RE: date+time in milliseconds

2001-05-08 Thread Sinardy Xing
Hi Raj, I never heard such time Date can handle century + year + month + day + hour + minute + second but not milliseconds Sinardy -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, 8 May 2001 1:14 PM To: LazyDBA mailing list can anyone help me with date + time in milliseconds. i want to inpurt the

ORA-06573 ???

2001-05-08 Thread Stefan Jahnke
Hi, I get this error if I give a (standalone) function in a where clause: ORA-06573: Function WSNADDR modifies package state, cannot be used here What exactly does it mean and how can I workaround it ? The statement I tried to issue looks like this: select

RE: date+time in milliseconds

2001-05-08 Thread Morton, Ronald D
You can store the whole thing as a string in one column or store as two columns: date + milliseconds. The Oracle DATE type does not support time granularity below one second. We have used both methods here - just depends on how you want to use the data later. Ron Morton Database Architect /

RE: date+time in milliseconds

2001-05-08 Thread Witold . Iwaniec
If you get milliseconds in the data and want to keep it, you have to store it in a field different than date, If you don't need to keep the milliseconds, you can use different functions to convert the data. If you need to get the time in milliseconds, you can write a Java stored procedure. You

Re: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Rachel Carmichael
one that will be out in a few weeks... Oracle Performance Tuning 101 by Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha, a member of this list. (Oracle Press) No, I do not get anything for promoting this book -- except perhaps a hug from Gaja the next time I see him (but I'd get that anyway) I was privileged to do

RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Rachel Carmichael
a little? I could have sworn that the members of this list were, at least nominally, adults. We are getting down to did too, did not, your mama wears Army boots. give it a rest folks From: John Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Re: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Ron Rogers
Seema, I just got back from a seminar presented by Richard Niemiec of TUSC corp. His seminar was super and very informative. I would recommend his book on tuning. It can be located at www.tusc.com and is on sale this week. ROR mª¿ªm [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/07/01 06:11PM Hi Which book is good

RE: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Thanks, this is good news. Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -Original Message- From: Rachel Carmichael [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 10:26 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:

RE: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Bill, Yes it is. Trust Me ;) - Kirti Deshpande -Original Message- From: Thater, William [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 9:26 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Oracle tuning book On Tue, 8 May 2001,Rachel Carmichael scribbled

Re: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Thater, William
On Tue, 8 May 2001,Rachel Carmichael scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: -one that will be out in a few weeks... Oracle Performance Tuning 101 by Gaja -Krishna Vaidyanatha, a member of this list. (Oracle Press) If the book is written like he presents, I'm ordering my copy now. [Now if I

RE: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Thater, William
On Tue, 8 May 2001,Deshpande, Kirti scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: -Bill, - -Yes it is. Trust Me ;) - -- Kirti Deshpande OK. I done already ordered it.;-) Hi my name is Bill and I'm a Compulsive Tuner.;-) -- Bill Thater Certifieable ORACLE DBA Telergy, Inc.

RE:

2001-05-08 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Eric, Fess up. Are you into Hermeticism now? Alchemy on the side? Do you have ancestors in the Netherlands or the Black Forest? : ) Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) Systems Admin Operations | Admin. et Exploit. des systèmes Technology Services| Services

Re: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Rachel Carmichael
it is :) From: Thater, William [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Oracle tuning book Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 06:25:49 -0800 On Tue, 8 May 2001,Rachel Carmichael scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: -one

Re: Need oracle patch 8.1.7.1.1

2001-05-08 Thread Don Jerman
I must be going blind -- I search for the patch and the latest I find is 8.1.7.0.2 ... could you provide the ID number and/or a working method to find the .1.1 patch for NT? The Oracle DBA wrote: I guess you are not on NT because the .1.1 patch is there. The std procedure for 817 is to

Re: ORA-06573 ???

