Off-topic (VB)

2002-09-26 Thread Santosh Varma
Hello all, Sorry for the off-topic discussion. But any one who knows VB can answer me personally. I have 2 forms. In the first form, through the program, i call a function connection() which is as follows - { Dim strconn As Stringstrconn = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Persist Security

DBA place in the business (was RE: DBA work load)

2002-09-26 Thread Robson, Peter
I've found the thread on DBA workload valuable and interesting. It endorses points made repeatedly over the past years, basically the highly variable nature of the job. This variability is giving us a small problem. Our dba work (shared between two of us) tends to function in the background,

RE: datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread John . Hallas
We tend to use multiples of 1Gb and add 1 Mb to the file so that we get 2001, 10001 Mb etc Solaris 2.8 LMT uniform extents range from 64K to 20Mb John -Original Message- Sent: 25 September 2002 19:44 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L We created two datafiles of 16GB+64K all

Re: use_hash HINT

2002-09-26 Thread Connor McDonald
/*+ use_hash(x) */ will force a hash join if the 'x' is the target for a hash join. This does not exclude 'x' from being the driver table in a nested or merge join. Typically an additional ordered predicate might be required to avoid the join inputs being swapped over. hth connor ---

OEM website - cannot login ;-(

2002-09-26 Thread Rahul
list,.. i have tried everything, but stiill i cannot login to em website !! i *CAN* use OEM console (the java app) and can login using SYSMAN (or SYS) but... then i do http://myserver:1810/ it prompts with realm: emterprise-manager username: sysman when i use the same password as when

Re: Procedural Consistency

2002-09-26 Thread Bill Buchan
What is the error and how is the error occuring? My experience has been: 1. Long running SQL calling PL/SQL function:will die due to invalidated state of the function. 2. Long running PL/SQL calling PL/SQL procedure (statically): cannot re-compile the procedure during the run as it is

RE:

2002-09-26 Thread Rachel Carmichael
oh damn, I knew I'd screw it up... I have a user group meeting today, this list will overflow my mailbox if I don't check it several times a day, rather than unsubscribe (which gives Jared heart attacks when he thinks I'm leaving for good) I thought I'd try this. See what happens when I try to

Re: DBA work load - BDBAFH #1

2002-09-26 Thread Rachel Carmichael
hm, now this might be good for a presentation when you come out in December... want to do this as the keynote? EG --- Tim Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's backup day today so I'm pissed off. Being the BDBAFH, however, does have it's advantages. I reassign null to be the tape device -

RE: datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread Rachel Carmichael
10001Mb? the uniform extent sizes map to what I'll be using as well. good to know I'm not way off track --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We tend to use multiples of 1Gb and add 1 Mb to the file so that we get 2001, 10001 Mb etc Solaris 2.8 LMT uniform extents range from 64K to 20Mb John

RE: datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread John . Hallas
Yes, 10Gb datafiles. I think we have a 35Gb datafile somewhere but I have not looked at that database myself John -Original Message- Sent: 26 September 2002 12:03 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L 10001Mb? the uniform extent sizes map to what I'll be using as well. good to

RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Title: OT: MIcrosoft Blackmail Thomas, Don't get mad - remember, it's not personal, it's just "the bidness". Remember, sales-dweebs can say anything they want. If your sales-dweeb-conversation person rolls-over for this MS sales-dweeb, then it's your companies fault. And remember, it's

RE: Forms 3.0 ; Oracle 8i/9i ; Patch 380665 ; HP-UX 11

2002-09-26 Thread Kurth, Michael J.
I tried for years to find a patch that would allow Forms 3.0 to work with Oracle8.x.x. I think there is a path for NT, but none for Unix. Time to bite the bullet and upgrade to Forms 4.5 or higher. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 2:59 PM To: Multiple recipients of

RE: fast_start_mttr_target in Oracle 9i

2002-09-26 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
We have set it to 300on a 9012 RAC, no bad experiences, at-least related to this setting yet. Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect

Re: datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread Tim Gorman
Datafile sizing affects the speed of backup and restore, since each datafile can only be backed up or restored by one process at a time. As a result, I try to keep datafiles at uniform sizes of 2-4 Gb max. How do such large and variable-sized datafiles impact your backups and restores? Just

Re: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread Yechiel Adar
Title: OT: MIcrosoft Blackmail What exactly is your problem? Lets say that you are a factory that sells paper. You need to buy a computer system. One supplier also sell printers and the other advocate paperless office. All things being equal, which one will you give your business to??

RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread Steven Lembark
Remember, sales-dweebs can say anything they want. If your sales-dweeb-conversation person rolls-over for this MS sales-dweeb, then it's your companies fault. And remember, it's a two-way street. The sales-dweeb can say anything he wants to you, but you can call also - including telling

RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Title: OT: MIcrosoft Blackmail Exactly. In other words, thank the MS-sales-dweeb for his time, and tell him "bye-bye now", "no-more-sales-for-you". Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message-From: Yechiel Adar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday,

RE: How to reproduce a hanging connect attempt

2002-09-26 Thread Bob Metelsky
For more information see $ perldoc perlport Not much more information, mind you, but at least a positive statement that alarm is not implemented on Win32. This document also describes all the other stuff without which I can't believe an operating system can survive

RE: Best Practice - Partitioned object, one partition per tablesp

2002-09-26 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: Best Practice - Partitioned object, one partition per tablespace, exactly - in the warehouse I am working on we have so much data over so many partitioned ranges (for the benefits of partition elimination) that it didn't make sense to create a separate part. in each tablespace plus

Automation of Migration to Oracle9i

2002-09-26 Thread Kieran Murray
Hi, I've been charged with coming up with automation scripts which will migration customer databases from Oracle 7.3.4 to Oracle 9i (35 databases in all). As the databases aren't huge I was gonna go with the Export/Import option (rather than MIG utility), so I'm in the process of writing batch

RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread Bishop Lewis
If you want them to shut up and play nice(r) then I'd strongly suggest having a few prominent G3's around on desktops and at least one server (say file + print running Samba) with an RH or SuSE sitcker on it next to the NT boxes on your rack. See if that helps them understand your point of

RE: datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Rachel - In the whitepaper How to Stop Defragmenting and Start Living, they make a big deal under LMT about selecting specific extent sizes, and those optimum sizes are different for Oracle 8i and Oracle 8. For Oracle 8i the sizes are 128k, 4m, 128m. I couldn't follow the complete logic of why

RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-26 Thread Glenn Travis
I am visiting Oracle next week and will be getting a dog-and-pony show on Oracle 9i and RAC (Real Application Clusters). Does anyone have any experience or comments on this product/technology? Can you suggest some burning questions I can pose to Oracle when we get the demos? This is a

RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread Inka Bezdziecka
Title: OT: MIcrosoft Blackmail Well, regardless of MS tactics, the last paragraph reads: "Therefore, I support investigating SQL server, Biz Talk, and dot Net, but I emphasize the word INVESTIGATING. " What is better than RD projects? At the end one wins no matter what. Knowingmore does

RE: OEM website - cannot login ;-(

2002-09-26 Thread Brian McGraw
Rahul - What error messages are you getting?? I had similar problems a while back w/ OEM 2.2, but followed the steps laid out in Oracle Enterprise Manager 101 (Oracle Press), and it worked like a champ. Brian -- | Brian McGraw /* DBA */ Infinity

RE: datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread John . Hallas
Tim, I cannot speak for the 35Gb datafile which is a one-off but for the systems where we have datafiles files 4Gb we invariably use EDM to break a mirror and then RMAN proxy against that. The mirror is then kept off-line until we are ready to do the next backup. At that point the mirror is

RE: datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread Hand, Michael T
I also have a just curious question. Do most interchange the values 1000K for 1M or 1000M for 1G? I try to be precise in my usage, but I guess that's just the AR size of my personality. OK, I'll go find my pills now. ;) By the way, we use a maximum size of 4Gb+8k file size but, I've never has

