Re: (Non)Unique Index Vs Unique Constraint

2004-01-22 Thread GovindanK
Add this to what Arup said: PK enables one to have References established in a schema. (Parent Child relationships i mean). That cannot be done just by having a unique and/or not null constraints set. You will get ORA-02270: no matching unique or primary key for this column-list HTH GovindanK

Re: how to hide oracle password from a unix ps -ef | grep?

2004-01-16 Thread GovindanK
Create a dummy user dummy with pw as dummy and only with create session priv. Execute a sql script which will connect to the username/pw and which does not have read privs at os level for others. May be someone on the list has a better idea. HTH GovindanK On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:04:35 -0800

OT:Legato Network Port

2004-01-16 Thread GovindanK
XXX, can be seen in the savegroup messages or in stdout during manual operations. You must increase the connection port range on system XXX. A corresponding change is also required in the firewall rules. /quote I don't see any port info in the error message i got. Any ideas? TIA GovindanK

Re: Trigger Question

2004-01-08 Thread GovindanK
Ok. Here you go. http://osi.oracle.com/~tkyte/Mutate/index.html Let me know if you find this useful. HTH GovindanK OCP 8,8i Brainbench Certified Master DBA(8) On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 11:24:25 -0800, Nuala Cullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi All, Firstly my apologies if this seems like a very

OffTopic : sed : Alternate (2,4,6..) replacement

2003-12-15 Thread GovindanK
line at a time. Thanks in Advance. GovindanK -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: GovindanK INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego

RE: 10g new features (was: dc_used_extents ,dc_free_extents and d

2003-12-11 Thread GovindanK
Yes .. that is good. GovindanK On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:44:34 -0800, Freeman Robert - IL [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Excellent slide show Tanel! Robert -Original Message- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: 12/10/2003 3:34 PM dc_histogram_defs) Pete, I'd like

Re: Create Rule

2003-11-14 Thread GovindanK
What you essentially need to do (without any additional programming effort) is implement VPD (Virtual Private Database). The link is here: http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/appdev.920/a96590/adgsec02.htm#1009919 HTH GovindanK On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:49:25 -0800, Hamid Alavi

RE: LF and CR (chr(10)||chr(13)) problem -- problem solved

2003-11-14 Thread GovindanK
Kitty , it is nice on your part to share the solution with the list. For future : (On the lines of what Stefan said) May be dd if=inputfile of=outputfile conv=ebcdic/ebcdicb/ibm/ibmb might have helped. Check with man dd. The suggestion given by Raj is worth keeping in mind. HTH GovindanK

Re: 9i- User ANONYMOUS

2003-11-13 Thread GovindanK
$OH/rdbms/admin/catqm.sql . HTH GovindanK On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 06:59:37 -0800, Senthil Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi Group, Recently I have installed oracle 9i (R2). I have seen a user called ANONYMOUS which is locked. There is no documentation about this user. I have used DBCA

Re: RAC listserv

2003-11-13 Thread GovindanK
http://lists.gridapp.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/oracle-rac HTH GovindanK On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:09:26 -0800, Browett, Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I am looking for a RAC listserv that is active. I have signed up for one, unfortunately I can't rememer what the address is and there has been

Re: Need A Split File Option

2003-11-13 Thread GovindanK
-- 1 govindankappdev1 42 Nov 13 11:40 myfile.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 govindankappdev1 32 Nov 13 11:43 myfile.tmp $ more myfile.tmp WI auto WI Auto NY auto ny Auto $ diff myfile.dat myfile.tmp 5d4 Junk auto $ HTH GovindanK On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:24:25 -0800, Tracy Rahmlow [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Clean temporary tablespace

2003-11-13 Thread GovindanK
. HTH GovindanK On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:24:24 -0800, VirVit [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hello! How can I clean temporary tablespace? It grows up faster and faster. -- ðÏÃÅÌÕÅ× ÷ÉÔÁÌÉÊ éÇÏÒÅ×ÉÞ (VirVit) Oracle 9i DBA beginner -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Sent 0.02 seconds ago -- Please see

Re: Clean temporary tablespace

2003-11-13 Thread GovindanK
is getting filled. Hence i suggested this. This is mentioned in Metalink too. HTH GovindanK On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 17:19:24 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Actually, you need to set the PCTINCREASE to a non zero value for automatic coalescing to take place. It isn't needed in any case. Oracle

RE: Stop using SYS, SYSTEM?