2001-05-08 Thread Tim Sawmiller
Do what the action says...add the pragma. Consult your fine manual (or at least it's electronic equivalent on CD) for more details. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/08/01 10:25AM Tim Sawmiller schrieb: oerr ora 6573 06573, 0, Function %s modifies package state, cannot be used here // *Cause:

RE: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Kirti, Is that your name on the book with Gaja? Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that of ESPN Inc. QOTD: Any clod can have

RE: Cool way to crash an Oracle database, any time, any place

2001-05-08 Thread Henry Poras
Back a few years ago I remember being able to crash a NetWare server (4.x I think) running an early version of Oracle7 just by running some syntactically incorrect SQL. Yup, that not only crashed the database, but also the server. Henry -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001

RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Mohan, Ross
Are you an idiot? ;- || -Original Message- || From: Eric D. Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:11 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: RE: sorry, || || || HELP || -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com --

RE: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Kimberly Smith
OK Rachel, based on your recommendation alone I am going after management to get that book so my other half has an idea what I am talking about when I ask him to do something. I just love training new DBA's. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 6:26 AM To: Multiple recipients

RE:

2001-05-08 Thread Scott . Shafer
The instructions at the bottom of each message leave some ambiguity as to where to send the h*lp message, i.e., the address is explicitly stated for s*b/uns*b commands but not for h*lp. (had to * some vowels as L-guru bounces the message otherwise). People new or not familiar with the list can

RE: ORA-06573 ???

2001-05-08 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Tim, small update, one can't specify pragma for standalone functions ... it is determined automatically by Oracle at-least till 8x, I am not sure about 8i. Pragma can only be specified for functions in a package. I believe the problem is with DBMS_OUTPUT, if you take it out, the function will

RE: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Thater, William
On Tue, 8 May 2001,Jamadagni, Rajendra scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: -Kirti, - -Is that your name on the book with Gaja? I do believe so.;-) And the other autograph I'll need to get.;-) -- Bill Thater Certifieable ORACLE DBA Telergy, Inc.[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: consistency in cost?

2001-05-08 Thread Henry Poras
Jared, The only difference is about a weeks worth of extra data. Well, the hardware is also different (Ultra450 vs. Ultra 5000. Also 1 vs 4 CPU). But regardless, shouldn't init.ora optimizer_mode=choose be identical to optimizer_mode=rule with hint=choose? If I have the time, I'll try to set up a

RE: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Hillman, Alex
I beleave Kirty Despande is also one of coauthors. Alex Hillman -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:17 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L it is :) From: Thater, William [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list

OT RE: Taking your time when a crisis occurs

2001-05-08 Thread Mohan, Ross
Barbie doesn't talk when he takes her clothes off. || -Original Message- || From: David A. Barbour [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 10:35 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: Re: Taking your time when a crisis occurs || || || Eric, || ||

Re: How to deal with needing function based indexes but stuck with St

2001-05-08 Thread Michael Netrusov
Hello Chris, You also can store that name as lowercase like 'scott' and always use where .. person.name like lower( v_name ) || '%' .. When you need to display it, use something like initcap( person.name ). Actually, it depends on whether you need the store exact case entered by user nor

RE: Need oracle patch 8.1.7.1.1

2001-05-08 Thread Shaw, John B
I finally found it - ID:611940 Patchset::1711240 it's not returned in the initial patch download query page - you need to go to the new click here page to get the patch returned. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 10:46 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I must

RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Mohan, Ross
Jared, :) Thanks But, how long do you think it took to write this? Seriously... Ross || -Original Message- || From: Jared Still [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:11 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: Re: sorry, || || || ||

Re: Hey, looks like MS got .NET to work!!

2001-05-08 Thread Eric D. Pierce
www.grc.com got nailed: ~ WE WERE UNDER ATTACK ~ At approximately 8:00 PM Pacific Time, a concerted Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack was initiated against us. The attack was trivial to block once we made contact with our ISP — but that took 17 hours! I am preparing a

RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Scott . Shafer
Why does it have to be an either/or choice? Lets do 'em all!!! ;-) Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210-581-6217 -Original Message- From: Mohan, Ross [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 4:52 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: sorry,

RE:

2001-05-08 Thread Eric D. Pierce
(way more than you wanted to know:) On 8 May 2001, at 7:06, Boivin, Patrice J wrote: Date sent: Tue, 08 May 2001 07:06:09 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are you into Hermeticism now? I don't think so, I had some brown

RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
Yeah what the heck!!! -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:23 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Are you an idiot? ;- || -Original Message- || From: Eric D. Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:11 PM || To: Multiple

RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Eric D. Pierce
,, grind, clank, rumble, zz if it's tuesday, i must be in shaqramento ***REPOST*** http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/psp7761121.html Selected Article © 1999 by the American Psychological Association For personal use only--not for distribution December 1999 Vol.

