Re: lock problem

2001-07-11 Thread Christian Trassens
When you create or rebuild an index you usually lock share the whole table. From 8.1.X and onwards you can create and rebuild an index with the clause "online" and transform that lock into a SSX lock. F.e.: create index crow on ciclon(a) online; Regards. --- Harvinder Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: Sizing a new server

2001-07-11 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Title: RE: Sizing a new server Yep, the "money no object" lasted for a while, then the fab closed down -Original Message-From: Kimberly Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 10 July 2001 17:33To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Sizing a new server A

tuning sql query to use index

2001-07-11 Thread Suhen Pather
List, I am tuning a sql query, where I would like to force the optimizer to use the index. However not all the columns in the where clause are indexed. (all but 1) eg. query SELECT SLS_ORG_CHILD,SLS_PRD_CHILD,SLS_AMOUNT AMOUNT,SLS_UNITS UNITS FROM SLSTH3EE WHERE SLS_PRD_CHILD = :b1 AND SLS_

How set Date format Globally

2001-07-11 Thread Rangachari Sundar
Hi, I have a requirement. Everytime when i make a session to the database i want the Date Format to beas follows '-mm-dd hh:mi:ss' The existing default format is 'dd-mon-' and so I tried the following steps. ALTER SESSION set NLS_DATE_FORMAT='-mm-dd hh:mi:ss' and put that in the lo

RE: Setting event 10032

2001-07-11 Thread Reardon, Bruce (CALBBAY)
Hi, 1 way to do this (for the current session) is to use in SQL Plus: alter session set events '10032 trace name context forever, level 1'; To do for another session you could use dbms_system.set_ev or oradebug. You could set if for all sessions by setting it in the init.ora file I would reco

Re: tuning sql query to use index

2001-07-11 Thread G . Plivna
If You have indexed 5 columns in such an order - SLS_PRD_CHILD - SLS_ORG_CHILD - SLS_YEAR - SLS_PERIOD - SLS_WEEK Then you may use this index if where clause contains all 5 columns or first 4 or first 3

whic one to choose

2001-07-11 Thread MShahid
The definition of char and varchar2 is clear from docu that one is used for fixed length and the other for variable. We are reviewing one database desgin given to use from our developers in that they have chosen to use CHAR(n) data types at many places, even though the field can have variable leng

RE: UNIX

2001-07-11 Thread Guy Hammond
Or "metastat" if they're using Solstice DiskSuite instead of Veritas :0) g -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:00 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Richard, I think I know what you want. If you are trying to determine the actual physical disks that your d

[Fwd: How set Date format Globally]

2001-07-11 Thread Rangachari Sundar
Hi, I have a requirement. Everytime when i make a session to the database i want the Date Format to beas follows '-mm-dd hh:mi:ss' The existing default format is 'dd-mon-' and so I tried the following steps. ALTER SESSION set NLS_DATE_FORMAT='-mm-dd hh:mi:ss' and put that in th

offtopic: memtool on Solaris8

2001-07-11 Thread Shevtsov, Eduard
Hi List, does anybody know where I can find memtool for SPARC Solaris8 ? It seems ftp.playground.sun.com is died. Or could you advice another free tool with similar level of capabilities ? TIA, Ed -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Shevtsov, Eduard IN

RE: Privilege problem ?????

2001-07-11 Thread INF/MEKKAOUI
Hi, it depends on what contains this script : for dba operations give them the necessary DBA privileges or sysdba or sysoper for ddl then give them system privileges like create table, index, ... for dml then give them object privileges as select, update on Best Regards, Nabila Mekkaoui DBA

RE:

2001-07-11 Thread Greg Solomon
My boss tells me that two major projects have come out of Berkeley in the last 50 years. One was BSD; the other was LSD ... go figure. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, 10 July 2001 19:46 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Registry, services? OH wait must be an NT thing, sorry,

Re: How set Date format Globally

2001-07-11 Thread Vladimir Begun
On Jul 11, 2001 at 12:35:21AM, Rangachari Sundar wrote: > Hi, > > I have a requirement. Everytime when i make a session to the database i want the > Date Format to beas follows > > '-mm-dd hh:mi:ss' > > The existing default format is 'dd-mon-' and so I tried the following steps. > > AL

I have a clarification

2001-07-11 Thread Rangachari Sundar
Hi Gurus, We have an Oracle 8i database running under Solris 5.6. I have production databases running on that. Due to space problem I have created tablespace for which the physical datafiles are pointing to a different linux Server thru NFSMount. If in case the solaris has to be shutdowned next

Re:

2001-07-11 Thread Rangachari Sundar
Hi, I have given that in Init.ora and also have tried DBMS_SESSIOM.set_nls both not working... can anybody know the solution. Regards Sundar Greg Solomon wrote: > My boss tells me that two major projects have come out of Berkeley in the > last 50 years. One was BSD; the other was LSD ... go

