Re: Rollback Segments

2001-05-09 Thread Don Granaman
releasable locks. Fixed fixed locks are not really eliminated, but it seems that using them will disable cache fusion entirely. It will be interesting. -Don Granaman OraSaurus Jenner Mike wrote: Isn't the concept of a private RBS only applicable to parallel server setups? - Mike

Re: Rollback Segments

2001-05-11 Thread Don Granaman
overriding it disables the main new advantage of RAC over OPS. However, the clarification is useful. It seems that we agree on the best practices though and if they are followed, the points of contention (pun intended) are largely moot. Don Granaman OraSaurus PS: Now that we have put everyone

Re: RE: Rant

2002-07-22 Thread Don Granaman
than a computer search - and with a lot less extraneous (click/point/scroll/type) activity. 6) Highlighters, margin notes, and sticky-note bookmarks don't work at all with CDs I miss hardcopy manuals! Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list

Re: Rant

2002-07-22 Thread Don Granaman
or unique key constraint indexes in BAD_ONE, etc.). There are a few variations on the theme for step 5 - for example, recover datafile perhaps if all the datafiles for the tablespace are not corrupted. Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list

Re: Please share your experience with RAC on linux:)

2002-07-23 Thread Don Granaman
several times per week! (The most recent, about 48 hours ago, was because nts hiccuped and the clocks on the two nodes got about 1/2 hour out of synch.) Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9

Re: Rant - Oracle Security

2002-07-23 Thread Don Granaman
the listener on a node other than the one intended? This kind of stuff probably happens a million times more often than things like SQL injection attacks. Sound security practices make both accidental and malicious damage much more difficult. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message

Re: Cursor Sharing

2002-07-24 Thread Don Granaman
is something we are reserving as a last, temporary resort. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] BTW: Hi Mike! - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 7:23 PM Mike, What is the version of the database? Some versions of 8.1.7 had a few

Re: Guys: Is this worth $1,749 for 8 year Oracle veteran DBA

2002-07-31 Thread Don Granaman
Unfortunately, we have no choice but to use the java-infested, half-baked ruinStaller. Don't even get me started about the DataBase Cremation Assistant! Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002

Re: User with less privileges...

2002-08-01 Thread Don Granaman
. However, public synonyms can be a performance issue and *may* be undesirable for other reasons. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:28 AM try this: rather than granting specific privs

Re: Senware AutoDBA

2002-08-21 Thread Don Granaman
needed to be very positive. Granted, that was over a year ago and the product may have improved since then, but as recently as a few months ago a registration for a trial download on the web lead only to a marketing call. No thanks... I feel a bit queasy even now just thinking about it. Don Granaman

Re: Oracle 9.2 Stability Feedback Requested

2002-08-22 Thread Don Granaman
on Linux - exclusive and RAC - but not yet production. On the 9.2.0.1 RAC nodes, I'm getting tons of trace files with CMInit warnings, but support said Don't worry. Be happy. Its OK Searching for patches for 9.2.0.1 on Linux, I get 22 hits. Most are related to some bug ;) Don Granaman [certifiable

Re: Oracle Application Consultants - Austin, TX

2002-05-23 Thread Don Granaman
salary from the list. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:28 PM ...and you have to share a single motel room with 11 other people (3 shifts of four), surrender accumulated frequent-flyer

Re: Rename Column in 9iR2

2002-05-23 Thread Don Granaman
To steal a quote from Matt Adam's white board (sorry Matt!): You gotta stop thinking logically, and start thinking Oracley - Jim Droppa Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:00 PM

Re: Cache vs. Oracle

2002-06-09 Thread Don Granaman
considering it. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:09 PM Cache? What is cache? -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:44 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Re: Oracle DB2 DBA Needed in Nebraska (near Colorado border)

2002-06-14 Thread Don Granaman
About Us - Careers - DB2/Oracle DBA ... or: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/community/aboutus/career-details .jhtml?contentId=MIS_DB2_Oracle_DBAhierarchyId=10708 Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: the ora certified masters cert, yet again

2002-06-25 Thread Don Granaman
, 2002? September 2002? Don Granaman [OraSaurus - with more disdain than ever for the evil vampire Larry's OCP DBA tax] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 12:23 AM I thought employees were not allowed to write things