OT RE: OT RE: Taking your time when a crisis occurs

2001-05-08 Thread Mohan, Ross
I have been informed privately that some may find this remark offensive, perhaps even deeply so. For those people: Sorry!, that wasn't my intent. || -Original Message- || From: Mohan, Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:23 PM || To: Multiple recipients of

RE: Inserts slowing down on OLTP systems

2001-05-08 Thread Vikas Kawatra
What specific events should I look for in these tables ! - atleast the imp ones - And What's a block split ? vikas -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 6:32 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L instead of checking hit ratios, try looking at wait events in

OT RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Mohan, Ross
Are you an idiot? ;-) || -Original Message- || From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:23 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: RE: sorry, || || || Why does it have to be an either/or choice? Lets do 'em all!!!

RE: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Rachel Carmichael
I'd be scared except I KNOW it's good :) From: Kimberly Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Oracle tuning book Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 07:40:52 -0800 OK Rachel, based on your recommendation alone I am going

Re:restrict login with known IP address

2001-05-08 Thread dgoulet
Joe, Look in the Oracle Networking manual for info on Connection Manager. Dick Goulet Reply Separator Author: Leyden; Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 5/8/2001 9:25 AM In UNIX, Knowing the IP address can I restrict any login to the ORACLE db

Re: consistency in cost?

2001-05-08 Thread Jared Still
Henry, I've run into the same problem in the past. Export a database to a different machine with a significantly different configuration, and you will get different execution paths. I was never successfull in getting the correct excution plans via database parameters. The solution was to use

RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Thater, William
On Tue, 8 May 2001,[EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled on the wall in...: -Why does it have to be an either/or choice? Lets do 'em all!!! ;-) A la the 82nd Airborne?;-) -- Bill Thater Certifieable ORACLE DBA Telergy, Inc.[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Need oracle patch 8.1.7.1.1

2001-05-08 Thread Jim Walski
I just received this from a iTar. It is for Win NT. Go to Metalink. On the left side, choose Patches. Under Patch Download, click: == NEW! Click here for ALL Product Patches On the Patch Download screen, choose: Oracle Server for Product Family 8.1.7.1 for Product Release MS Windows NT for

RE: Hey, looks like MS got .NET to work!!

2001-05-08 Thread Mohan, Ross
yep...locked downdo you have a copy? || -Original Message- || From: Eric D. Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:36 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: Re: Hey, looks like MS got .NET to work!! || || || www.grc.com got nailed:

RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
the way Ross's mind functions probably about 3 minutes and 14 seconds. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Jared, :) Thanks But, how long do you think it took to write this? Seriously... Ross || -Original

Passwords sent from client to server via OCI calls - are they encrypted?

2001-05-08 Thread Joe Sanderson
Hello, I'm using OCI in my application to connect to the Oracle server (currently using orlon call, have not yet moved on to OCILogon). My question is this: when the password is sent by the OCI code from the client to the server, is the password encrypted? I want to find out if my application

Re: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Jared Still
or succintly stated, 'ignorant of their own ignorance' Been there, not a pretty picture. Sometimes I wish my memory had the lifespan of TEAC tapes. ;) Jared On Tuesday 08 May 2001 10:01, Eric D. Pierce wrote: ,, grind, clank, rumble, zz if it's tuesday, i must be in

RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Mohan, Ross
Wow, Eric, you're a walking violation to GIGO. Thanks. || -Original Message- || From: Eric D. Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 1:01 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: RE: sorry, || || || || ,, grind, clank,

RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Rachel Carmichael
knowing you, you just tossed it off in under 15 minutes :) From: Mohan, Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: sorry, Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 08:15:29 -0800 Jared, :) Thanks But, how long do you think it

RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Rachel Carmichael
knowing you, you just tossed it off in under 15 minutes :) From: Mohan, Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: sorry, Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 08:15:29 -0800 Jared, :) Thanks But, how long do you think it

RE: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Rachel Carmichael
yup -- Kirti wrote it with Gaja and did a heck of a job too! From: Jamadagni, Rajendra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Oracle tuning book Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 07:46:29 -0800 Kirti, Is that your name on

RE: consistency in cost?

