . Still
Dennis, What is the distribution of sa.ret? I didn't see it included in an index. Jared DENNIS WILLIAMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/10/2002 12:18 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:

RE: SQL Query tuning help

2002-09-10 Thread Carle, William T (Bill), ALCAS
Dennis, You're better off not having an index on the AM table. With 220,000 out of 250,000 rows having the same value, an index will do you more harm than good. You're not much better off on the SO table with only 12 different values out of 1.3 million. The final table SA has 281

Rerunning CSSCAN character set scan utility on same database

2002-09-10 Thread Cherie_Machler
With the end-goal of doing a character set conversion from US7ASCII to UTF8, I have run csminst.sql to create work tables and then run the CSSCAN utility from rdbms/admin on my test database. We have written a C program to identify and alter exceptional characters identified by the CSSCAN

RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to

2002-09-10 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: methodology to keep only certain programs to connect to Revoke all roles from all apps. You will have to change some code in authorized apps to enable roles after they log in to allow them to access the database. All stray applications won't do this, so even if they log in they

Re: OT: Misinformation Ranting

2002-09-10 Thread ltiu
So, did you bend to her wishes? ltiu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RANT I've just spent 30 minutes with our SAP administrator trying to convince her that we really don't need to reorganize the tables in our production SAP database. Due to some misinformation in an Oracle Press book, 'Oracle

RE: using obfuscation

2002-09-10 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: using obfuscation I wouldn't worry about that ... unless you dump the index blocks, you won't see that data anyway. OTOH, why don't you set your view to select based on a PK and then apply the function on selected rows?? Raj __

Problem upgrading Oracle 8.1.7 on MS2000

2002-09-10 Thread Smith, Ron L.
I am trying to upgrade Oracle 8.1.7 on MS2000 to patchset 8.1.7.4.1. I keep getting a message that says a component that the installer needs to update is busy. It would be too easy to tell me what it is. I have stopped everything related to Oracle but I still get the message. Can anyone tell

Re:OT: Misinformation Ranting

2002-09-10 Thread dgoulet
Jared, What version of the database does this book refer to? I do remember back in Version 6 and early 7 that having all of your data for a table and/or index all in the first extent was a performance benefit. Regrettably that idea had been proved false more than once after 7.2 hit the

RE: Misinformation Ranting

2002-09-10 Thread Brooks, Russ
You have my profound sympathies, having been there and done that. Russ -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 4:29 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L RANT I've just spent 30 minutes with our SAP administrator trying to convince her that we really don't need to

RE: SQL Query tuning help

2002-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Thanks everyone for your wonderful suggestions. And thanks for leaving the hey stupid off your reply header :-) Rachel - Thanks for the bitmapped idea. These tables don't change often, so that may be a good alternative. Iain - Thanks so much for the detailed suggestions. Rick - Good sanity

RE: Misinformation Ranting

2002-09-10 Thread Fink, Dan
Doing Phil Hartman's impression of Bill Clinton 'We feel your pain' end impression -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:29 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L RANT I've just spent 30 minutes with our SAP administrator trying to convince her that we really

Re: OEM 9iR2 : Console won't launch from OEM Web Site

2002-09-10 Thread Stephane Faroult
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RE: Misinformation Ranting

2002-09-10 Thread Cary Millsap
I feel your pain. You got the publisher right, but it's not Oracle Unleashed. It's from p109 of the best-selling but utterly reprehensible Oracle Performance Tuning Tips Techniques book. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Upcoming events: - Hotsos Clinic, Oct 1-3 San

RE: Misinformation Ranting

2002-09-10 Thread Jared . Still
Oops, sorry for the mis-attribution, and my unintended slight on the author of 'Oracle Unleashed' Jared Cary Millsap [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/10/2002 02:23 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Misinformation Ranting

2002-09-10 Thread Inka Bezdziecka
Have you brought to that meeting some basic storage statistics? If she is a decision maker, the only thing to do is to provide solid and dry technical information. Expected outage time of SAP including. inka -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 4:29 PM To: Multiple

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