Re: Online vs offline backups

2002-06-25 Thread Don Granaman
, and a control file. Just slap them down, copy redo members control if necessary, and startup. Very handy for repeating variations of tests from the same consistent known state. Don Granaman [OraSaurus - Oracle 6 backup habits die hard!] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list

Re: the ora certified masters cert, yet again

2002-06-26 Thread Don Granaman
Developer Programme? Evidently, it didn't turn out to be the cash cow it was expected to be, so it quietly disappeared. Don't know about anyone else, but I didn't get a refund.) Don Granaman [Curmudgeon OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL

Re: Re:RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-26 Thread Don Granaman
was the granddaddy of OPS]. I don't know about 6.1, but if there ever was such a critter, I suspect that it was VMS-only also. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:08 PM There was a 6.1

Re: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-26 Thread Don Granaman
I missed this part in my previous response... Does anyone remember why there never was a 9.1? We seem to have gone directly from 9.0.x to 9.2.0! [Did I miss somethng while taking a nap sometime recently?] Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple

Re: Management Reports

2002-06-26 Thread Don Granaman
that the app isn't submitting any/much work.] Another possible alternative is the Etch-a-Sketch approach. Give them whatever kind of nonsense appeases them to get them off your back so you can do useful work ;-) Of course, there are potential issues with this as well! Don Granaman [certifiable

Re: Oracle Performance Tuning steps

2002-06-26 Thread Don Granaman
Two words: wait events I'll forward, in private mail, a posting I made here on April 21, 2002 with some pointers to sites... (The subject line was Re: ioug-a question) Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-26 Thread Don Granaman
for modularity) to create a large iapx (?correct name for version?) executable within a segmented 16-bit architecture. [These young whipper-snappers today have it SO easy!] Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday

Re: conferences - IOUG vs OOW

2002-06-26 Thread Don Granaman
. I always seem to get chances to drag them off for a little one-on-one time or at least some ad hoc small group discussion. (Its nice to have friends in low places!) Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: the ora certified masters cert, yet again

2002-06-26 Thread Don Granaman
[...] Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus - nOCP] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 6:25 PM Work experience is better than certification but ... Getting certified is hard work. Takes a lot of time and effort

Re: the ora certified masters cert, yet again

2002-06-26 Thread Don Granaman
certification was more like a chauffeur's license. Don Granaman [OraSaurus - Just say NO(CP)] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 9:33 AM Well that explains a lot. In a separate post Rachel also said Oracle

Re: the ora certified masters cert, yet again

2002-06-27 Thread Don Granaman
From my experience with a few DBAs that waved their OCP around like it was a Nobel prize, some probably should have malpractice insurance. Lots of it. Don Granaman [Certifiable OraSaurus - NOCP] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: the ora certified masters cert, yet again

2002-06-27 Thread Don Granaman
with the best deer in the headlights look I've ever seen. [It must not have been in the Self Test Software Practice Exams or the Exam Cram books.] BTW: Grant: Can I buy that .sig from you? Don Granaman [OraSaurus NOCP] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL

Re: BOB

2002-06-27 Thread Don Granaman
I thought is was BOB -(Big Orange Button). As in systems administration by BOB. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 3:54 PM the little red button is my favorite -Original

Re: the ora certified masters cert, yet again

2002-06-28 Thread Don Granaman
artifical value of being a common checklist item for hiring authorities now) is to get people to study, learn, and try things out. However, those things don't really require a certificate, ILT classes, or checks made out to Oracle. I agree that this thread is worn out. Don Granaman [OraSaurus

Re: the ora certified masters cert - finally bloody sick

2002-06-28 Thread Don Granaman
like me out there who feel the same way. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 4:33 AM I've been pretty quiet while you all said that the OCP program was pretty worthless because I can see

Re: Rollback OPTIMAL setting

2002-06-29 Thread Don Granaman
policy. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 10:13 AM One of the constant comments regarding rollback segments is not to set optimal. I am wondering why this setting is often discouraged. I

Re: Rollback OPTIMAL setting

2002-06-30 Thread Don Granaman
be in effect! Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 9:38 PM Don, 9i has system managed undo -- you don't think it works yet? Rachel --- Don Granaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: exp73 dumpparam for unlimited extents?