2001-05-08 Thread Nicoll, Iain (Calanais)
Forgive my ignorance but I thought hints were only for cost based optimizer. Have you checked in case anybody has changed any parameters while the system is running as I know that changing the hash_area_size can change the execution plan?. Are you using parallelism as if a table had to be

RE: restrict login with known IP address

2001-05-08 Thread Adams, Matthew (GEA, 088130)
Title: RE: restrict login with known IP address use the tcp.invited_nodes paramter in a protocol.ora file (.protocol.ora if you are on 8.1.6 due) R. Matt Adams - GE Appliances - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the affairs of troff, for it is subtle and quick to anger.

RE: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Yes it is.. That's my official full first name.. Hope Mogens doesn't get any ideas ;) - Kirti -Original Message- From: Jamadagni, Rajendra [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 10:46 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Oracle tuning book

RE: restrict login with known IP address

2001-05-08 Thread pierre . olaru
Yes, it is possible thorugh protocol.ora. Practically, you must configure the excluded IP addresses using excluded nodes option. Regards, Pierre -Original Message- From: LeydenJ [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 7:26 PM To: ORACLE-L Cc: LeydenJ Subject:

Re: restrict login with known IP address

2001-05-08 Thread Shevtsov, Eduard
Hi Joe, What version of Oracle do you use? In 815 and upstair you can use logon trigger. Inside the trigger try to determine IP address of the current session using the following sikvel: select sys_context('USERENV', 'IP_ADDRESS') from dual; I haven't tryed this policy yet but I believe it

Re: SQL query needing Oracle cast

2001-05-08 Thread Jared Still
Christophe, I'm not sure why you are trying to use CAST and MULTICAST as these are for use with object oriented features of Oracle. Below is an example of Top N queries. The 8i version is somewhat simpler, as an 'ORDER BY' is allowed in the subquery. This example also has one less level of

RE: restrict login with known IP address

2001-05-08 Thread Vadim Gorbounov
Hello, Joseph Try something like this CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER IP_CATCH AFTER LOGON ON DATABASE BEGIN if ora_client_ip_address = '172.16.0.175' then raise_application_error(-20001, 'No way from '||ora_client_ip_address); end if; END; / HTH Vadim Gorbounov Oracle DBA -Original

RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Mohan, Ross
Pi? You are too kind by approximately one minute and 46 seconds. || -Original Message- || From: Kevin Kostyszyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 1:39 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: RE: sorry, || || || the way Ross's mind functions

Oracle books

2001-05-08 Thread Keith Myers
Being a relatively new and often times struggling Oracle DBA I was wondering what 3 or 4 books everyone recommends as a must have reference/knowledge base in day to day support/programming of their databases. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Keith Myers

RE: OT RE: OT RE: Taking your time when a crisis occurs

2001-05-08 Thread Hillman, Alex
Now I think that it was a very insencitive sexist remark? :-) Alex Hillman -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 1:26 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I have been informed privately that some may find this remark offensive, perhaps even deeply so. For those

join across database link

2001-05-08 Thread blair
A query that has run for a long time has suddenly started hanging. The query joins 3 tables - 2 of them across a link. The query runs on an RDBMS 8.0.5 NT. The tables across the link are on AIX RDBMS 7.3.2.3. All indexes are VALID. When I connect to the NT and run the query by hand it also

oracle 817 won't start...

2001-05-08 Thread lwm
Hi All, I'm experimenting with oracle 817 on a w2k box. It was running fine, but this morning it refused to start. When I tried to log onto the oracle server, I got the following error message: ORA-01034: ORACLE not available ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist I searched the web for a

Re: Taking your time when a crisis occurs

2001-05-08 Thread Eric D. Pierce
totally random madness! http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B4T8RM.01.LZZZ.jpg http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B4T8RM --- Ken as Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz From Toysrus.com Amazon.com Editorial Review Ken is ready to follow Dorothy down the

RE: Off Topic - Blah, Blah, Blah...

