RE: Guild of DBAs

2003-08-29 Thread April Wells
Title: RE: Guild of DBAs  Bill... If you get to... So do I. -Original Message- From: Thater, William To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: 8/29/2003 4:59 PM Subject: RE: Guild of DBAs Arup Nanda  scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: > And how do you suppose you wo

Re: get sid (session id) and serial#?

2003-08-29 Thread Arup Nanda
Title: Message Oracle officially "desupported" the package in 8i; but then included (by mistake?) in 9i. In 8i, however, you could pester your friendly neuighborhood Support Analyst to give you the package. You could try from 9i sources, too; but not sure if they work.   Arup - Origina

Re: package errors

2003-08-29 Thread Arup Nanda
David, Could you post the few lines before and after the line the package comiplation is failing. Arup - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 6:39 PM > I am getting this error from these packages. In one databa

RE: using developer under Unix versus on PC and then ftp code to

2003-08-29 Thread Paula_Stankus
In using developer on Unix - do you have to use XWindows or an XWindows emulator like Hummingbird or is it character based tool.  How does it perform versus Windows version?  What about security holes with XWindows?  -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread John Kanagaraj
>kidding aside, this does sound like a good idea. an independent group of >professionals. And if you are looking for an independent group of 'Oracle' professionals, you always have the IOUG. Granted, we have our share of Developers (!) but then all good DBAs probably were Developers at some point

package errors

2003-08-29 Thread Ehresmann, David
I am getting this error from these packages. In one database they create just fine (8.1.7.0.0) and the other database they error out (8.1.7.1.0) does anybody have an idea? SQL> @p_autoaud_api.pck CREATE PACKAGE BODY p_autoaud_api * ERROR at line 1: ORA-06553: PLS-103: Encountered the symbol ""

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Jared . Still
IT is time to take this thread to the OT list. "Mladen Gogala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  08/29/2003 03:09 PM  Please respond to ORACLE-L                 To:        Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>         cc:                 Subject:        RE

package errors

2003-08-29 Thread Ehresmann, David
I am getting this error from these packages. In one database they create just fine (8.1.7.0.0) and the other database they error out (8.1.7.1.0) does anybody have an idea? SQL> @p_autoaud_api.pck CREATE PACKAGE BODY p_autoaud_api * ERROR at line 1: ORA-06553: PLS-103: Encountered the symbol ""

RE: Guild of DBAs

2003-08-29 Thread Jared . Still
Please take this to the OT list. "Thater, William" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  08/29/2003 02:59 PM  Please respond to ORACLE-L                 To:        Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>         cc:                 Subject:        RE: Guild of D

Re: How to find the session holding the library cache pin.

2003-08-29 Thread Oracle-L
this is from metalink HOW TO FIND THE SESSION HOLDING A A LIBRARY CACHE LOCK -- Common situations: * a DML operation that is hanging because the table which is accessed is currently undergoing changes (ALTER TABLE). This may take quite a long

RE: Guild of DBAs

2003-08-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
How about a secret handshake and a good hazing? -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- Nanda Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 5:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L And how do you suppose you would conduct the intiation to this "Guild"? A touch of your scepter on the

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message I was trying to come up with a sensible explanation for DAMBLA (DBA version of NAMBLA) but I couldn't. Can someone help me out here?     --Mladen GogalaOracle DBA -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: Guild of DBAs

2003-08-29 Thread Thater, William
Arup Nanda scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: > And how do you suppose you would conduct the intiation to this > "Guild"? A touch of your scepter on the shoulders? A hard knock on > the head? Being asked to hold on the TAR call for a dozen ORA-600 > errors? Or negotiating with a bunch of de

RE: using developer under Unix versus on PC and then ftp code to

2003-08-29 Thread Jared . Still
Experience:  case doesn't matter on PC's for loading files (icons, whatever), calling other forms, etc. It does matter on unix, so it's a good idea to standardize on names so that the case of the object in the forms actually matches the case of the object as stored on disk. Jared [EMAIL

RE: UNIX and Oracle

2003-08-29 Thread Cary Millsap
One small correction is that the Berkeley book you're describing is by Leffer and others (Bach wrote the AT&T one). Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Upcoming events: - Hotsos Clinic 101 in Sydney - Hotsos Symposium 2004, March 7-10 Dallas - Visit www.hotsos.com for sch

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread PSherman
Then suggested names should closely follow: Guild of Oracle Professionals (GOP, or GOOP, depending on how you feel about it) Current Organization for the Working Finestkind Learned Oracle Professionals (COWFLOP; esp. big in Maine and Montana) Institute for the National Advancement of the Guild of

RE: get sid (session id) and serial#?