Re:RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread dgoulet
Allow me to add a true experience to the thread. We had an Oracle Sales Droid who believed he could pull a significant number of $$ out of us by playing hardball in a similar though not identical manner, somewhere between 10 and 15 million of them. Well, we had him his manager in for a

RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-26 Thread Jesse, Rich
Specifically ask about RAC's performance with respect to platform. I saw a demo that HP put on at a WOUG meeting where the NT cluster took 20-30 seconds to fail over. While this isn't earth-shattering, there was mention made that Unix/Linux failover times only took about 1-2 seconds. Might be

RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Yechiel - But all things are NEVER equal. So companies end up doing stupid things because of some larger motive. You end up buying crappy computers because your boss thinks it will impress the CEO with how you are loyally supporting someone that somehow supports your company. Ironic isn't it.

RE: Another datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Darren - Let me try to clarify my answer. 1. Yes, 800-meg is not really large with today's disk systems, so that consolidation should be no problem. 2. If you are doing this type of consolidation, I think it would be a good time for you to take as step back for broader perspective. Specifically,

RE: OEM website - cannot login ;-(

2002-09-26 Thread Jesse, Rich
What browser are you using? Perhaps you need to turn on Java/JS/cookies? Just a thought...never had a problem with it myself on v3. Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA -Original

RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-26 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Glenn - I have a question you could ask. Oracle talks about how RAC will allow Oracle to make better use of cheap computers. To me the weak point is how much bandwidth you have between the nodes. If you have a gigabit fiber optic connection between the nodes, it might work well, but suppose you

RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-26 Thread Gogala, Mladen
RAC isn't meant to be cheap. It is a fault-tolerant technology. You cannot buy a Ferrari or Aston-Martin for $15,000 with only 2.5% APR. As a matter of fact, when you are buying a red Ferrari, you are probably not even going to mention APR. That is a difference between Ford Focus or Dodge Neon

RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Title: OT: MIcrosoft Blackmail you obviously have not wasted enough time with tasks like this. they really suck. you end up spinning your wheels for a week, all for nothing. your report ends up on somebody's shelf someplace - never read. and 6 months later, they ask the same questions.

v$temp_space_header and v$temp_extent_pool

2002-09-26 Thread Cyril Thankappan
Hello, it is acknowledged that v$temp_space_header.blocks_free mean ONLY that the blocks have 'never ever been used' Can someone confirm if v$temp_extent_pool.blocks_cached is the 'real number of blocks available for sorting'? How do we confirm this? Observations

RE: Another datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread Browett, Darren
Our SAN has been setup as RAID5, so the use of single large datafiles is probably the method I will go with, using the added option of resizing once I read up on it some more :) Darren -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 8:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: Another datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread Browett, Darren
that is something I didn't consider, I will look into it further. Thanks Darren -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 5:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Is there a reason you can't just resize the existing file? -Original Message- Sent:

Don't leave

2002-09-26 Thread Mohammad Rafiq
Rachel, The godess (number 1) (which gives Jared heart attacks when he thinks I'm leaving for good) Not only Jared , but we all will miss your particpation as godess number 2 Lisa Rutland( I always forget her married name) already away from this list for a while Regards Rafiq

Re: Is the effect of modifying PCTFREE/PCTUSED immediate ?

2002-09-26 Thread Hemant K Chitale
Well, yes, that is one option. Can I issue an ALTER TABLE table MOVE to the same tablespace, I wonder. Thanks Hemant At 08:23 AM 25-09-02 -0800, you wrote: Hemant, If I understand your question correctly, trying using the alter table move command and specify new values for pctfree and

RE: datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Michael - I've done it both ways, and yes, it depends on how AR you wish to be. You can convert everything to K and get pretty precise. Or you can simply create the tablespace and datafile, then query the free space and create your table accordingly. Of course LMT with uniform extents changes the

RE: Another datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread Browett, Darren
Thanks Dennis I was going to use LMT's, I didn't mention it in my email as I thought it would be irrelevant to the question I was asking. The first database in question to move is oracle financials 11.5.7 which requires you to move to LMT's Darren -Original Message- Sent: Thursday,

RE: Is the effect of modifying PCTFREE/PCTUSED immediate ?