2002-06-30 Thread Don Granaman
majority of cases, (2) is preferred. Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 11:53 PM Hello, Running Oracle 7.3.4.4 on Win2k. Trying to implement unlimited extents of the same size

Re: exp73 dumpparam for unlimited extents?

2002-07-01 Thread Don Granaman
Absolutely! I should have read more closely! Don Granaman [Orasaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 1:41 AM For the reported problem, (1) is the only option as (2) is not possible with 7.3.x database

Re: Comparison between Oracle 8 and Oracle 9

2002-07-08 Thread Don Granaman
Application Support Tel : +49 2162 500-576 Fax: +49 2162 41497 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Don Granaman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California

Re: Copy

2002-07-08 Thread Don Granaman
sure it existed then also. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 5:13 PM at least... I can't remember now, but I think there was a version of copy at least as far back as version 5, when I

Re: runInstaller

2002-07-11 Thread Don Granaman
') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Don Granaman INET: [EMAIL

Re: runInstaller - ruinInstaller? RUINstaller?

2002-07-11 Thread Don Granaman
(on several different platforms, with several different versions of Oracle8 8i), I simply decided that I wouldn't bother attempting another cluster install with ruinInstaller again. Don Granaman [OraSaurus and command line curmudgeon] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Re: Index questions

2002-07-15 Thread Don Granaman
column - 98% 'Closed', 2% ('New' | 'Pending' | 'Whatever...'). Change the logical to interprete NULL as 'Closed' and create an index on ORDERS.STATUS. Queries for open orders - ('Closed' | 'Pending' | 'Whatever...') become very fast. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple

Re: computer history stories - Now: IQ, etc.

2001-08-15 Thread Don Granaman
versus more reasoned wait-based tuning. (setq minor-rant-mode ON) This is my main complaint about the OCP program. The tests are almost exclusively knowledge based. The old Chauncey exams had a much higher understanding requirement. (setq minor-rant-mode OFF) -Don Granaman [certifiable Orasaurus

Re: computer history stories - Now: IQ, etc.

2001-08-15 Thread Don Granaman
they may be seen at more traditional feeding places, but seem to prefer those with a nearby watering hole. -Don Granaman [omnivorous OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 12:52 PM I have a simplistic view

Re: raw devices

2001-08-20 Thread Don Granaman
than fire prevention mode, will most likely find OPS and/or raw devices to be inappropriate choices. It is my considered opinion that this is why both (OPS and raw) have long suffered in reputation. -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list

Re: raw devices

2001-08-21 Thread Don Granaman
fewer problems with raws over the last decade+ than with any type of filesystem - far fewer corruptions, mysterious disappearances, bugs, etc. A very thorough discussion of all aspects of this would be huge - perhaps a book (but undoubtedly a very poor seller)! -Don Granaman [certifiable Orasaurus

Re: Using Table Partitions in 8.0.5

2001-08-21 Thread Don Granaman
It gets worse... Partitioning is an additional cost option - even with Enterprise Edition. -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - From: Kevin Lange To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 12:32 PM Subject: RE

Re: Automatic database start in sun solaris

2001-08-24 Thread Don Granaman
, and stopora in the local bin directory and call them from /etc/init.d/dbora. This is rather rare though. -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:40 AM In fact almost all

Re: Tablespace layout

2001-08-29 Thread Don Granaman
, it might generate some interesting discussion. It seems that space management is sometimes almost a religious topic. I converted to the uniform extents philosophy early - about 1990 - and confess to being an evangelist. -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message

Re: PEOPLESTAFF'S TOOL FOR ENTERPRISE IT JOB SECURITY

2001-08-30 Thread Don Granaman
Yes. People-staff is harvesting email addresses from the list. -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:16 AM Uh-oh - anyone else get this ?? -Original Message

Re: first there is a mountain, then there is no mountain...

2001-08-31 Thread Don Granaman
of before their call. -Don Granaman [certifiable Orasaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 4:05 PM http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO63459,00.html Demand still exceeds supply for IT workers

Re: Duhvelopers and DB-ehs?

