Re: ... And another RMAN Q.

2002-07-30 Thread Jack van Zanen
Hi Start RMAN from BoxA binaries? Jack Ross Collado

Re: ... And another RMAN Q.

2002-07-30 Thread Jack van Zanen
Hi Ignore previous post! Jack Ross Collado

Re: naming conventions for Oracle/Unix vs. SQL Server

2002-07-30 Thread Daniel Wisser
hi! from my experience of haveing the same data or data model on different DB brands and platforms it is wise wiser wisest - cause you never know what the management is going to buy next - to stick to the following naming conventions for identifiers: + all identifiers in uppercase + not more

JBDC thin driver

2002-07-30 Thread Daniel Wisser
hi! anyone knows an answer to this: i want to user JDBC thin driver. i can install it from the CD on windows using the manually configured installation. since thin driver is said to be purely java, i want to use it on linux, too. which are the necessary files? are they in

CRAZY_WORMY_THANG_ON_ORACLE_DB ?

2002-07-30 Thread Jackson Dumas
Hi everyone I might sound like I am a bit crazy or something, but here is my problem. There is a customer who is having a problem when he tries to open his report from application, which is running on ORACLE DATABASE. The message he gets is about a Wormy-1 virus, he wants me to check or scan the

Re: Install Oracle 8i on Windows XP?

2002-07-30 Thread Daniel Wisser
i am sorry i have to give another reply to the WINDOWS issue, quoting also a cultural superior american named frank zappa -- all that we got here's american made it's a little bit cheesy, but it's nicely displayed well we don't get excited

Re: CRAZY_WORMY_THANG_ON_ORACLE_DB ?

2002-07-30 Thread Rachel Carmichael
tell the user that he must ALSO scan his PC for viruses while you check the database. Then wait for him to find it on his PC... and do nothing because the problem is on his side, not the database. you can also look up wormy-1 on the symantec site and send the user the information about the virus

Re: how to change nls date format.

2002-07-30 Thread Yechiel Adar
Did you check the registry on the machine that you execute sqlplus on to see if there is nls_date_format there? Yechiel Adar Mehish - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 7:38 AM Hi, The default date format for an

RE: CRAZY_WORMY_THANG_ON_ORACLE_DB ?

2002-07-30 Thread Radu Caulea
Hi, On the DB side, i see only the possibility of having infected docs in blob columns. I have once loaded such a document, and client (me, fortunately) was alerted each time while retrieving that document via a browser. As a matter of fact, I had no antivirus on the server, i suppose it would

RE: ... And another RMAN Q.

2002-07-30 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Ross, when you say RMAN backups are initiated from BoxA to backup db in BoxB what do you mean? are they run on BoxA or BoxB? If they are run on BoxA, then the backup files will be created on BoxA. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July

RE: how to change nls date format.

2002-07-30 Thread Sunil Kumar
I checked my Registry.. Nls_date_format is not set in the registry.. -Original Message- From: Yechiel Adar [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 5:18 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:Re: how to change nls date format. Did you check

RE: how to change nls date format.

2002-07-30 Thread Vikas Khanna
Yes. You can do that when you are creating an instance, define the parameter nls_date_format in the init.ora file as per your requirement, then the nls_date_format for the Instance would be as supplied by you. Alter Session/Alter System would do the same at the time so defined. Vikas Khanna

Faster Sqlloader Question

2002-07-30 Thread Bernard, Gilbert
How can I do to sqlloader work faster. I tryed the DIRECT option, same result. I tryed DIRECT and PARALLEL option, same result I am working with an Oralce 8.1.6.3.0 patched sqlloader I loaded 20 000 lines in 1 minute and I wish to load 400 000 lines in the same time? -- Please see the

RE: ... And another RMAN Q.