2002-09-26 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Yes, you can! - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:34 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Well, yes, that is one option. Can I issue an ALTER TABLE table MOVE to the same tablespace, I wonder. Thanks Hemant At 08:23 AM 25-09-02 -0800, you

RE: Is the effect of modifying PCTFREE/PCTUSED immediate ?

2002-09-26 Thread Hemant K Chitale
Yes, I think I need to test it for myself and see what I get. As for the busy table in a production environment [24x7, so there's no time to rebuild the table normally], I've put in a request for 30minutes downtime [I am allowed an occassional 15 to 30 minutes every two months] to rebuild the

RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-26 Thread Hemant K Chitale
Yes, I concur. RAC might be positioned as a cluster of cheap Intel/Linux servers but a true cluster isn't really cheap. On Compaq Tru64 Cluster, we are going for a Memory Channel Interconnect which, I understand, is even more expensive than Gigabit. hemant At 07:43 AM 26-09-02 -0800, you

RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread Toepke, Kevin M
Title: OT: MIcrosoft Blackmail I view a RD project not as"adding value to thebusiness", buttraining for myself. Everytime I have participated on an RD project I have learned a significant amount and have gained invaluable experience! If you go in expecting to throw away all of your

RE: datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread Karniotis, Stephen
Goddess: The conclusions are correct. The OS must be configured to properly handle the 64-bit architecture, thus, large files. The 32-bit limitation on 2GB files is still imposed unless this occurs. Although Oracle can accommodate 2GB files, you must have the OS handle the outside Oracle

* Oracle DBA with SAP experience Needed

2002-09-26 Thread OraStaff
If you are an Oracle DBA With SAP experience looking for a stable company where you can work within a great team environment, this company in Toledo, Ohio is the place for you. This Fortune 500 employer has experienced steady growth over the hundred years it has been in business and is looking

Re: Is the effect of modifying PCTFREE/PCTUSED immediate ?

2002-09-26 Thread Alan Davey
Yes you can move within the same tablespace. I had to do this when one of the other developers created a table with the default pctfree. Updates were causing rows to chain, so I issued the alter table move command with a new pctfree. Rebuilt the indexes and analyzed the table again and so

RE: Automation of Migration to Oracle9i

2002-09-26 Thread Molina, Gerardo
I think it's very possible. Run the Universal Installer once (interactively). Tar up the stuff under the product directory (all subdirectories including jre and 9.2.0.1). Now you can use the tar file to install to another machine. Write a wrapper script that untars your image. I recommend

RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-26 Thread Orr, Steve
To which I would add... downtime and losing data can be very expensive so given the alternative, if you need fault tolerance and scalability then maybe it is cheap by comparison. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:14 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-26 Thread Ji, Richard
Dennis, True, a 2/3 node clusters ain't that cheap. But to achieve high availability the other choice is to buy a high end server like Sun E10k or the newer ones. And I think the 2/3 node clusters are cheap compare to those big iron boxes and you get a very good availability and scalability

Metalink problems loading images?

2002-09-26 Thread Jesse, Rich
Or do I need to talk with our networking group about the firewall? This link, taken directly from the Metalink My Headlines page, errors out for me with could not locate remote server: http://gts214.us.oracle.com:8000/images/metalink/usaeng/navbar/metalink/nav_ library_off.gif TIA! Rich --

extremely long parse time

2002-09-26 Thread Adams, Matthew (GEA, MABG, 088130)
Title: extremely long parse time why would a query take 148 seconds to parse? It is a two way union where the first half is going against all_tables and the second half is a join between all_indexes and all_ind_columns. The shared pool has 50M large parts of it are free. I generated a

RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread Inka Bezdziecka
Title: OT: MIcrosoft Blackmail Don't you think that the constant search for the nirvana of us all - a perfect solution to somebody else's problems includes pulling off the shelf that report written a long time ago? In addition,reports are just side effects of "knowing better". Are they