2003-08-29 Thread Igor Neyman
Title: Message It’s not in 8.1.5   Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED]     -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Kanagaraj Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: get s

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year) JBOD - Just A Bunch Of DBAs. Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have f

RE: Onames and various connections scenarios

2003-08-29 Thread Bob Metelsky
Title: Message Ok, so it was too good to be true   the suggestion to run   namesctl dump_tnsnames   on the client and expecting a fresh copy of tnsnames to be installed (on the clients machine) is NOT supported.   I searched on metalink, alot of people have the same problem " a 0 byte

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Bob Metelsky
alification. > > OK so when do we start?;-) > > kidding aside, this does sound like a good idea. an > independent group of professionals. > > -- An independent array or redundant professionals ;-) Sorry I couldn't resist Have a good holiday all! -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: htt

Guild of DBAs

2003-08-29 Thread Arup Nanda
And how do you suppose you would conduct the intiation to this "Guild"? A touch of your scepter on the shoulders? A hard knock on the head? Being asked to hold on the TAR call for a dozen ORA-600 errors? Or negotiating with a bunch of developers for using bind variable? Arup, Wannabe founding memb

RE: using developer under Unix versus on PC and then ftp code to

2003-08-29 Thread John Kanagaraj
Title: Message NT - uppercase/lowercase no problems. UNIX - got problem! NT - Bill wants to use "\" just to spite UNIX; UNIX - Used "/" right from the beginning NT - Has a lot of GUI goodies that developers may want to use/call. UNIX - Likes the command line, so doesn't support that many GU

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Thater, William
DENNIS WILLIAMS scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: > Bill - Oh yeah, you'd be a founding member for sure. A history of > participation on this list would surely be all the necessary > qualification. OK so when do we start?;-) kidding aside, this does sound like a good idea. an independe

RE: UNIX and Oracle

2003-08-29 Thread Rich Holland
"Design and Implementation of the [UNIX || 4.x BSD] Operating System" by [Bach || McCusic et all] Should both have excellent overviews of shared memory, semaphores, and why they're useful. If you want even more nitty gritty, pick up a decent book on pthreads programming and you'll also learn abou

RE: RAC - setting up failover and load_balance

2003-08-29 Thread laura pena
Ron and all;Sorry took me so long to replay ... I got the flu :( Anyways thanks so much for the reply. I went back and read more about TAF, I still am expecting to finish my selet call count on a 32 million row table even if I kill an instance with srvctl command. Here is where I am at now. Thanks

RE: using developer under Unix versus on PC and then ftp code to

2003-08-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message With Developer6i it worked like a charm. That is, at least,  what I was told by developers on my previous job. They were porting the application system called PULSE from Dev 2000 R1.6 -> Dev 6i on AIX 5.2.  Windows PC were heavily used by people who were doing the porting wor

RE: using developer under Unix versus on PC and then ftp code to

2003-08-29 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: using developer under Unix versus on PC and then ftp code to Unix Pros/Cons/Ideas/Experience?

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Bill - Oh yeah, you'd be a founding member for sure. A history of participation on this list would surely be all the necessary qualification. Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:05 PM To: Multiple rec

RE: get sid (session id) and serial#?

2003-08-29 Thread John Kanagaraj
Title: Message Need to install @?/rdbms/admin/dbmssupp while connected as SYS. Available on all platforms 8.0.6+ I understand.   John KanagarajDB Soft IncPhone: 408-970-7002 (W)Disappointment is inevitable, but Discouragement is optional!** The opinions and facts contained in this message a

RE: get sid (session id) and serial#?