2002-07-30 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Ross No. The fundamental way RMAN works is to create the backupset on the target system. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:58 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi all, Env.: 2 Solaris boxes both

RE: OT : Basic Critical O.S. Values that Trigger Problem Alert

2002-07-30 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Vivek Here is a search string that should work. The list server will probably break it into two pieces, so you'll have to patch it back together. Good luck on your project. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=1G60ZMKA1 Jisbn=007222360X Dennis Williams DBA

How to use pipe-delimited SQL*Plus output with a long datatype

2002-07-30 Thread Cherie_Machler
One of our developers wants to create a reusable report where the pipe-delimited output generated by SQL*Plus would be sent off and used as input into another process. The problem is the remarks field which is of type long. It causes ORA-00997 errors. If I take the pipe-delimits off, the

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

2002-07-30 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
When people pass exams they tend to say the exam was easy. When they fail the exam they tend to say either I didn't study enough or It was hard, that one! Regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) Systems Admin Operations | Admin. et Exploit. des systèmes Technology

Re: ... And another RMAN Q.

2002-07-30 Thread Alexandre Gorbatchev
The one way is to mount the directory from one box to another using nfs. Alexandre - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 3:23 PM Ross No. The fundamental way RMAN works is to create the backupset on the

Re: Faster Sqlloader Question

2002-07-30 Thread Alexandre Gorbatchev
Hi, Network performance could be a bottleneck. Do you run loader from server or from remote host? Alexandre - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:58 PM How can I do to sqlloader work faster. I tryed the DIRECT

RE: Faster Sqlloader Question

2002-07-30 Thread Ayyappan S
U can set the Buffer size to increase the work faster -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 6:29 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L How can I do to sqlloader work faster. I tryed the DIRECT option, same result. I tryed DIRECT and PARALLEL option, same result I am

RE: Faster Sqlloader Question

2002-07-30 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Gilbert, disable or remove all constraints on the table being loaded. remove all indexes on the table being loaded. if all else fails, buy a faster machine with faster disk. good luck! Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:59

RE: 11i installation ???

2002-07-30 Thread Karniotis, Stephen
Leslie: Please look at www.oaug.org as this is the web site for the Oracle Applications User Group. You can join their list serve as well. As far as your installation issues, 1. You should install the demo environment as is and do not modify anything. It takes approximately 6GB to install.

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

2002-07-30 Thread Alexandre Gorbatchev
Oracle's politic is to make us using GUI tools. This is reflected in OCP exams, so I can conclude that for newbies exams become easier while hardcore DBAs might never use GUI tools. Alexandre - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

RE: Faster Sqlloader Question

2002-07-30 Thread John . Hallas
See Oracle SQ Loader - The definitive guide by Jonathan Gennick Amazon URL is http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565929489/qid%3D1028034789/sr%3D11-1 /ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-2680480-7921519#product-details Also there is a good review (and examples) by a member of this list - Stephen Andert

RE: Faster Sqlloader Question

2002-07-30 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Gilbert - Have you looked at: http://www.orafaq.com/faqloadr.htm#SPEED Are you saying that performance with and without direct produced the same time? There were some good suggestions on the list yesterday, I recall, but I didn't keep them. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: How to use pipe-delimited SQL*Plus output with a long

2002-07-30 Thread Godlewski, Melissa
Title: RE: How to use pipe-delimited SQL*Plus output with a long datatype Cherie, Did you try a set long to some value to see if that would work? set long 2000 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 9:23 AM To: Multiple

ORA-04021: timeout occurred while waiting to lock object

2002-07-30 Thread Smith, Ron L.
I have a developer using SQLNavigator and getting the following error while trying to recompile some code. ORA-04021: timeout occurred while waiting to lock object. This developer is the only one in the database. The database has been 'bounced' to clear all locks but the error still occurs.

