I prefer www.dictionary.com myself for a while I was part of an email loop with a bunch of younger, highly intelligent people who had not had the fortune to waste, er spend, time in college level English classes.... I soon made dictionary.com a bookmark in most of their browsers :)
comes from believing reading is one of those involuntary actions, like breathing Rachel --- Jared Still <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > www.merriam-webster.com :) > > Jared > > On Friday 05 April 2002 12:13, DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: > > Jared - Well, if the tech book market is in the dumps, it isn't my > fault. > > I've bought 2 Oracle books this week. I would still argue that an > RMAN for > > Dummies or RMAN 101 book would have a wide audience because RMAN is > a > > standard part of Oracle so a lot of sites will be taking a look at > it. You > > know, for people that don't know what "esoteric" means :-) > > > > Dennis Williams > > DBA > > Lifetouch, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 11:47 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > Not very likely. The tech book market is in the dumps already, and > > this book would be rather esoteric. > > > > Jared > > > > On Thursday 04 April 2002 12:08, DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: > > > Ron > > > Hopefully one of the authors on the list is writing the great > RMAN > > > book that people like me need so much. In the meanwhile, check > out > > > "Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference" from O'Reilly. At only $10 you > can't pass > > > it up. Jonathan Gennick who participates on this list edited it. > > > For us, hot backups never worked out. That is why we are looking > at > > > RMAN. > > > Dennis Williams > > > DBA > > > Lifetouch, Inc. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:49 PM > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > List, > > > I need the name of a good book that deals specifically with > RMAN. I > > > have read the fine manual and have found out that it basically > works > > > with a third party vendor software if you are using tape as the > backup > > > storage media. There has to be a way around this requirement. I > have a > > > 70 GIG test database that I would like to use Rman on and I am > not going > > > to use a catalog for RMAN. I have a system tape drive that I > would like > > > to use to backup each tablespace individually. I do not have a > large or > > > multi cartridge drive to use. Backup to disk is not possible as I > do not > > > have much free space. > > > Could you please inform me of the contents of your > > > V$BACKUP_DEVICE.DEVICE_NAME if you use a tape drive for backups. > > > Thanks, > > > Ron > > > ROR mª¿ªm > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Jared Still > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing > Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') 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). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') 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).