RE: datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread Gesler, Rich
Well as long as we are being AR...Don't you mean DEC/Compaq/HP :-) -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:34 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I also have a just curious question. Do most interchange the values 1000K for 1M or 1000M for 1G? I try to be

RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-26 Thread Inka Bezdziecka
I have a ZX3 Focus (lady driven, low mileage, autumn red) which I gladly exchange for a Ferrari (any colour) or Aston-Martin (only racing green). Are you interested? -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 12:03 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L RAC isn't meant

9i QUESTIONS: STANDBY DATABASE IMPLEMENTATION

2002-09-26 Thread Johan Muller
I HAVE read the Data Guard Concepts and Administration manual (repeatedly)and will re-read it several more times. Questions: 1. Any other publications, articles, white papers to follow up on? 2. Has anybody implemented this (9.2 on AIX with IBM Shark storage) and with what level of

Re: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-26 Thread Tim Gorman
lady-driven? - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:55 AM I have a ZX3 Focus (lady driven, low mileage, autumn red) which I gladly exchange for a Ferrari (any colour) or Aston-Martin (only racing green). Are

OT: ok so i'm bored working on rman scripts

2002-09-26 Thread JOE TESTA
so i took the first 2 stories and put them on http://www.oracle-dba.com/bdbafh nothing pretty, maybe i'll mess with it later today, text only so far. feel free to submit your part of the on-going saga to [EMAIL PROTECTED] joe

Re: DBA place in the business (was RE: DBA work load)

2002-09-26 Thread Jared . Still
I've thought for some time now that DBA's are the pragmatist's of IT. We fit everywhere, and nowhere. My boss is still trying to figure out what I do. ;) Jared Robson, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/26/2002 02:13 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To:

RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-26 Thread Gogala, Mladen
Inka, I don't have a Ferrari, but if my Ford Taurus would qualify, let me know. 110,000 miles, majority of them on highway miles, driver likes to push the pedal to the medal occasionally. Metallic blue. -Original Message- From: Inka Bezdziecka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Degrade a database??

2002-09-26 Thread Rajesh . Rao
Hello All, We are in the process of upgrading a database from 8.0.6 to 8.1.7. The upgrade is not a problem. We have been asked to come out with a fast rollback strategy in case we have to fall back, say after a week, to the 8.0.6 database with no data loss. Any fresh ideas? Thanks Raj --

RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-26 Thread Inka Bezdziecka
Checking the syntax? I had a friend ones, who used to say that I had a heavy accent even when I wrote. So there. Well, more and more often B'essDBAFH-driven straight to the nuthouse. Ladies drive to an insane asylum. Am I correct? -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 26,

RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread Orr, Steve
Title: OT: MIcrosoft Blackmail Speaking of RD, what about the eWeek article about how M$ is going to pump $3,000,000,000.00 into MS Office? They want to achieve $20,000,000,000.00 per year in revenue on MSOffice alone. Seems like they want to dominate the desktop with more that just theO/S

ORA-19587

2002-09-26 Thread Gurelei
Hi all: I'm getting the following errors when trying to do an arch backup against the database: ORA-19587: error occurred reading 512 bytes at block number 1 ORA-27091: skgfqio: unable to queue I/O IBM AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 2: No such file or directory Additional information: 1 ORA-06512:

RE: DBA place in the business (was RE: DBA work load)

2002-09-26 Thread Inka Bezdziecka
and DDBA, and ODBA, and DA, and DM, and DWA, and DWM ... any more? -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 2:37 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Have you gone through what's the difference between an application DBA and a database DBA? yet? Regards, Patrice

RE: Metalink problems loading images?

2002-09-26 Thread Jesse, Rich
NM...it's back... Rich -Original Message- From: Jesse, Rich Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 12:19 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Metalink problems loading images? Or do I need to talk with our networking group about the firewall? This link, taken

Re: ok so i'm bored working on rman scripts

2002-09-26 Thread Tim Gorman
As long as we are sure to acknowledge the authorship of Simon Traviglia (sp?), the original author of BOFH... There are several websites posting the BOFH saga; search by the keyword "bofh" on www.google.com to get the correct spelling of Simon's last name... - Original Message -

RE: Degrade a database??