Re: How to use pipe-delimited SQL*Plus output with a long datatype

2002-07-30 Thread Chaim . Katz
I think the problem is that you can't do an operation (like concatenate) on a long field. But another way to get the same output is to set colsep '|' , and then use plain old select list chaim [EMAIL PROTECTED]@fatcity.com on 07/30/2002 09:23:20 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

RE: Select Query - Help required

2002-07-30 Thread Amjad Saiyed
u can write a cursor. or u want the o/p in 1 select statement rgds, Ams. www.medicomsoft.com |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of |karthikeyan |S |Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 6:08 PM |To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L |Subject:

RE: Faster Sqlloader Question

2002-07-30 Thread Bernard, Gilbert
From server, I put the table in nologging and I improve the loading by 84%. Now I am at 400 000 lines in 3 minutes and I wish 400 000 in less then 1 minutes. I do not have any trigger, index, constraintes or foreigh key. Any more about Thanks. -Message d'origine- De:

Re: ORA-04021: timeout occurred while waiting to lock object

2002-07-30 Thread Alexandre Gorbatchev
Ron, When exactly this happens? Could be running pl/sql procedure and trying do something with itself or with calling procedure (like grant execute, for example) Alexandre - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 4:48

Re: JBDC thin driver

2002-07-30 Thread Alex
just put the zip file on your path On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Daniel Wisser wrote: hi! anyone knows an answer to this: i want to user JDBC thin driver. i can install it from the CD on windows using the manually configured installation. since thin driver is said to be purely java, i want to

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

2002-07-30 Thread Bishop Lewis
Yes, i seem to recall whilst on the crashes, dumps and corruptions seminar that it was mentioned that Oracle are moving away from command line tools in favour of GUI tools in much the same way that server manager is no longer available - does anyone know if this is truly the case? Will command

Missed digests

2002-07-30 Thread O'Neill, Sean
Due to probs with e-mail servers I missed digests 204 - 207 inclusive from Oracle-L. Any chance someone subscribed digest mode with a back catalog ;) could send them on to me please?. It's a bit too slow to review all via web page. - Seán O' Neill Organon (Ireland) Ltd.

Dynamic SQL problem (Oracle 9-8)

2002-07-30 Thread Rafal Wojnar
Title: Dynamic SQL problem (Oracle 9-8) Hello, I have software compiled in Oracle 9 environment. And when I try to fetch data using different versions of Oracle client/server I receive ORA-errors: 1. client 9 -- server 8: ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes 2. client 8 -- server 9:

Problem while importing a dmp file

2002-07-30 Thread karthikeyan S
Hi, I am facing the following problem while importing a .dmp file (from a tape) into solaris 8 server. Oracle : 8.1.7 I am getting the following error while using the IMP command. Invalid format of import utility name Verify that oracle_home is properly set Any help regarding this is

Re: Faster Sqlloader Question

2002-07-30 Thread Alexandre Gorbatchev
Maybe partitioning on several disks? - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 4:54 PM From server, I put the table in nologging and I improve the loading by 84%. Now I am at 400 000 lines in 3 minutes and I wish 400

RE: ORA-04021: timeout occurred while waiting to lock object

2002-07-30 Thread Smith, Ron L.
The developer has the object opened for update in SQLNqvigator. When he tries to compile and save it, he gets the error. Ron -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:13 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Ron, When exactly this happens? Could be running pl/sql

RE: Cloning Problems

2002-07-30 Thread Hand, Michael T
Ethan, Consider performing the clone in 2 distinct phases (my SOP). 1) Copying the source database to the target machine w/ recovery if necessary, and 2) Renaming/recreating the controlfile. The recovery can be against a hot backup copy or cold w/ a controlfile backup, and assures one of having

RE: Problem while importing a dmp file

2002-07-30 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
Did you do a SET ORACLE_SID=my_importDBName before issuing the IMP command? Dave -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:20 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, I am facing the following problem while importing a .dmp file (from a tape) into solaris 8 server.