RE: Rename alert log

2001-07-11 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Okay, okay I believe you all! But I DO remember Anita posting that it had changed... time to dig through MetaLink, and bug Anita while I'm at it :) Rachel >From: "Farnsworth, Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >S

Re: Oracle 8i on Linux (8.1.6 on RH7) - install help

2001-07-11 Thread Peter McLarty
Have you adjusted the kernel parameters It seems to be Linux's sticking point. Although you have sufficient RAM etc either it isn't being fully utilized or you are running out of processes, semaphores or some such. There is a very good document that someone has posted a link to on installing on

Re: I have a clarification

2001-07-11 Thread Peter McLarty
Scary stuff NFS mounting tablespaces or any other database file that may affect your integrity is not a great thing to do. NFS is UDP not TCP therefore there is no checking to see that packets passed from one server to the other are ever received. Your database has probably come up with that

Re: Installation oracle through responsefile

2001-07-11 Thread Jay Hostetter
Has ANYBODY ever been able to successfully use a response file? Please share the secret with us! Thanks, Jay Hostetter Oracle DBA D. & E. Communications Ephrata, PA USA >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 04:35PM >>> With WWS help, we have tried the non-interactive installation. We have NEVER g

RE: How set Date format Globally

2001-07-11 Thread INF/MEKKAOUI
Hi, or set NLS_DATE_FORMAT in the registry (32 bits) or oracle.ini (16 bits) in all clients. Best Regards, Nabila Mekkaoui DBA Oracle -Message d'origine- De : Vladimir Begun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 11 juillet 2001 09:56 À : Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Obje

Re: offtopic: memtool on Solaris8

2001-07-11 Thread Peter McLarty
try http://www.sunfreeware.com/ it may have a package with it in Also search Sun as they may include it as part of a bundle that is on the CD's with your system HTH Peter At 07:51 PM 11/07/2001, you wrote: >Hi List, > >does anybody know where I can find memtool >for SPARC Solaris8 ? >It seems

RE: I have a clarification

2001-07-11 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
A couple of years ago I verified whether it was a good idea to use NFS mounts, and Oracle Support told me that Oracle does not support NFS mounts. They approve NFS from a handful of 3rd party vendors, but none of these are OS vendors - not Sun, not Compaq, not IBM. 3rd party only. Even NFS ove

unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread John Dunn
We have just upgraded from 8.0.5 to 8.1.7 and are getting problems as follows : It appears to be related to dbms_job Can any one help? John Errors in file /u01/app/oracle/admin/PRTGH1/bdump/snp2_28976_prtgh1.trc: ORA-12012: error on auto execute of job 11223917 ORA-04031: unable to allocate 4

Re: whic one to choose

2001-07-11 Thread Peter McLarty
I would think that their behavior is laziness. When you create a form they have a nice neat filed length to use to display their data in. I would think that you would only use char these days for items that have a known fixed length, Social security number, phone number, zip or postcode. All ot

Oracle Auditing

2001-07-11 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Guys,   One of our clients wants us to audit connections to the DB. Apart from the obvious things is there a way within auditing to view how they actually connected.   ie. from v$session we can see whether it was via sqlplus, TOAD etc. etc.   I can't find out in the docs whether this can be

Re: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread Stephane Faroult
> We have just upgraded from 8.0.5 to 8.1.7 and are getting problems as > follows : > > It appears to be related to dbms_job > > Can any one help? > > John > > Errors in file /u01/app/oracle/admin/PRTGH1/bdump/snp2_28976_prtgh1.trc: > ORA-12012: error on auto execute of job 11223917 > > ORA-

RE: whic one to choose

2001-07-11 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
MShahid, There has been various discussions on this in the past. I have seen arguements made that suggests that for all 1 character columns, a CHAR format is better than a VARCHAR2. Personally, I make everything a VARCHAR2. It provides a consistent view of the data, and takes the question of "

Re: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread Peter McLarty
John There appears to be a number of excellent articles on Metalink regarding tuning Shared pool space and It seems your SGA needs a tune up to resolve this. Go and search on the ORA-04031 to get the documents If you don't have access let me know and I will see how I can help out. Peter At 0

RE: How set Date format Globally

2001-07-11 Thread Srinivas Vedantam
Hi, Put that statement in GLOGIN.sql and see. Rgds Vra Srinivas. > -- > From: Rangachari Sundar[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 2:05 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: How set Date

RE: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
John, Increase the Shared_Pool_Size parameter in the INIT.ORA file, and restart the database. I would suggest an increase of at least 50%. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 7:41 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L W

Re: Rename alert log

2001-07-11 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Okay folks, I *knew* I wasn't crazy! thanks to Anita for finding the post that Bruce sent to the list, that had the metalink doc in it There was also a bug filed on it (which was closed as "not a bug") bug# 1388186 It was filed for Solaris so this might just mean that the "feature" is Solari

Re: Privilege problem ?????