2003-08-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: get sid (session id) and serial#? Go ahead, install the package, no problems. It is a better interface to enable/disable trace anyways. Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expre

RE: get sid (session id) and serial#?

2003-08-29 Thread Murali_Pavuloori/Claritas
Raj, The comments in dbmssupp.sql suggest that this object needs to be installed only when requested by Oracle supportI was just curious why our databases did not have this object... :-). Thanks Murali.

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Thater, William
DENNIS WILLIAMS scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: > Stephen > >To copy from Alcoholics Anonymous, I'm Dennis and I'm a DBA. > >I've been promoting an idea of a "Guild of Oracle DBAs". Nobody > would be allowed to call themselves an Oracle DBA without our > permission. An organiza

Re: RE: The Coming Job Boom

2003-08-29 Thread rgaffuri
a senior dba who can train others and help developers is far more valuable to an organization than one who cant or wont. also pays better too. > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2003/08/29 Fri PM 03:54:27 EDT > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: The Co

Send mail with lotus notes but discrepancy in dates

2003-08-29 Thread Rick_Cale
Hi All, I am using below code to send mail to Lotus Notes. It works fine except when I receive a mail message the time stamp is correct. However when I open the mail message the time stamp in the header is 4 hours off. It must have something to do with utl_smtp.write_data(connection, header

RE: The Coming Job Boom

2003-08-29 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: The Coming Job Boom Steve, although it has been years for some of us - we were once the DBA in the diapers so remember to be gentle.  I forgot just today.  -Original Message- From: Orr, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:39 PM To: Multiple rec

Re: SQL Loader help

2003-08-29 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Stephen, I was using CHAR for the LONG column the error is actually on the field in the file FOLLOWING the LONG column... I was getting a message that the data was too large. So I did the following and it seems to be working, although I can't get it to work via direct path this way: I changed

Re: RE: how to do a variable in-list of numbers?

2003-08-29 Thread rgaffuri
its kinda slick. i have large tables. if i use the nested table with the cast function, I can use an index. ill keep it in mind. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=3748097f.5471527%40newshost.us.oracle.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe

RE: get sid (session id) and serial#?

2003-08-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: get sid (session id) and serial#? [EMAIL PROTECTED]> sys SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.2.0 - Production on Fri Aug 29 14:42:11 2003 Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved. 14:42:15 SQL> desc dbms_support FUNCTION MYSID RETURNS NUMBER FUNCTION PACKAGE_VERSION

RE: how to do a variable in-list of numbers?

2003-08-29 Thread Igor Neyman
This method works; I have some code using it. The only problem, it could be slow (on large tables), because index on will not help. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Chelur, Jayadas {PBSG} Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:45 AM To: Multiple recipients of list OR

RE: The Coming Job Boom

2003-08-29 Thread Orr, Steve
> I was wondering how one performed CPA though... I think some old geezer steered his monstous Cadillac fingers into a wrong turn on the keyboard highway. :-) Peeking over the downhill side of life brings new perspective and I see that we're not getting older, we're just getting wiser. In "The

RE: get sid (session id) and serial#?

2003-08-29 Thread Murali_Pavuloori/Claritas
Raj, Which version of db are you on? This is not available on 9.2.0.3 Murali. "Jamadagni,

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Stephen To copy from Alcoholics Anonymous, I'm Dennis and I'm a DBA. I've been promoting an idea of a "Guild of Oracle DBAs". Nobody would be allowed to call themselves an Oracle DBA without our permission. An organization where the Sargent of Arms is more than a ceremonial post. Dennis Wi

RE: How to keep "root" out?

2003-08-29 Thread Jesse, Rich
We don't like nobody and we're taking over, using our strange and wonderful mutant powers if necessary. That and a 10g install on RedHat 10. Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA -Original M

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Wolfe Stephen S GS-11 6 MDSS/SGSI
So, this begs the question (still the newbie here), how many DBAs would you say there were? Oh, and when can you say, I'm a DBA? v/r Stephen S. Wolfe, GS-11, DAFC Data Services Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] (813) 827-9974 DSN 651-9974 > -Original Message- > From: Tim Gorman [mailto:[EMAI

RE: get sid (session id) and serial#?