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

2002-07-30 Thread KENNETH JANUSZ
I don't know the answer to your question. But I prefer the command line. You know exactly what is going on whereas with GUI tools you don't know what is going on behind the scenes. Most Unix admin people I know also prefer the command line. My 0.02 Euros worth, Ken Janusz, CPIM -

Re: deploy forms on web

2002-07-30 Thread Marc Perkowitz
Here's an excerpt from the documentation: When deploying a Forms application on the Web, the icon files in ICO format specified for an iconic button, a menu, or a window) are not used. The only file formats accessible through the Web are GIF or JPG files (GIF is the default format). By default,

Foxbase to Oracle

2002-07-30 Thread dmeng
Hi All - We have a small application that was written in Foxbase under DOS. While it runs fairly well most of the time, the management wants to migrate it to a windows-based application. We are open to any mainstream application and database solutions at this point, although our budget is very

RE: Install Oracle 8i on Windows XP?

2002-07-30 Thread Eric D. Pierce
On 28 Jul 2002 at 19:33, Michael Kline wrote: There are a lot of stable production windows server systems. Not as good Unix, but it doesn't have to be. Oh, there are? I've also heard that legend, but after having an Exchange server down last week for almost a day, I stopped

RE: pfile/spfile Sync Problems

2002-07-30 Thread John . Hallas
John, I have been discussing this with a colleague and our question is - what are you hoping to achieve? If you are using a spfileSID.ora file then that will be used every time you startup so in what circumstances would you use the pfile? PS one suggestion re the problem creating the trigger is

Re: how to change nls date format.

2002-07-30 Thread Igor Neyman
Do you have nls_language parameter specified in your init.ora file? I think, Oracle will not pick up the value for nls_date_format from init.ora unless you have nls_language specified in it. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: Creating a **DEFAULT** database

2002-07-30 Thread Straub, Dan
Title: RE: Creating a **DEFAULT** database The same thing is not required on Sun Solaris. On Solaris 'user1' still belongs to a different unix group. I have an user on both DG-UX and HP-UX which is not in the 'dba' group. Connection (internal or tcpip) works fine on both systems

RE: Foxbase to Oracle

2002-07-30 Thread Mark Leith
Not sure if Oracle provides one, but another solution is available here: http://www.kumaran.com/xbaseconverter.asp If it is such a small app though - why not just stick it in (dare I say this) something like Access or SQLServer.. -Original Message- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 July 2002

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

2002-07-30 Thread Tim Gorman
GUI tools are simply a front-end presentation layer for SQL commands. GUI tools do not bypass the SQL command-line layer; they only abstract it. Command-line tools (such as SQL*Plus) use the same API as the GUI tools, but simply do a lot less abstraction on the presentation. Command-line tools

DBD::Oracle and JDBC Thin

2002-07-30 Thread Jesse, Rich
Has anyone been able to install/use the DBD::Oracle Perlmod with only the JDBC thin driver? I keep nabbing .h files and .mk files from other boxes, then trying to re-install, but I haven't had much luck yet. Jared, this would be a great free chapter from your new book! ;) (I'll buy it

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

2002-07-30 Thread Jared . Still
...hardcore DBAs might never use GUI tools. I fit that category. :) Gaja Vaidyanatha has recently moved to Oracle, and server tools are now his responsibility. I challenged him to turn OEM into something I would actually be willing to use. :) Jared Alexandre Gorbatchev [EMAIL

RE: Replication Question

2002-07-30 Thread John Weatherman
So how do I get into the archives? I've got a question I know I've seen answered. Thanks, John P Weatherman Database Administrator Replacements Ltd. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: John Weatherman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services

Space Contention and LOG_BUFFER size

2002-07-30 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
I am doing some performance monitoring on an 8.1.7 DB on Windoze. I ran the following query; SQL select name,value 2 from v$sysstat 3 where name = 'redo log space requests'; NAME VALUE

Re: DBD::Oracle and JDBC Thin

2002-07-30 Thread Jared . Still
Jesse, Enlighten me as to why DBD::Oracle cares which JDBC driver you use. Jared Jesse, Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/30/2002 09:38 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:

RE: Foxbase to Oracle

2002-07-30 Thread dmeng
Thanks all who replied. I agree that for this app SQL Server might be more suitable. My main concern is the application code that enforces business logic. How do we migrate the source code into the new application without re-rewriting? I will definitely look into the tool recommended by Mike.

