And load 'em to CLOBs as well and use InterMedia Text to index them ;) Tanel.
----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 12:59 AM > > Here is a good one: > > create or replace directory bdump as > > '/oracle/admin/o9i/bdump' / grant read on directory bdump to > > public / create table alert_log_ext ( line varchar2(2000) ) > > organization external ( type oracle_loader default directory > > bdump access parameters > > ( > > records delimited by newline > > nobadfile nologfile nodiscardfile > > fields (line char(132) > > ) > > ) > > location('alert_o9i.log') ) > > reject limit unlimited > > / > > > > You can now write a PL/SQL or Java procedure to parse > > alert_log_ext table if your heart so desires. There is only > > one problem: this doesn't work if you don't have 9iR2. > Or if the database isn't up..... > > I do like the idea though, could centralize all alert.logs and indeed > listener.logs etc in one db. > > Niall > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Niall Litchfield > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Tanel Poder INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).