2003-08-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: get sid (session id) and serial#? use the function dbms_support.mysid if it is available on your version. Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictl

RE: The Coming Job Boom...cnn has a an article on the job boom su

2003-08-29 Thread Chris Stephens
Title: Message http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,51816,00.html       -Original Message- From: April Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 1:40 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: The Coming Job Boom   Oh it's okay...

RE: How to keep "root" out?

2003-08-29 Thread Richard Ji
Title: Message What about those mutants? -Original Message-From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 1:44 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: How to keep "root" out? Nope. It's against the law of evolution. SA has to work

RE: The Coming Job Boom

2003-08-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message How do you take a systemdump, level 10 of an 80 years old person? Restart would be nice, something like alter joe.schmoe set age=20; Isn't that exactly what the guy named Ponce de Leon was looking for in FL? Self check. I was about to start about voting practices in FL, first

RE: How can I measure my DB performance.

2003-08-29 Thread Whittle Jerome Contr NCI
Title: RE: How can I measure my DB performance. I thought that would be for a bad database. Of course you need to throw the server out of a 20th floor window or higher to hit terminal velocity. Jerry Whittle ASIFICS DBA NCI Information Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 618-622-4145 -O

RE: The Coming Job Boom

2003-08-29 Thread April Wells
Title: Message Oh it's okay... Paula lives in Florida... she has to be more tolerant of "old people in their monstrous Cadillacs, driving 40 mph in the passing lane"... and snowbirds     and bad humor...  =)   I was wondering how one performed CPA though...     April Wells Oracle DBA/Oracl

OKINIT

2003-08-29 Thread MacGregor, Ian A.
I'm getting the following response back from okinit. okinit: Password incorrect okinit: Decrypt integrity check failed. The password is correct. Has anybody seen this? I have some indication, a paper from U. of Mich. that this is due to corruption of the keytab file. But kinit continues to

RE: Can't fire up 2nd ORACM of 2-node Linux RAC

2003-08-29 Thread Jesse, Rich
Nope. These are fresh installs dedicated to nothing except proving RAC. I'd like to open a TAR on this, but running RH9 won't get us very far. Thanks, Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA > -

RE: The Coming Job Boom

2003-08-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
I subscribe to theories of Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect: Don't Panic and always have a towel. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- Jesse, Rich Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 12:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sounds similar to the economic theories of Harry S.

RE: The Coming Job Boom

2003-08-29 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: Message Yeah, I really was on a tangent.  Actually I was thinking of making a move in my career to something related to the healthcare industry.  I mean analysis is analysis, diagnostics is diagnostics.  With a few manuals and a certification exam I think I could be just as good as if

RE: The Coming Job Boom

2003-08-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message CPR, not CPA.     --Mladen GogalaOracle DBA -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mladen GogalaSent: Friday, August 29, 2003 2:09 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: The Coming Job Boom Pa

Re: SQL Loader help

2003-08-29 Thread Stephen Andert
Rachel, I do not claim to be a guru, but I do happen to have Jonathan's book here. The first thing is what field type are you using for this memo field? The book says you should use CHAR for VARCHAR2, CHAR, LONG and other related. What error are you getting? Can you post the lines from the ctl

RE: The Coming Job Boom

2003-08-29 Thread Kip . Bryant
Picked up the text of the article on another listserv... This appears in the latest edition of Business 2.0: (its subscription, so Ive included the entire article inline rather than a link): The Coming Job Boom Forget those grim unemployment numbers. Demographic forces are about to put a squeeze

RE: The Coming Job Boom

2003-08-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message Paula, does that mean that the DBA of the future will have to learn how to perform CPA and do a therapeutic massage? I have problems with surgery, except if done on damagement. We'll have to speak louder and be more tolerant to old people in their monstrous Cadillacs, drivi

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Anderson, Brian
> related the method of milking a nanny goat who has mastitis > (yes, carefully > and gently for starters, watch the horns...) :-) Is this going to be a session at Hotsos or OracleWorld? ;) -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Anderson, Brian INET: [EMAI

RE: How can I measure my DB performance.