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

2002-07-30 Thread Straub, Dan
Title: RE: Guys: Is this worth $1,749 for 8 year Oracle veteran DBA ...hardcore DBAs might never use GUI tools. I fit that category. :) What about the OUI? Don't you use that? :) Dan.

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

2002-07-30 Thread Rachel Carmichael
I fit that category as well. I talked to him last night he's gonna try :) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...hardcore DBAs might never use GUI tools. I fit that category. :) Gaja Vaidyanatha has recently moved to Oracle, and server tools are now his responsibility. I challenged

RE: Replication Question

2002-07-30 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
John - I've noticed that Google queries pull up info from the archives. Obviously you'll get other stuff, but if you can make your query pretty specific it may get you what you need. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002

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

2002-07-30 Thread Bill Pass
Being a hardcore SQL*Plus hacker as well I was amazed to find a freebie on the net that I actually liked and used. It will work with any JDBC accessible database (being written itself in java). All you have to do is load your JDBC driver of choice. It also provides a panel for entering SQL

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

2002-07-30 Thread Karniotis, Stephen
Tim: I take exception to the age thing here. Yes, I remember rewriting the MVS procs for Oracle's MVS implementation because they never checked to see if MPM was running in the background task manager of SDSF. Add to it that I wrote (helped Oracle) a complete TSO Dialog Manager interface to

RE: Slightly OT: Chart generation tool for db monitoring scripts

2002-07-30 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Thanks everyone for your kind help, advise and hints. I finally got it working with gnuplot. I had to make some changes to my code, but this is how it works. 1. Every 10 minutes MS task scheduler wakes up and executes a CMD file. 2. This CMD file a. Executes a SQL script that generates a

RE: Foxbase to Oracle

2002-07-30 Thread Karniotis, Stephen
Dennis: Foxbase was originally called 10-base before Fox Systems change the name. Foxbase was changed to FoxPro and then purchased by Microsoft and called Microsoft FoxPro, and then Microsoft Visual FoxPro. I would highly recommend investigating the MSFT solution. Sorry guys, but this is a

Re: 11i installation ???

2002-07-30 Thread James J. Morrow
Leslie Lu wrote: Hi all, I purchased the Oracle 11i Release 5 (with 11.5.6 family packs) CD pack for Windows from Oracle online store. My first installed (Win2000) run out of space, and I cleaned the folders manually. When I got more space and installed again, I got: not all

Re: How to use pipe-delimited SQL*Plus output with a long datatype

2002-07-30 Thread Cherie_Machler
Thanks to those who recommended the relatively new set colsep command. It did work in this report. Thanks again, Cherie Machler Oracle DBA Gelco Information Network

Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread Cherie_Machler
I have a request from one of our developers to create two new sequences on the DUAL table. This seems like a bad idea to me. I've never had such a request in the past. I asked for clarification on why this is needed and I didn't get a lot of details yet. Is this something that is standard

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

2002-07-30 Thread April Wells
Snip The functionality for Server Manager command-line was migrated in it's entirety into SQL*Plus (near as I can tell, including ORADEBUG), so Oracle eliminated svrmgrl not so much as a way of deprecating command-line utilities in general, but rather to consolidate redundant products... /snip

db comparison site

2002-07-30 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
FYI, While looking for db comparisons I found a site that has a few: http://www.itsystems.lv/gints/compare_db.htm Note that it is located in Latvia. Regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author:

Re: Space Contention and LOG_BUFFER size

2002-07-30 Thread Babu . Nagarajan
More than the number of time you are waiting for 'redo log space requests' its more important to find out how long you are waiting for that. 27 times out of a million might not be a big deal for you to tune. having said that, here is a posting by Steve Adams on this topic Q : Every day our

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

2002-07-30 Thread April Wells
If anyone can... he might be able to. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:34 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I fit that category as well. I talked to him last night he's gonna try :) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...hardcore DBAs might never use GUI

RE: Install Oracle 8i on Windows XP?

