Re: Syntax for foreign key

2003-03-26 Thread Gary Chambers
(jobnbr, sourcefiscalyear) using index tablespace index73 pctfree 5) / Check the length of the constraint name. I don't know what the limitation is (I haven't looked), but I recall having a similar problem, so I just shortened the name. Gary Chambers

File Restoration/Recovery

2003-03-14 Thread Gary Chambers
Gary Chambers //-- // Lucent Technologies ITO/Servers/Unix // Senior Unix System Administrator // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 // 978-399-0481 / 888-480-6924 (Pager) // Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft

Re:File Restoration/Recovery

2003-03-14 Thread Gary Chambers
the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Gary Chambers INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services

interMedia Textkey (DRG-10826)

2003-02-12 Thread Gary Chambers
the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Gary Chambers INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services

Re: interMedia Textkey (DRG-10826)

2003-02-12 Thread Gary Chambers
the braindead obvious. Sorry for the noise. Gary Chambers //-- // Lucent Technologies CIO/Servers/Unix // Senior Unix System Administrator // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 // 978-399-0481 / 888-480-6924 (Pager) // Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft

interMedia Textkey (DRG-10826)

2003-02-11 Thread Gary Chambers
that, for the moment, contains only textual data (not that it really matters, anyway). I don't understand the relation of the textkey to the table. TIA!! Gary Chambers //-- // Lucent Technologies CIO/Servers/Unix // Senior Unix System Administrator // 4 Robbins Road

RE: Happy Holidays!!

2002-12-20 Thread Gary Chambers
it!! ;) Gary Chambers //-- // Lucent Technologies CIO/Servers/Unix // Senior Unix System Administrator // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 // 978-399-0481 / 888-480-6924 (Pager) // Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft

Re: INIT 6 on Solaris not working with Oracle automated scripts?

2002-12-02 Thread Gary Chambers
of Oracle? Gary Chambers //-- // Lucent Technologies CIO/Servers/Unix // Senior Unix System Administrator // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 // 978-399-0481 / 888-480-6924 (Pager) // Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft

Re: Import from FoxPro to Oracle

2002-11-15 Thread Gary Chambers
] O'Reilly Programming the Perl DBI book. Gary Chambers //-- // Lucent Technologies CIO/Servers/Unix // Senior Unix System Administrator // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 // 978-399-0481 / 888-480-6924 (Pager) // Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft

Join Query Question

2002-11-14 Thread Gary Chambers
-based application which allows for many points-of-contact (e.g. SysAdmin, Apps, Network, etc.), but allows only members of a particular group to modify certain sections of the record. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Gary Chambers //-- // Lucent

Re: Selecting Next X Values From Dual

2002-09-27 Thread Gary Chambers
-based application. I have implemented a workaround by selecting a row from dual X number of times. I wanted something a bit cleaner, and [seemingly] less database-intensive than querying in a loop. Gary Chambers //- // Lucent Technologies GIO/Unix // 4

RE: Selecting Next X Values From Dual

2002-09-27 Thread Gary Chambers
suggestions? Gary Chambers //- // Lucent Technologies GIO/Unix // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 // 978-399-0481 / 888-480-6924 (Pager) // Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft //- -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ

Re: Selecting Next X Values From Dual

2002-09-27 Thread Gary Chambers
though of a bulk collect into an array of numbers? It seems kludgy to me to have a table of n-rows of dummy data to grab a specific number of values from a sequence. Is this a common practice? Gary Chambers //- // Lucent Technologies GIO/Unix // 4 Robbins Road

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: Recreate database script

2002-09-09 Thread Gary Chambers
to reverse engineer a database. Gary Chambers //- // Lucent Technologies GIO/Unix // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 // 978-399-0481 / 888-480-6924 (Pager) // Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft //- -- Please see the official

Re: ssh client for Windoze

2002-09-04 Thread Gary Chambers
Has anyone used an Windows ssh client in a large environment (50 +/- Unix servers, 300+ instances) that they would recommend? SecureCRT at http://www.vandyke.com. $50.00/license for 200 to 499 users. Gary Chambers //- // Lucent Technologies GIO/Unix // 4

Table Naming Conventions

2002-07-31 Thread Gary Chambers
vs. singular table names? Gary Chambers //- // Lucent Technologies GIO/Unix // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 // 978-399-0481 / 888-480-6924 (Pager) // Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft //- -- Please see the official

Table Naming Conventions

2002-07-30 Thread Gary Chambers
All... Will some of you please provide some insight on your table naming conventions? I'm in the very early planning stages of what will likely be a large and complex schema (IT asset inventory). I have a chance to start it correctly. TIA Gary Chambers

Re: Rant

2002-07-22 Thread Gary Chambers
baffling and frustrating. Some of these folks claimed to have 5 years experience!!! Unfortunately for most everyone, the only people that benefit from most certification programs are the facilitators. They're cash cows for the purported issuers of such certifications. Gary Chambers

Re:RE: Rant

2002-07-22 Thread Gary Chambers
um, I'd schedule step 6 AFTER the backup finishes... I've seen idiot SA's who start the backup then shutdown the machine or kill the process before it completes. Yeah? And there's a good reason we SAs keep root privileges away from you DBAs. :-)) Gary Chambers

RE: RE: Rant

2002-07-22 Thread Gary Chambers
hey - who is this SA and what is he doing here? this is where us'n DBA's get to trash everybody else. go away! I come in peace -- honest!!! I'm an aspiring DBA, and I want to do it the right way... How's that? :-)) Gary Chambers //- // Lucent

Re[2]:RE: Rant

2002-07-22 Thread Gary Chambers
of examples. :) Gary Chambers //- // Lucent Technologies GIO/Unix // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 // 978-399-0481 / 888-480-6924 (Pager) // Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft //- -- Please see the official ORACLE

SQL Join or Subquery

2002-07-17 Thread Gary Chambers
by the use of aggregate functions in my query. I can provide examples of my failed attempts, if you'd like. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. Gary Chambers //- // Lucent Technologies GIO/Unix // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 // 978-399