2003-08-29 Thread Thater, William
Mladen Gogala scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: > On the other hand, one might say that if users aren't complaining, > the speed is adequate. one might say if they do complain, "gee works fine for me, sorry but if i can't reproduce the problem i can't fix it.";-) -- Bill "Shrek" Thater

RE: Can't fire up 2nd ORACM of 2-node Linux RAC

2003-08-29 Thread Nick Wagner
by any chance do you have an Oracle 7, or 8 instance (or even listener) running on that second machine? I think I've seen something similar to this when we had the wrong libraries linked to the database on one of the nodes. Nick -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:39

RE: The Coming Job Boom

2003-08-29 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: The Coming Job Boom That's nice but what if the companies outsource overseas in response to this concern - hmmm.  Still on the up-side they won't be able to do this in all cases and so overall there will likely be a positive demand for DBA skills in relation to the "ageing" of our N

RE: How can I measure my DB performance.

2003-08-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
You can also use speed the acceleration as a criteria. A good database should accelerate with the acceleration of 30ft/sec square (= 9.81 m/sec square for ISO types) but only once. On the other hand, one might say that if users aren't complaining, the speed is adequate. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA

RE: How to keep "root" out?

2003-08-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message Nope. It's against the law of evolution. SA has to work hard evolve to become a DBA. The regular, unevolved specimens of systemadministraticus vulgaris would be bored to death on this list. It's about the survival of the fittest, remember?     --Mladen GogalaOracle DBA

Can't fire up 2nd ORACM of 2-node Linux RAC

2003-08-29 Thread Jesse, Rich
Hey all, We're testing the useability of 9iRAC. Our test hardware is a 2-node Intel RedHat9 "cluster" (AS2.1 won't recognize our hardware) with OCFS on a shared SCSI drive, setup using the "How to Build a $1000 RAC" from www.bradmark.com Following the "Step-By-Step Installation of 9.2.0.4 RAC on

RE: Friday at the coding face...

2003-08-29 Thread Hitchman, Peter
Hmmm, I only managed 9/10. Pete -Original Message- Sent: 29 August 2003 18:19 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L My score : 10/10 "Your liver is safe" =) What worries me most is that I named the majority of the serial killers but didn't recognise any coders. Maybe I'm in the wro

RE: ODP.NET and LONG RAW

2003-08-29 Thread Kevin Toepke
yes. Tried that too. Get the same error. And I'm using Oracle's data provider for .NET. Kevin -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 12:49 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I haven't had a chance to work with this senerio much but it seems to look like it would work

RE: RE: How can I measure my DB performance.

2003-08-29 Thread Matthew Zito
Well, unlike BogoMips, which is just kind a mostly meaningless number the kernel generates on boot, a TPC benchmark is a measurement of the performance of a specific database on a specific platform - not the measure of your database. The database is provided to you, and you're very limited as to

RE: Friday at the coding face...

2003-08-29 Thread Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG)
My score : 10/10 "Your liver is safe" =) What worries me most is that I named the majority of the serial killers but didn't recognise any coders. Maybe I'm in the wrong job. regards, Mike -Original Message- Sent: 29 August 2003 16:34 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L This we

RE: How can I measure my DB performance.

2003-08-29 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
There was a 3rd party utility called DBTools4, you can search for that on the 'net but it's a little old. It submits SQL as 1 session, then logs in twice at the same time, submits the same SQL, etc. and builds up the pressure... Good for load testing but I wouldn't do that against a production sys

Re: RE: how to do a variable in-list of numbers?

2003-08-29 Thread rgaffuri
no i need it in several placse and i dont want to run it over and over again. Im passing it around. > > From: "Charu Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/08/29 Fri AM 11:54:26 EDT > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: how to do a variable in-list of num

Re: RE: how to do a variable in-list of numbers?

2003-08-29 Thread rgaffuri
i figured it out. here http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=3748097f.5471527%40newshost.us.oracle.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Doracle%2Bcast%2Bpl%252Fsql%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26hl%3Den > > From: "Charu Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/08/29 Fri PM 12:09

RE: RE: How can I measure my DB performance.