2002-07-30 Thread Gogala, Mladen
My assumption is that (everything else equal) *nix on a PC server is a superior technology, more performant, more stable. Unfortunately one has to know a lot more low level tech stuff to get into the *nix game than is the case with windows, and therefore *nix on a PC will remain to a

Re: JBDC thin driver

2002-07-30 Thread Shawn Conner
Make sure that it is in your class path aswell. Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just put the zip file on your pathOn Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Daniel Wisser wrote: hi! anyone knows an answer to this: i want to user JDBC thin driver. i can install it from the CD on windows using the manually configured

RE: Foxbase to Oracle

2002-07-30 Thread Farrell, Thomas M.Mr. NGB-ARNG
Dennis, While I hate doing this on an Oracle list, you might want to consider SAP DB considering your limited budget and requirements. The general product details are here: http://www.sapdb.org/ and you can request a free CD here: http://www.sapdb.org/sap_db_cd.htm. Quite impressive and

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

2002-07-30 Thread Gesler, Rich
Title: RE: Guys: Is this worth $1,749 for 8 year Oracle veteran DBA I'd like to add another free gui thats kind of neat, DataBee DBATool utility. You can find it at http://www.databee.com -Rich -Original Message- From: Bill Pass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July

RE: Foxbase to Oracle

2002-07-30 Thread Shaw John-P55297
Visual FoxPro has an upsize wizard that can go directly to Oracle. It would still be a lot cheaper to keep it in FoxPro over the cost of Oracle. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:45 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dennis: Foxbase was originally called

RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread kkennedy
H? Sequences are not created on the dual table. Sequences exist as independent entities. Ofttimes, sequence values are selected using the dual table (e.g., select seqname.nextval from dual) -- this is a coding choice. Performance of queries that select from the dual table are generally

RE: Space Contention and LOG_BUFFER size

2002-07-30 Thread Sherman, Edward
I can't find it in the docs either. Info at ixora.com suggests setting LOG_BUFFER to a multiple of the log block size. http://www.ixora.com.au/tips/tuning/log_buffer_size.htm This next link explains what a log block size is: http://www.ixora.com.au/notes/log_block_size.htm Have fun! Ed

RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table? answer below -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I have a request from one of our developers to create two new sequences on the DUAL table. This seems like a bad idea to me. I've never had

RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread Fink, Dan
Cherie, My first response is 'WHY?'. Do they mean that they want to create 2 new sequences and use the DUAL table to retrieve the values? It will cause performance problems and there are better solutions. I have some information on the performance implications of DUAL at

RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread Rajesh . Rao
Communication gap and ignorance. The developers proably want to create new sequences. And they are used to writing queries as Select sequencename.nextval from dual; So they call it sequences on the dual table.

Re: Slightly OT: Chart generation tool for db monitoring scripts

2002-07-30 Thread Ray Stell
Think about how you will roll the trend data up over time. That is usually the real killer task. That is why you got people talking mrtg, because it is the poor man's solution to that problem. At least it is one wheel that has already been invented at the right price. The snapshots you are

RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Sounds like your developer hangs out with some of our developers! ;) I am sorry to say but, I guess the syntax ...from dual could be confusing to the developer. Your understanding is just fine. Don't do anything with dual.. May be briefly explaining to the developer how sequence number

RE: DB/APPlication?

2002-07-30 Thread Richard Huntley
Title: RE: DB/APPlication? Seema, That's part of the tnsnames.ora which the client needs to connect to the database. Check out the alert.log file and look for any trace files for the reason the DB crashed. -Original Message- From: Seema Singh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday,

RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread Richard Huntley
Title: RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table? Sequences are DB objects independent of any tables including dual (not possible to create a sequence on a table. Sequences are sometimes used to populate the PK of a table, but the actual sequence and the table are not structurally related.