2002-09-26 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
1. Do not use any 8.1.7 specific features after the upgrade. 2. Take a cold backup while at 8.1.7 3. Run the downgrade script from $O_H/rdbms/admin directory (d0800060.sql). 4. Backup 5. Rollback your changes to all other scripts/files ($O_H, listener file etc..etc..) Best approach: Create a

RE: Degrade a database??

2002-09-26 Thread Markham, Richard
Title: RE: Degrade a database?? I can't think of any better way to back out of anything other than a restore from disk or tape. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 2:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list

Re: DBA place in the business (was RE: DBA work load)

2002-09-26 Thread Mohammad Rafiq
Jared, My boss is still trying to figure out what I do. ;) It happens everywhere with DBA's specially when systems are running without any serious issuesbecause of your experience and pro-activeness. It may happens may be bad marketing by DBA's of their work Regards Rafiq

Re: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread ltiu
Nothing wrong with dominating as long as the rule the better product wins is followed (i.e. not through foul play like forcing Dell or HP to bundle MSOffice or else they can't sell MSWindows with their PC's). ltiu Orr, Steve wrote: Speaking of RD, what about the eWeek article about how M$

OT: oracle-dba.com up for sale on ebay.com

2002-09-26 Thread JOE TESTA
For those of you who don't know, i've put in place a plan to leave the oracle field and move back into the medical field, saying that, i've decided to offload the oracle-dba.com domain that i purchased quite a few years ago. Its on ebay with a starting price of .01 with a reserve price. If

[Fwd: [Fwd: RE: Forms 3.0 ; Oracle 8i/9i ; Patch 380665 ; HP-UX 11]]

2002-09-26 Thread Peter Gram
Hi Kurth This is from Johannes that is not on the oracle-l mailing list. I have no knowlegde about patch 380665 but I have a happy customer running Forms 3.0 (version Version 3.0.16.12 from the Oracle 7.2.3 installation CD) in an Oracle 7.2.3 home on Sun Solaris (SunOS 5.7), with TWO_TASK

oracle-dba.com domain

2002-09-26 Thread JOE TESTA
email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I'll be out of office and away from this acct for a few days. joe

Re: OT: oracle-dba.com up for sale on ebay.com

2002-09-26 Thread ltiu
What's the reserve price? ltiu JOE TESTA wrote: For those of you who don't know, i've put in place a plan to leave the oracle field and move back into the medical field, saying that, i've decided to offload the oracle-dba.com domain that i purchased quite a few years ago. Its on

RE: oracle-dba.com up for sale on ebay.com

2002-09-26 Thread Paula_Stankus
I would like to know. -Original Message-From: JOE TESTA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:11 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: OT: oracle-dba.com up for sale on ebay.com For those of you who don't know, i've put in place a plan

RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Yeah, I saw that one and thought how hard can that be?. Just raise license fees again. What are corporations going to do? Switch to StarOffice? Do that and all the users will insist that they much have pure MS. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

ODBC Security Problems

2002-09-26 Thread MacGregor, Ian A.
Do you use ODBC to download data to say, EXCEL? The following will be of interest http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-127.shtml Ian Macgregor Stanford Linear Accelerator Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: MacGregor, Ian A.

Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery Hand

2002-09-26 Thread Freeman, Robert
I was wondering if anyone would be interested in me posting one chapter from Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery by Mathew Hart and Myself. I don't want to just force it on you all, or make it seem like a marketing ploy. So, if there are enough folks interested in me doing so, I will, and if you

RE: Degrade a database??