2001-08-31 Thread Don Granaman
oesn't it? Unfortunately, its true. I have references and the complete lack of an outside life to prove it! Since I left, I've been decompressing and going through social rehabilitation ["Hi, my name is Don. I haven'tbeen on a bridge call in over two months." (Smattering of applause...

Re: first there is a mountain, then there is no mountain...

2001-09-02 Thread Don Granaman
never heard of before this. Most likely those particular recruiters got my name from calling professional aquaintances. It was the sheer volume of calls in such a short time about a single opening that struck me as unusual... Like they didn't have anything else going on. -Don Granaman [certifiable

Re: Disaster Recovery Fallback Sites

2001-09-04 Thread Don Granaman
and often outrageously exaggerated statements claiming 99.999% availability and think that everybody else actually has it (when they don't), so it can't be that difficult. -Don Granaman [certifiable Orasaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: tool to dump out space info

2001-09-06 Thread Don Granaman
I would like to see it also. A few months ago,I wrote a whole space management reporting thing("spaceman"),but it didn't (doesn't?) yet accomodate partitioning well. -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Original Message - From: JO

Re: Roles and Responsibilties

2001-09-06 Thread Don Granaman
. The other was better, but won't come across well here since I don't remember the specifics. Essentially, when starting a new project, Wally and Dilbert were discussing what they needed - a catchy project name and a database. When asked why the database, one replied We like databases. -Don Granaman

Re: How to organize oracle directories in Unix ?

2001-09-09 Thread Don Granaman
. To balance out I/O, you MUST know the physical layout underneath the logical volumes and balance the I/O against that. -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 9:55 AM Hi Joe

Re: Inserting records into a table without creating indexes

2001-09-11 Thread Don Granaman
. -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:30 AM List, Environment: Solaris 7 : Oracle 817 : OLTP system with stringent throughput requirements A transaction inserts

Re: disk subsystem performance question

2002-04-10 Thread Don Granaman
whitepaper on RAID at http://www.quest.com/whitepapers/Raid1.pdf . Don Granaman [certifiable oraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:38 AM Hi all, We are running both a Hitachi 7700E and a 9960 disk

Re: Favourite Urban Myth

2002-04-10 Thread Don Granaman
spawning faster than I could kill them, even with a script... It was admin by BOB time. (BOB=Big Orange Button.) Fortunately, it was on a development server! Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday

Re: Differences between Oracle JDBC thin and thick drivers

2002-04-10 Thread Don Granaman
I don't know about performance, but thick and OCI add one important element - TAF. I am working now on converting an exclusive Oracle8i system to 9i RAC, but the front end is thin client (i.e. no TAF). Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients

Re: Favourite Urban Myth

2002-04-10 Thread Don Granaman
Recursion - it called itself endlessly. $HOME/bin (where it lived) was the leading element of $PATH. After a minute or less, it was thousands of processes deep. After changing it to /bin/rm -i $* it worked as intended. Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message

Re: RAC

2002-04-19 Thread Don Granaman
on it immediately with a somewhat critical database and has just received all the hardware this week. I am likely going to try to defer a production date until after the June release comes out. Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Re: RAC

2002-04-19 Thread Don Granaman
). It will likely go into production within 2-3 months. Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 7:38 AM Jonathan, At the seminars I have attended it was pointed out that the :true RAC

Re: OBJECT DESING

2002-04-20 Thread Don Granaman
, PCTFREE can be set extremely low (1,5,?) for some kinds of objects - static tables, indexes with strictly inorder data (CREATE_DATE, SEQUENCE#, etc.). I agree with always setting PCTINCREASE =0 Don Granaman [OraSaurus - Honk if you remember UFI !] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients

Re: OBJECT DESING - Odd reason for bounce

2002-04-20 Thread Don Granaman
] = -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Don Granaman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists

Re: ioug-a question

2002-04-21 Thread Don Granaman
-A 2002. Don Granaman [OraSaurus - Honk if you remember UFI !] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Don Granaman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access

Re: ioug-a question

2002-04-22 Thread Don Granaman
Craig Shallahamer's anallogy - in the grocery store, one waits in line, then gets serviced by the checkout clerk. Even if the wait is moderate, overall response time (grocery store checkout line enqueue to checkout completed) may be poor because of a slow clerk! Don Granaman [OraSaurus - Honk

Re: What is truth?