RE: DBD::Oracle and JDBC Thin

2002-07-30 Thread Jesse, Rich
Oh fdge. (Only I didn't say fudge). 10-watt bulb:on After transcribing all my install problems here, I just realized that I'm supposed to be using DBD::JDBC instead of DBD::Oracle, aren't I? Hey, I was working on this at 1:00 AM this morning... Never mind... blush Thanks, Jared! :)

RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread Gogala, Mladen
What are sequence on the table? All I know about sequences is that they are entities for fas generation of unique numbers without encountering locks. They are standalone entries without much connection to any other object. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Cherie, You don't create sequences on a table, they are objects in and of themselves. So you can create the sequences for the developers but I'm wondering where they got the notion that sequences were created on a table. And why they want to use DUAL. Rachel --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

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

2002-07-30 Thread Jared . Still
No, I use a hex editor and directly write the bits to disk. Isn't that the way everyone here does it? Jared Straub, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/30/2002 10:25 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread Cherie_Machler
Dan, Haven't heard the why yet but I think it may be just a poorly worded request. I suspect he wants the sequences created on another table and just wants to be able to select from dual. Maybe he never realized that the sequences were actually created on another table.Maybe he actually

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

2002-07-30 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Hex editor? geez you youngsters have it soft, in MY day we ran magnets over the disks to encode the ones and zeros :) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I use a hex editor and directly write the bits to disk. Isn't that the way everyone here does it? Jared Straub, Dan [EMAIL

RE: Ids and passwords for application users

2002-07-30 Thread Richard Huntley
Title: RE: Ids and passwords for application users Peter, not clear on if the database is going to be used by developers doing development work or will an application use it and you'll have up to 300 application users? If it's an application, how about making one account that owns all of

causing full table scan

2002-07-30 Thread BigP
Hi list , In one of my queries if I use in where clause it is causing full table scan . If i use "IN " ( ) it uses index . Actually if it is" " the it is doing hash join and if"IN" then nested loop . when i make opt_indx_cost_adj to 5 it starts using index again with condition . Is

dbsnmpj access violation

2002-07-30 Thread Seefelt, Beth
Title: dbsnmpj access violation Hi all, I've just finished installed 9.2 on W2K. Whenever I submit a job through the OEM console the dbsnmpj.exe process gets an access violation and the job fails to run. When I enable tracing on dbsnmpj, it works fine. Disable tracing and it dies again.

RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread Cherie_Machler
Kevin, Thanks for the suggestion on select statements. I will pass them on. I think it's just a misunderstanding on his part as to where the sequences are actually created. Apparently he only uses them in a select from dual so he thinks they reside there. Cherie

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

2002-07-30 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
coding? ha! I used to flip switches to load my programs directly into core memory! and then I had to read the results from the light console! up-hill both-ways in a snow-storm! -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 3:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hex

RE: ODBC connection privs in Oracle

2002-07-30 Thread Richard Huntley
Title: RE: ODBC connection privs in Oracle Privileges would be that of the account specified in the ODBC connection setup, which are Oracle specific for the Oracle user. What do you mean by The privs do not appear to match Oracle-based security.? -Original Message- From: Boivin,

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

2002-07-30 Thread johanna . doran
Every single message I get on this post gets blocked: Can't tell you but how I am wondering what is being said! -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 3:07 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L The original message content contained a virus or was blocked due to

RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread Lyuda Hoska
Cherie, If you push F1 key from SqlPlus there will be a complete explanation called 'all about sequences and how to create them on dual table'. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dan, Haven't heard the why yet but I think

RE: Creating sequences on the DUAL table?

2002-07-30 Thread Kevin Lange
I would think they probably saw something like select sequence_name.nextval from dual; Maybe they thought the sequence and dual were connected in some manner. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Cherie, You don't create

RE: Foxbase to Oracle - Thanks

2002-07-30 Thread dmeng
Looks like most of the replies point to VFP. I will present this to my manager. Thanks to all who replied! Dennis Meng Database Administrator Focal Communications Corp.

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

2002-07-30 Thread Weaver, Walt
GROAN Here we go again. So who's gonna be the first one with the abacus joke this time? --Walt (who makes Rachel look like a spring chicken) Weaver Bozeman, Montana -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 1:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hex editor? geez you

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