2003-08-29 Thread Stephane Faroult
http://www.tpc.org > >Jake > Compare to what? Another database? To what its >performance should be? > >Dennis Williams >DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA >Lifetouch, Inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-Original Message- >Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 6:59 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >

RE: Inactive Sessions/Java

2003-08-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Nuala I think many of us are struggling to understand the new Web/Internet/Java world. Many times the Java program is hosted by an application server. I don't think that is essential though. There are many different application servers, so you might ask around. Popular ones are Oracle9i AS, Webl

RE: The Coming Job Boom

2003-08-29 Thread Jesse, Rich
Sounds similar to the economic theories of Harry S. Dent, Jr. -- it's all based on birth-rate. Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA > -Original Message- > From: Grabowy, Chris [mailto:[EM

Re: ODP.NET and LONG RAW

2003-08-29 Thread Jay Wade
I haven't had a chance to work with this senerio much but it seems to look like it would work, have you tried to pass the value to a stored procedure then have the stored procedure insert into the table? I haven't had much experience with ODP but the MS Oracle Provider is really buggy with para

Friday at the coding face...

2003-08-29 Thread Robson, Peter
This week a game was brought to the attention of the Round-Up which perfectly sums up the image crisis besieging IT. Can you tell which of these mugshots are programmers and which are serial killers? http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/killerquiz/ It's actually quite difficult (not to mention scar

RE: How to keep "root" out?

2003-08-29 Thread Richard Ji
We assume the SA don't know much about Oracle.  But if some one is particularly interested in getting into the database, he might be on this list as well learning all our defense mechanisms. :) Or doesn't have to be subscribed to it since this list is mirrored other places and google is his

RE: Inactive Sessions/Java

2003-08-29 Thread Nuala Cullen
Hi Dennis, I'm not too sure what you are asking so I will give you a brief overview of the set up; The oracle server (version 8.1.7.4) (running on windows2000) The java process is running on this server. Users connect to the java process via Radio Data Terminals.(RDT's) The java process then hand

RE: How to keep "root" out?

2003-08-29 Thread Jesse, Rich
Good point. Also, SYS becomes AUDITable in 9i, which should help an after-the-fact whodunnit, especially if the hostname (or IP) is properly captured. It's not prevention (I still don't think that's possible if the user has root access), but it can provide a good trail of bread crumbs to follow b

RE: Bad header found during backing up datafile

2003-08-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Roger I have never received this error (or didn't read the log closely enough). I think I heard somewhere that is how RMAN handles blocks that are updated while it is reading them. I do remember that RMAN's method of handling this is different from hot backups. One thing you might consider

SQL Loader help

2003-08-29 Thread Rachel Carmichael
I know that there are several sql loader gurus on this list. I'm having a problem loading data from a third party vendor. into what is basically a LONG column The file is ASCII, tab delimited. The specs on the input data say that this particular column is a "memo" field (the originating datab

RE: one question on backup and restore

2003-08-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Jin You have received several good replies. One question I have for you is whether you simply want to do this once (like to create a test database), or continuously (to create a standby database)? Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message--

RE: How can I measure my DB performance.

2003-08-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Jake Compare to what? Another database? To what its performance should be? Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 6:59 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Is there a standard query I can run

RE: how to do a variable in-list of numbers?

2003-08-29 Thread Charu Joshi
Sorry, I totally misunderstood the question. Gotta improve my grasping. (but how?) Regards, Charu. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 8:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Can you not use the query that fetches the numbers to be part of the 'inlist' directly in the insert sta

RE: how to do a variable in-list of numbers?

2003-08-29 Thread Stephane Faroult
A stupid suggestion : insert into tab2 select col1 from tab1 where col2 in (select you use to build your inlist); > >I need to do an insert select of the form > >insert into tab2 >select col1 >from tab1 >where col2 in (inlist of numbers); > >I do not know how many values will be in my inlist >at

RE: how to do a variable in-list of numbers?