2003-11-12 Thread GovindanK
grant exp_full_database to user; grant imp_full_database to user; No need for system account/dba privs to be used. HTH GovindanK Oracle Certified Professional(8,8i) Brainbench Certified Master DBA(8) We still have to use SYS and SYSTEM for database creates, full exports, imports, etc

Re: Stop using SYS, SYSTEM?

2003-11-12 Thread GovindanK
GovindanK Oracle Certified Professional(8,8i) Brainbench Certified Master DBA(8) On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:04:35 -0800, Smith, Ron L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: We are being asked by Auditing to stop using the SYS, and SYSTEM accounts. They would like for us to create an Oracle Role with the same

RE: download metalink articles - save target as

2003-09-22 Thread GovindanK
You need to cut paste. HTH GovindanK -Original Message- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:45 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L When I right click on a metalink article to try to save it to a local directory and use save target as - it only provides a blank

RE: Configuring RMAN

2003-09-20 Thread GovindanK
If $OH/bin was in the PATH then which rman would have got you the result. I think that was not the case. That's exactly why it connected to rman when you typed $OH/bin/rman. Therefore include $ORACLE_HOME/bin in the path after :/bin:/usr/sbin etc. HTH GovindanK Hi list, Recalling

Re: SQL help needed

2003-09-17 Thread GovindanK
You would require something like this: http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:504432994857 HTH GovindanK Hello Listers, I need some SQL help. Not sure if this is possible in plain SQL or not, but here it is: I have a table with two columns: EMPNBR LINENBR

Re: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-10 Thread GovindanK
How about SELECT ORA_DATABASE_NAME FROM DUAL; HTH GovindanK select sys_context('USERENV','DB_NAME') from anytable; At 10:49 AM 9/10/2003 -0800, you wrote: hi. I think there was a dbms package to get some of the environment variables for a session, but I can't remember anyhting specific

Re: Can't query through a synonym, the solution

2003-09-09 Thread GovindanK
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Re: 600-[25012] on delete of IOT table

2003-09-09 Thread GovindanK
or else you would get ORA-14508: specified VALIDATE INTO table not found instead of an ORA-1499. quote HTH GovindanK hi, GovindanK: I searched metalink and cannot find note:287936.999 you mentioned. And I did not move the IOT index segment and overflow segment online. I did those

Re: How to send an email from unix command line?

2003-09-09 Thread GovindanK
cat filename|mailx -s subject mailid HTH GovindanK Hi List I tried the following stuff but it says Service Unavailable. $mail -s Test Subject [EMAIL PROTECTED] body line1 body line2 Ctrl-D What should i do to make email stuff work? Thanks in advance Sami

Re: Oracle Masters exam

2003-09-08 Thread GovindanK
Congrats Tanel on becoming OCM. GovindanK Certified DBA(8,8i,Brainbench-Master) Thanks Patrice. Yes, the exam was challenging, I've never typed and thought that fast than 5 min before end of second testing day ;) Tanel. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list

Re: Problem querying remote table through a synonym

2003-09-05 Thread GovindanK
Enable Network Tracing and check. GovindanK I'm confused, has anyone ever seen something like this before? This query works as you can see: select count(*) from [EMAIL PROTECTED]; COUNT(*) -- 275375 We execute the following DDL: DROP SYNONYM

Re: Listener problem on one client computer

2003-09-05 Thread GovindanK
Damien Your gesture is appreciated. It is a must that such solutions are shared with the list members. GovindanK Thank you very mutch for your replys, Today I finally found the problem. The traceroute shows the good route, but a Ms Proxy Client installed on the server blocked the request