2002-04-22 Thread Don Granaman
Do these qualify? * Far too much emphasis on Oracle's GUI tools (OEM, DBCA, etc.) * Too little emphasis on understanding too much on knowledge (i.e. rote memorization) * Treating ratios as the holy grail of tuning * etc... Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message

Re: What is truth?

2002-04-22 Thread Don Granaman
(Oracle Certified Wizard) exams - the only ones that will still REALLY mean anything two years from now. ;-) Don Granaman [OraSaurus and curmudgeon in good standing] PS: I just found my medication (Jack Daniels) and shouldn't have another relapse soon. My apologies... - Original Message

Re: Anything new from IOUG? + OWI Born!! (Anjo/Mogens, please n

2002-04-23 Thread Don Granaman
%. Any CEO waits are considered unacceptable. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:33 AM [...] I would also like to point out that not all 'hit ratios' are bad. The FAN hit ratio

Re: Curious question about flushing the Pool

2002-04-25 Thread Don Granaman
bias.) Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 11:03 PM I think an excellent Oracle kernel enhancement would be to bias in the LRU scheme against SQL that uses literals, just like the buffer

Re: Curious question about flushing the Pool

2002-04-25 Thread Don Granaman
survival. And, obviously, it did nothing to avoid the wildly excessive parsing. In other words, I agree - flushing the shared pool is curing symptoms, not the disease. Don Granaman [cranky old OraSaurus with enough war stories to publish a multi-volume set] - Original Message

Re: Oracle Financials Sys Admin. Needed in South Carolina

2002-04-29 Thread Don Granaman
* clueless, then what might be? I tried to explain to them that anyone who said they were qualified should be disqualified - as blatantly dishonest. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 1:48

Re: Oracle Financials Sys Admin. Needed in South Carolina

2002-04-30 Thread Don Granaman
years experience to anything mentioned in the posting. The recruiters, with their astounding knowledge of the IT industry, simply typed it up and submitted it to the web sites. (That is what those big commissions are for isn't it? ;-) Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Don Granaman
ation internal to compilers and other tools. In Oracle, DIANA is an intermediate representation of a PL/SQL program unit, generated by the compiler (SYS.DIANA package). The Diana includes syntactic and semantic information for a compiled program unit." Don Granaman [OraSaurus]

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Don Granaman
(uh.. RAC), etc. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 12:59 PM Chris, alphabet soup, XML, XDK, XSQL, XSLT, XPath, SOAP, ASP, ADO, EJB, BC4J, JDBC, SQLJ, PSP, JVM, JSP, J2EE, EAD, RMI

Re: Oracle-l conference (was RE: ANTI-VIRUS SPAM - YOUR EMAIL ADMIN

2002-04-30 Thread Don Granaman
to discuss the current hot topics on the list. Some of the best technical sessions this year were essentially ad hoc gatherings of ORACLE-L members - on the sun deck, in Starbucks, and in the hallways. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Re: ERD generation tool

2002-05-01 Thread Don Granaman
it up and connect it to a database before you turn it over). It could be days, perhaps weeks! Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:48 PM ERWin and ERStudio are basically in the 3,000

Re: How to know if another database is running on the same machine?

2002-05-02 Thread Don Granaman
v$database will always show one and only one database - the database to which the instance you are running the query against is attached. As for how to find out on Windows, I'll leave that to someone who knows Windows better than I. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message

Filesystems vs raw devices on Linux (?)

2002-05-03 Thread Don Granaman
at www.orafaq.com . Thanks! Don Granaman [OraSaurus] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Don Granaman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists

Re: Good HR vs. Bad HR...

