What I
sometimes use is
alter
system checkpoint
startup force restrict
shutdown normal
-Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: Jacques Kilchoer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:53 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: shutdown abort / startup restrict / shutdown vs. shutdown immedia> -----Original Message-----
> From: April Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> The solutions (the ones that I got) aren't good ones.
>
> Shutdown abort/startup restricted/ shutdown immediate... (a 'VALID
> solution'???)This might be a naive question, but why is
-> shutdown immediate
better than
-> shutdown abort / startup restrict / shutdown normal ?(That is assuming of course that no user / job will try to sneak in after you do the startup restrict)