Thursday, July 31, 2003, 12:09:24 PM, you wrote: BB> you're likely to say some VERY BB> bad words that might get you escorted out of the BB> building.
I thought those words were a necessary incantation, to make our databases work. Else why would we say them so often<grin>. <insert mental picture here of wizard bending over a steaming cauldron, stirring up a fresh batch of data, mumbling all the appropriate incantations, sprinkling in a bit of buffer cache, a pinch of partitions, a RAC of lamb...> Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Join the Oracle-article list and receive one article on Oracle technologies per month by email. To join, visit http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, or send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include the word "subscribe" in either the subject or body. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jonathan Gennick 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).