2001-05-08 Thread Scott . Shafer
Yeah, but its good for color and the occasional comic relief. After all, dba'ing is pretty high pressure at times... Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210-581-6217 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 1:06 PM To: Multiple

RE: restrict login with known IP address

2001-05-08 Thread Leyden, Joseph
I'm using 8.0.5 am I hopeless? -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:01 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi Joe, What version of Oracle do you use? In 815 and upstair you can use logon trigger. Inside the trigger try to determine IP address of the current

Re: OT RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread A. Bardeen
Of course, knowing you, I have to wonder what conversations you didn't share with us... then again, maybe I don't wanna know after all ;) --- Mohan, Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jared guessed it exactly at 5 minutes. It works like this...I see myself in a room with all the relevant folks

OT RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Mohan, Ross
Jared guessed it exactly at 5 minutes. It works like this...I see myself in a room with all the relevant folks from the list. It is saturday. all pagers are elsewhere. we have drinks in hand, be they hard or soft, and we are talking. Then, I just type out the conversation. So, if you read

Looking for opions on I/Watch from Quest

2001-05-08 Thread Kimberly Smith
I am looking for opions on their tool. I am installing and setting it up right now. Is anyone out there using it and do you like it? Can you compare it to OEM (which I actually hate). Kimberly Smith Database Administrator EDS - Fujitsu/GMD Phone: (503)

Re: Oracle books

2001-05-08 Thread Thater, William
On Tue, 8 May 2001,Keith Myers scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: -Being a relatively new and often times struggling Oracle DBA I was wondering -what 3 or 4 books everyone recommends as a must have reference/knowledge -base in day to day support/programming of their databases. - - One I

RE: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Nah, he'd mess with your last name, not first :) Okay folks, to clue those who weren't there in, at IOUG, at a presentation by Mogens Norgaard (an Oracle God as far as I am concerned), he played games with the spelling of Gaja's last name as well as Craig Shallahamer's... in fun, but boy did

RE: Hey, looks like MS got .NET to work!!

2001-05-08 Thread Eric D. Pierce
nope. There is a Greg Johnson @ http://www.cclabs.missouri.edu/people/staff.shtml but, can't get to his home page either. (however: http://iatservices.missouri.edu/communicator/security.html , http://www.cclabs.missouri.edu/things/instruction/perl/prelude/ ,

RE: Oracle books

2001-05-08 Thread Ed . Haskins
It kinda depends on your environment, but I like: Oracle8i DBA Handbook Oracle Press Oracle8i Backup and Recovery Oracle Press Oracle 24x7 Tips and Techniques Oracle Press Oracle Networking 101 Oracle Press Oracle Documentation http://otn.oracle.com This covers much of the core Oracle DBA

RE: OT RE: sorry,

2001-05-08 Thread Mohan, Ross
LOL Hi, Anita! And yes, you don't want to knowbut let's get into a room and talk about it over drinks. Take care. - Ross prophylactic apology (Warning: The above remarks contains nothing bad, evil, salacious, mean, malacious, sexual, misogynistic or politically incorrect. It

RE: Inserts slowing down on OLTP systems

2001-05-08 Thread John Kanagaraj
Hi Vikas, In simple words, a block split happens when an INSERT needs to add an entry into a leaf block and finds it full, requiring it to 'split' and balance itself by migrating half the index entries into the new block (at's why it's called a B Tree or 'Balanced' tree). More details in the

Urgent Date Problem

2001-05-08 Thread Navtej B
Hi Everybody I need advise for one of mine problem. I am trying to access database from ODBC test in Windows to Server on UNIX and when doing select sysdate from dual; then are getting let say 12:00pm and when trying to run the same query on the server by telnet to server, it is working

(Fwd) Re: oracle 817 won't start...

2001-05-08 Thread Eric D. Pierce
--- Forwarded message follows --- (also see 136214.1 ? startup and shutdown related registry entry's for 8i on windows NT - 2000 ) Microsoft Servers and Utilities Technical Forum Displayed below are the messages of the selected thread. Thread Status: Closed ...