Re: 600-[25012] on delete of IOT table

2003-09-05 Thread GovindanK
Earlier post did not reach. Hence Reposting. Take a look at the Metalink Note:125149.1 ALERT: ONLINE Index Rebuild or IOT Table Move can Produce Corrupt Index As per the note it affects 8.1.(5/6/7).x It has the relevant info. Also take a look at the Docid: 287936.999. HTH GovindanK

Re: COBOL to Oracle

2003-09-05 Thread GovindanK
I wonder how the code generator is going to take care of Multiple Record Types , Redefines clauses , Renames clause, GO to statements, Perform Thru , Declaratives? That would be interesting. GovindanK Hi List, Does anyone know of tools, or have had experience using tools, that will quickly

RE: RMAN backup and recovery scenarios

2003-09-04 Thread GovindanK
the internals etc. Go thru Recovery principles, Case Studies by Rama Velpuri. (Add RF's book too). Try doing the same with Standby too. HTH GovindanK My Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery book from Oracle Press has a chapter devoted to case studies and RMAN. RF -Original Message

Re: latch free wait event

2003-09-04 Thread GovindanK
When you get wait seconds 0 use TKPROF and look for statements taking time. HTH GovindanK Ehresmann, David wrote: System-wide Wait Analysis for current wait events

Re: 600-[25012] on delete of IOT table

2003-09-04 Thread GovindanK
Take a look at the Metalink Note:125149.1 ALERT: ONLINE Index Rebuild or IOT Table Move can Produce Corrupt Index As per the note it affects 8.1.(5/6/7).x It has the relevant info. Also take a look at the Docid: 287936.999. HTH GovindanK Sun solaris 8/oracle 8.1.7.2 64bit. After some

RE: got EXP-00091 warning

2003-06-21 Thread GovindanK
)A QUERY clause is specified 4)Only certain partitions or subpartitions are exported. *** /quote HTH GovindanK Jin - Sounds good. Start with Google and with metalink.oracle.com. If as a result of your investigations you find that my simple-minded approach has overlooked a ghastly possibility

Re: I must get ID session, help me !!

2003-06-21 Thread GovindanK
If 8i and above then take a look at v$mystat, v$session , v$transaction. Those should help. HTH GovindanK I can't get ID current session and others info: User Name, User ID, Date, Time of session transaction from Trigger. Please help me: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: dbshut script - shutdown or shutdown immediate

2003-04-02 Thread GovindanK
to be sturdy, double check your backup recovery strategies. Also, which option to use is influenced by how much downtime/shutdown time you can afford. HTH GovindanK -- |XXX| |You should treat others the way you want to be treated

Re: dbshut script - shutdown or shutdown immediate

2003-04-02 Thread GovindanK
the active log could not be read for recovery. How would one perform a complete recovery?. Let me know if you have a workaround. I am willing to learn. GovindanK -- |XXX| |You should treat others the way you want to be treated

Re: dbshut script - shutdown or shutdown immediate

2003-04-02 Thread GovindanK
. However, if it is multiplexed then an error will be logged to the alert.log but the db will continue to function. I agree this has nothing to do with the arch/noarch mode but one has to have the log files multiplexed to get out of such scenarios. HTH GovindanK

Re: dbshut script - shutdown or shutdown immediate

2003-04-02 Thread GovindanK
Agreed. I admit my English needs some improvement. What i wanted to say was about rollback but used the words no.of.users. Thanks for pointing out. GovindanK Jeremiah Wilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, GovindanK wrote: Shutdown immediate does rollback and will take time

Re: dbshut script - shutdown or shutdown immediate

2003-04-02 Thread GovindanK
To me it seemed the same as turning off your computer with the power button instead of the shutdown command or using kill -9, sometimes you have to, but it's not what you do normally. Chris Berry Sounds practical. GovindanK