2001-07-11 Thread Witold . Iwaniec
Andrea I assume it is a shell (or batch) script, run from OS - you have "connect internal" in your script so even if joe_doe runs the script, he connects as internal, not as joe_doe. This can be your problem. Try it yourself - connect to DB as internal (not yourself) and try to execute the comm

RE: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread Toepke, Kevin M
That is a bug. You have to apply, I believe, the 8.1.7.3 patchset. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 7:41 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L We have just upgraded from 8.0.5 to 8.1.7 and are getting problems as follows : It appears to be related to dbms_job Ca

RE: Privilege problem ?????

2001-07-11 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Andrea, It depends - can we see the script? Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 7:01 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi all, I wrote a script for developers to run. I have svrmgrl, connect internal in the script.

Re: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread Stephane Faroult
> We have just upgraded from 8.0.5 to 8.1.7 and are getting problems as > follows : > > It appears to be related to dbms_job > > Can any one help? > > John > > Errors in file /u01/app/oracle/admin/PRTGH1/bdump/snp2_28976_prtgh1.trc: > ORA-12012: error on auto execute of job 11223917 > > ORA-

OT: Unix tee command

2001-07-11 Thread Erik Williams
I do not understand the difference between these two commands: script_file > log_file script_file | tee log_file As I understand, the first runs and redirects its standard output to a log file. The second runs and pipes its standard output to the tee command, which copies its sta

Re: need to recreate database

2001-07-11 Thread Witold . Iwaniec
Lyuda That's not terribly difficult and you mentioned registry so I guess it is NT. Make sure the files were copied after the original database was shut down. The easiest way would be to reinstall Oracle and create the default database with the same SID as your original database (maybe you alre

RE: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread Jon Walthour
John: List, please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears that your shared pool isn't big enough or is too fragmented. You can try two things as I see it right now: (1) try pinning your large, frequently used packages into the shared pool at instance startup using the DBMS_SHARED_POOL package,

RE: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread Ramasamy, Baskar
you could do alter system flush shared_pool from the svrmgr Baskar -Original Message- Sent: 11 July 2001 14:17 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > We have just upgraded from 8.0.5 to 8.1.7 and are getting problems as > follows : > > It appears to be related to dbms_job > > C

explain plan question

2001-07-11 Thread Gene Gurevich
Hi, I'm trying to tune a query which has several input parameters. I used the bind variables in their place to create an explain plan. Then I put some real data in their place and created another explain plan. The two plans were different. Which plan should I be using in my tuning? The one wit

Re: How set Date format Globally

2001-07-11 Thread A. Bardeen
The NLS_DATE_FORMAT on the client always overrides the setting in the init.ora setting. In addition the NLS_LANG setting has an implied NLS_DATE_FORMAT of DD-MON-YY for most settings (see note 93924.1 below for more details) so on Windows clients, where NLS_LANG is set in the registry by default,

Re: Oracle Auditing

2001-07-11 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Lee, what version of the database? I'm thinking a logon trigger here, to capture and write the session info to a table Rachel >From: Robertson Lee - lerobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Oracle Auditing

Re: Rename alert log

2001-07-11 Thread Richard Ji
I knew you weren't crazy, Rachel. :) So far this "feature" hasn't worked for me. I have been moving the alert.log and let Oracle create a new one since 8.0.5 and now on 8.1.7 when I was unware of this "feature". Now that I read about it I am troubled. Oh I am on Solaris 7 and 8 BTW. Hmmm...

Re: How set Date format Globally

2001-07-11 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
I believ that you can also set this in the init.ora file, I know that I do:) KK - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 7:40 AM Hi, or set NLS_DATE_FORMAT in the registry (32 bits) or oracle.ini (16 bits) in all c

RE: Rename alert log

2001-07-11 Thread A. Bardeen
Rachel, Hmm, doesn't ring a bell with me, but I'd expect the Goddess to have a better memory than me ;) According to the note Bruce Reardon mentioned (note 122401.1) the file cannot be renamed, as you described. It might vary from platform to platform, however. NT/Win2K, for example, will alwa

RE: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread John Dunn
Kevin Thanks...it that documented anywhere? John > -Original Message- > From: Toepke, Kevin M [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 11 July 2001 14:06 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - > HELP > > That is a b

Re: HASH_MULTIBLOCK_IO_COUNT

2001-07-11 Thread Thater, William
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001,[EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled on the wall in...: ->Jared - we were wrong, there are worse applications than Remedy out there. ->I may be involved with one now. The application uses massive sql ->statements generated from a VB front-end connecting to COBOL on the server ->via OD