2002-09-26 Thread Henry Poras
and set COMPATIBLE = 8.0.6 to keep out new features. Henry -Original Message- Kirti Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 3:18 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L 1. Do not use any 8.1.7 specific features after the upgrade. 2. Take a cold backup while at 8.1.7 3. Run the

RE: Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery

2002-09-26 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Since I plan to buy the book, I would be very interested in previewing it. Thanks Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 3:31 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hand I was wondering if anyone would be

Re:RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread dgoulet
Dennis, Actually migrating to StarOffice is pretty simple. We would have done so a year ago, but the mail package we're using would not budge. Damn Lotus. Dick Goulet Reply Separator Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 9/26/2002

Re: Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery Hand

2002-09-26 Thread Rick_Cale
I say post it. We are the benefactors. If the list owner says go for it then post it anyway regardless as I know many folks would be very grateful. Rick

RE: Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery Hand

2002-09-26 Thread Bonnie Finke
Robert, Please I would like to preview it. I am a big fan of RMAN. Bonnie Finke Globitech Inc. Sherman, TX -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 3:31 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hand I was wondering if anyone would be interested in me posting one

Re:Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recov

2002-09-26 Thread dgoulet
Go ahead and post it. If we don't like it, haven't a clue why, we'll flame you. Simple?? *-) Dick Goulet Reply Separator Author: Freeman; Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 9/26/2002 12:30 PM I was wondering if anyone would be interested in me

Selecting Next X Values From Dual

2002-09-26 Thread Gary Chambers
All... Is there a method by which I can select the next x values from a sequence from dual? I've searched Google and OraFAQs.com, but I can't seem to make any hits on my search request. TIA Gary Chambers //- // Lucent Technologies GIO/Unix // 4 Robbins

Re: Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and

2002-09-26 Thread Gene Sais
I agree, post it. If someone doesn't want it, they can hit the ol delete key. But it is truly up to the list-owner. Gene [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/26/02 05:33PM I say post it. We are the benefactors. If the list owner says go for it then post it anyway regardless as I know many folks would be

RE: RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread Scott . Shafer
Then there's OpenOffice. Very nice. http://www.openoffice.org - I use it regularly and have had no problems. Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210.581.6217 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:28 PM To: Multiple

Re: Selecting Next X Values From Dual

2002-09-26 Thread Stephane Faroult
Gary Chambers wrote: All... Is there a method by which I can select the next x values from a sequence from dual? I've searched Google and OraFAQs.com, but I can't seem to make any hits on my search request. TIA Gary Chambers //- // Lucent

linux and Oracle Apps jinit

2002-09-26 Thread Ron Thomas
Has anyone found a way to use linux as a client to Oracle Applications? The self service stuff runs just fine but the Oracle Forms requires that damnable jinit. This is the only problem left before I can give MS the big Heave Ho. Ron Thomas Hypercom, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Each new user of a

Deadlocks on lack of Foreign key indexes ...

2002-09-26 Thread Johnson, Michael
Does anyone consider it essential to put indexes on Foreign Keys or is it just an option to safeguard against the rare possiblity of a deadlock ? Is this possibility real and have you seen it happen ? I am one who does not want to create a foreign index as their is already one wih a leading

NETIQ monitoring tool for server and Oracle

2002-09-26 Thread Anubha Jalsingh
Anyone using NETIQ for monitoring Windows and Unix servers. ? How is it compare to OEM tools ? I will appreciate your comments and inputs. thanks Manmohan. Tired of all the SPAM in your inbox? Switch to LYCOS MAIL PLUS

Re: Don't leave

2002-09-26 Thread Rachel Carmichael
I'm not leaving. I was going to be away for the day and this list overflows my in box... wanted to stop that from happening --- Mohammad Rafiq [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rachel, The godess (number 1) (which gives Jared heart attacks when he thinks I'm leaving for good) Not only Jared ,

Re: Another datafile sizing question

2002-09-26 Thread Thomas Day
Is the requirement that all datafiles be the same size a business requirement? I guess that having all datafiles the same size would be useful if you need to move them to other platters. Do you have multiple physical devices to move your datafiles around in? If you only have a single RAID

RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-26 Thread Thomas Day
Bad sales Dweeb. No more doughnuts for you! Mad about money my name might suggest, But good taste about nothing describes me the best. Mercadante,