2002-05-09 Thread Don Granaman
. Unfortunately, they are also constrained by the corporate culture. --- Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 11:52 AM Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of it. This was a number of years ago

Re: Good DBA vs. Bad DBA

2002-05-09 Thread Don Granaman
Outstanding response! Don Granaman [certified skeptic] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 9:13 AM no - DBAs would be skeptical of conspiracy theories. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 09

Re: Good DBA vs. Bad DBA

2002-05-09 Thread Don Granaman
is sometimes blamed on conspiracy is often the result of natural entropy - aided by the catalytic agents stupidity, ignorance, greed, et cetera. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 9:58 AM I'd

Re: aps_data_files

2001-11-23 Thread Don Granaman
o you have an aps7 or other aps* directory in the tree under $ORACLE_BASE? Are there other aps* objects that might shed a clue? -Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - From: Nirmal Kumar Muthu Kumaran To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Friday, N

Re: Standby Database

2001-11-29 Thread Don Granaman
. The concepts can be adapted to other components (e.g. WebLogic and/or Tuxedo instead of iAS). -Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 5:35 PM Quick question. Is it a fair statement

Re: Has anyone heard of Mirror Accessible?

2001-11-30 Thread Don Granaman
/RAC - which shares a single database. It could be a standby database, geo-mirroring, ... The term mirror accessible sounds like it came from one of those pseudo-technical trade magazine articles that are famous for misinforming senior IT management. ;-) -Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original

Re: Export question - appending date to dmp file

2001-12-04 Thread Don Granaman
... Of course, Julian date (%j) is not what you asked for. See: $ man date The possibities are endless. -Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:01 AM RK - The system nicely timestamps

Re: Parallel Server

2001-12-06 Thread Don Granaman
against instance or system failure and none against media or site failure. It can be part of a hybrid solution to provide complete protection. -Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 1:35 PM

Re: Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-06 Thread Don Granaman
obsolete. -Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:55 PM Informal survey: Datawarehousing. Limiting Assumption: A necessary and sufficient condition for defining something

Re: V7 online backups

2001-12-06 Thread Don Granaman
the file list dynamically from v$datafile - so no new datafiles are overlooked. They also do archive log cleanup, can verify the backup by reading it off of the tape, and some other stuff. These scripts may or may not be appropriate for your case. Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message

Re: RE: Has anyone heard of Mirror Accessible?

2001-12-06 Thread Don Granaman
was comic exaggeration. I have since come to the profound realization that it is subtle understatement. -Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 1:50 PM I hear you. Some one came up with the idea

Re: RAID system max throughput

2001-12-07 Thread Don Granaman
need the performance immediately, than wait until its a crisis and only then frantically rebuild everything. See Gaja's paper on RAID at http://www.quest.com/whitepapers/Raid1.pdf . -Don Granaman [OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: DBAs' reaction mixed on Oracle9i clustering

2001-05-15 Thread Don Granaman
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Re: MICROSOFTDTPROPERTIES

2001-05-23 Thread Don Granaman
information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Don Granaman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists

OTN Tracks?

2001-05-26 Thread Don Granaman
$$$ for an ODP subscription, ODP just disappeared - no web site, telephone disconnected, etc. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Don Granaman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California

Re: How can I query the SID name from the database

2001-05-28 Thread Don Granaman
This is correct - $ORACLE_SID is a host environmental variable and cannot be obtained from the data dictionary. However, you can get the instance name from v$instance.instance_name in 8.x or from v$thread.instance in v7. -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message

Re:

2001-05-29 Thread Don Granaman
when? But, more important, WHY??? -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 1:28 PM And Where. Terry Boivin, Patrice J wrote: When and how Patrice Boivin Systems

Re: Re:Your views on Quest - Shareplex

2001-05-29 Thread Don Granaman
a long ways towards proving that assertion - as do their occasional spam posts to the list.] -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 2:52 PM Jim, Um, if that is the Eyal I know

Re: multiple versions of SQLPlus.exe [now evolved to: multiple versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K]

2001-05-29 Thread Don Granaman
. Copying files around seems primitive at best. Am I missing something? [OK, OK! I'll reform and use the environmental variable!] -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 2:01 PM Dave

Re: How do I corrupt a block

2001-05-31 Thread Don Granaman
if=raw device of=some file 2. munge the file with an editor - hex or otherwise 3. dd if=some file of=raw device ) The best way, in my opinion, is to shut all instances down, edit the datafile, then restart the instance(s). YMMV Happy hacking! -Don Granaman [certifiable OraSaurus

Re: Fire your DBA's you don't need them anymore...

2001-05-31 Thread Don Granaman
to do that mankind's greatest challenge would be to find something to do with all that leisure time. I'm still waiting... -Don Granaman [Certifiable OraSaurus] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 12:40 PM I need

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