RE: E-mail from Alert Logs

2001-05-08 Thread Guidry, Chris
Hello, I use BLAT which can be found on page 2 of Command Line Mail Tools at http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Email_Tools/. -- Chris J. Guidry P.Eng. ATCO Electric, Metering Services Phone: (780) 420-4142 Fax: (780) 420-3854 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Rao,

Re: Looking for opions on I/Watch from Quest

2001-05-08 Thread Stephen Andert
We are using it here with mixed results. One of our biggest issues is the fact that it will go down without notice and therefore not notify us of pending problems. Another problem is that we have a very specific on-call schedule that varies by time of day and from week to week. We have not

??? object visibility

2001-05-08 Thread Janet Linsy
Hi all, I got a table, when I do desc, delete, it works, but when I do truncate, I got error table or view does not exist. Any idea? SQL desc associate -- can see the table SQL select count(*) from associate; -- works 1 SQL truncate table associate; -- got error below truncate

Re: Inserts slowing down on OLTP systems

2001-05-08 Thread Jared Still
As Rachel already said, don't bother with hit ratios. They are in fact nearly useless for any kind of tuning. For a good ( but verbose ) paper on the subject, goto www.hotsos.com Jared On Monday 07 May 2001 17:55, Vikas Kawatra wrote: Anyone have ideas on why OLTP database inserts would

Re: join across database link

2001-05-08 Thread Jared Still
Let's do the ez one first. On Tuesday 08 May 2001 11:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I do a describe across the link I get ORA-12663-Services required by the client not available on the server. This is a bug, don't worry about it. The only fix is to upgrade your database from 7.3 to

Re: ??? object visibility

2001-05-08 Thread Glen Mitchell
My guess would be that you are actually looking at a synonym (or view) called associate. The table name that the synonym (or view) is referencing is probably not called associate, hence the non-existence error when trying to truncate the table called associate. Run the following query to verify

RE: join across database link

2001-05-08 Thread Kimberly Smith
Actually there is a similar bug in 8.1.7. Basically, don't describe across db links. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 6:41 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Let's do the ez one first. On Tuesday 08 May 2001 11:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I do a

Re: ??? object visibility

2001-05-08 Thread Glen Mitchell
Actually thinking about it, I should have said ... "The table name that the synonym (or view) is referencing is probably not called associate or is not in your current schema, hence the non-existence error..." Glen Mitchell wrote: My guess would be that you are actually looking at a synonym (or

Re: Oracle tuning book

2001-05-08 Thread Rachel Carmichael
yes I can see him in that tent I have come to save your database with the new world from on high -- tune with wait events (Gaja, you know I love you, right?) Mogens is pretty darned smart, I lump him in with the Gaja/Cary Millsap/Craig Shallahamer crowd... people who can teach me much and who

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2001-05-08 Thread sinardyxing
Out Look Rule wizard testing -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists

Re: OT: Off Topic - Blah, Blah, Blah...

2001-05-08 Thread Jared Still
On Tuesday 08 May 2001 15:02, Kimberly Smith wrote: Jared, are you saying that because we know what we are doing we go off topic more? Well, yeah, in a round about kind of way. I'm not sure at the moment how to put it without offending some folks. Lemme think about it; I'll get back to it

Table autonumber field

2001-05-08 Thread Mike T
Total Newbie I need to create an autonumber field in an Oracle Table (from a SQL server table identity field) , I was looking for a default value that I could assign (select max(ID) + 1) or some way to create an identity field or use a trigger after insert but nothing seems to work for me. Any

Re: consistency in cost?

2001-05-08 Thread Sam Roberts
If the system is Rule based and you code Hints, the CBO will be automatically invoked Sam - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 10:12 PM Forgive my ignorance but I thought hints were only for cost based optimizer.

RE: consistency in cost?

2001-05-08 Thread Henry Poras
Sam, Thanks for the answer. I am having no trouble invoking the CBO. What is confusing me is its apparent(?) inconsistency. If I EXPLAIN a query with the instance using 'CHOOSE' in init.ora I get a different plan than if I EXPLAIN the same query on the same database on the same hardware with the

RE: Oracle books

2001-05-08 Thread Matthew M. Teixeira
Just to throw in my 2 cents (and you owe me a penny back), some good references that I have read include: Practical Oracle8i - Jonathan Lewis Great look at the features of Oracle 8i from high up: not an incredibly technical book but a refreshing read Oracle Performance