2003-08-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: how to do a variable in-list of numbers? The reason is there is a bug (which is never going to get fixed) which won't recognize a pl/sql type. The type that you want to use in CAST or TABLE must be a SQL type. And only way you will create a SQL type is using create TYPE command whic

Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Tanel Poder
RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year) > hmmm... award to Mogens maybe for writing 'You Don't Need RAC' paper > I think his next paper will 'You don't need Grid Computing' ... I certainly hope it won't be "You don't need Oracle" or something similar ;) Tanel. -- Please see the official O

ODP.NET and LONG RAW

2003-08-29 Thread Kevin Toepke
Title: ODP.NET and LONG RAW Help! I am having trouble loading a JPEG image into Oracle via ODP.NET. I am getting the ORA-00932: Inconsistent datatypes error message when attempting to load the image into a LONG RAW column. If this wan't an Oracle Apps table, I would use a BLOB column inste

RE: how to do a variable in-list of numbers?

2003-08-29 Thread Charu Joshi
Hi, Can you not use the query that fetches the numbers to be part of the 'inlist' directly in the insert statement itself? insert into tab2 select col1 from tab1 where col2 in (select num from .); If you want to reuse the same 'inlist' for the rest of the session, you could use temp tables.

ODP.NET and LONG RAW

2003-08-29 Thread Kevin Toepke
Title: ODP.NET and LONG RAW Help! I am having trouble loading a JPEG image into Oracle via ODP.NET. I am getting the ORA-00932: Inconsistent datatypes error message when attempting to load the image into a LONG RAW column. If this wan't an Oracle Apps table, I would use a BLOB column inste

RE: Inactive Sessions/Java

2003-08-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Naula Are these Java processes being hosted by an application server or do they just connect directly to your Oracle database? Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 4:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of l

Re: C program won't run in 9.0.2.3

2003-08-29 Thread Rick_Cale
Ruth, Just to be clear you are pre-compiling(not compiling) under 9.0.2.3 and compiling with same C compiler then linking with new 9.0.2.3 libraties. OS is the same. Obviously the contents of sqlca.sqlcode memory location is getting stomped on as 1093480496 is garbage. I would not think the s

RE: how to do a variable in-list of numbers?

2003-08-29 Thread Chelur, Jayadas {PBSG}
SELECT FROM WHEREINSTR(','',' , ','',' ) > 0; (1). Concatenate Commas at BOTH ENDS of the string containing different code values. e.g. If the string is '101,102,554,336,678,301,201,199' , the concatenate commas on both ends to make it ',101,102,

RE: how to do a variable in-list of numbers?

2003-08-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: how to do a variable in-list of numbers? http://tinyurl.com/llg8 Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts

oracle client

2003-08-29 Thread Seema Singh
Hi, I want to install oracle client on Red Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche).Which version would be good for that in 9i. What is the basic configuration required for that machine? thx -seema _ Get MSN 8 and enjoy automatic e-mail virus

Re: how to do a variable in-list of numbers?

2003-08-29 Thread rgaffuri
figured it out, but dont know why. i have to explicitly create a type in the database. I cant use a pl/sql table made on the fly. must be the seperate sql and pl/sql parsers. thanks anyway. > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/08/29 Fri AM 10:31:37 EDT > To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: How to keep "root" out?

2003-08-29 Thread Jared Still
Oops, so right. The author of the SANS book is Pete Finnigan. Jared On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 00:49, Pete Sharman wrote: > Much as I would like to claim credit, that's the wrong Pete you have > there. :) > > > Pete > > "Controlling developers is like herding cats." > Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Ha

RE: [Q] SQLPLUS help on "distinct"

2003-08-29 Thread Jared Still
GROUP BY does not necessarily guarantee a sort. eg. you still need an ORDER BY On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 07:59, Mercadante, Thomas F wrote: > Mike, > > Add a GROUP BY command: > > select distinct (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) ||';'|| ssn > from EMP > group by (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) ||';'|| ssn > >

RE: [Q] SQLPLUS help on "distinct"

2003-08-29 Thread Stephane Faroult
2003 06:44:40 > >I have problem to use "distinct" with Function on >select statement. Can anyone give me a hint? > >Thanks. > >SQL> select distinct (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) >||';'|| >ssn from EMP > 2 order by employee_id; >select distinct (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) ||';'|| >ssn >from EMP >

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