A danger in cloning databases

2001-07-11 Thread Miller, Jay
Many of you probably know this already, but it took me by surprise (and caused no end of grief) so I thought I'd warn people. I cloned our 8.0.4 production database onto another machine for some testing we were doing (copy of entire Oracle filesystem, copied hot backup over) and started it up wit

RE: Sizing a new server - the Alpha Chip

2001-07-11 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Title: RE: Sizing a new server - the Alpha Chip Hi Bruce, The list has done a good job of giving me warm fuzzies about the alpha.  I did read through those articles describing the demise of the alpha chip.  However, with the size and power of the 8400 I think we'll be OK on this server for

RE: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread Toepke, Kevin M
John: This is bug #1640583. Kevin -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 8:54 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Cc: Toepke, Kevin M Kevin Thanks...it that documented anywhere? John > -Original Message- > From: Toepke, Kevin M [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 11 July 200

RE: explain plan question

2001-07-11 Thread Toepke, Kevin M
Gene: which everone is used in production. If the statements are dynamically built with "variable" hard-coded values then you have a couple options. 1) Tune the query for the worst case 2) Tune the query for bind-variables and set "cursor_sharing = force" in your init.ora HTH Kevin --

OT-Oracle User Groups in India

2001-07-11 Thread novicedba
Hi,   I wanted to know if there are any Oracle User Groups in India. I visited  http://www.eoug.com/usergroup-list.htm which lists all the user groups, the two links provided for India don't seem to be the proper ones. One is UKOUG and the other link does not work. I am in Bangalore, India L

RE: O9i Licensing

2001-07-11 Thread A. Bardeen
Walt, There's a grid in the following note listing the different features, along with some info on new features planned for Standard Edition in future 9i releases. Note: 149016.1 "[9.0.1.0] Generic Server README for Oracle9i" HTH, -- Anita --- "Weaver, Walt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speci

test - please ignore

2001-07-11 Thread Eric . Desai
-- 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: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread Christian Trassens
Appart from the bug why don't you frist try with a shared_pool_reserved_size to a 15 or 25% if it isn't enough ?. For instance there is another bug: 1397603. However and just as a workaround try with the reserved size thing. Regards. --- "Toepke, Kevin M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John: >

Exceeding Open Cursors.. too many rows in v$open_cursors

2001-07-11 Thread Apps Sol
We are closing some cursors thru PLSQL scripts and thru JDBC as well. Every time we run one script the cursors are not getting closed . Instead they are shown as inactive in v$open_cursors table . Next time you run the same transction in the same session it makes those cursors as active but adds m

Re:

2001-07-11 Thread Christian Trassens
I am not sure what you are talking about. However if it matters to a NLS thing, try with setting NLS_LANG to language and country character set and ORA_NLS33 or ORA_NLS32 in the registry. The key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE and the HOME you would need it. If you were talking about the f

Re: need to recreate database

2001-07-11 Thread A. Bardeen
Lyuda, If I understand your post correctly, your networking folks didn't install Oracle on the new server, but instead just copied the directory structures over. This means you don't have any of the registry entries. While it is theoretically possible to export the registry keys from one server

RE: How set Date format Globally

2001-07-11 Thread INF/MEKKAOUI
oh yes but if in a client the parameter NLS_DATE_FORMAT is set to another format , the generic format set in init.ora is not taken. Best Regards, Nabila Mekkaoui DBA Oracle -Message d'origine- De : Kevin Kostyszyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mercredi 11 juillet 2001 14:06 À : M

Re: need to recreate database

2001-07-11 Thread tday6
I've done this myself many times. This is the easiest way that works for me. 1. Install Oracle on the new machine (B) with the starter database. This sets up the registry correctly and gives you the database and listener services. 2. Delete the ORANT or ORAwhatever folder on B. You don't ne

RE: offtopic: memtool on Solaris8

2001-07-11 Thread Shevtsov, Eduard
> > try http://www.sunfreeware.com/ > it may have a package with it in > Also search Sun as they may include it as part of a bundle > that is on the > CD's with your system > It's absent there. It used to be unbundled. SUN didn't support it. May be things have changed ? Thanks for t

Re: Rename alert log

2001-07-11 Thread Rachel Carmichael
My take on this is... if modifying the script won't hurt anything, do so. I'd rather do MORE than less when it comes to being proactive with Oracle. >From: "Richard Ji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: R

RE: Oracle Auditing

2001-07-11 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Rachel, Version is 8.0.5.0.0 - any good ?? TIA Lee -Original Message- Sent: 11 July 2001 14:36 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Lee, what version of the database? I'm thinking a logon trigger here, to capture and write the session info to a table Rachel >From: Roberts

Re:I have a clarification

2001-07-11 Thread dgoulet
Sundar, What you did obviously works, for the most part, but is totally unsupported by Oracle and I would advise that you move that datafile back onto the local file system as soon as possible. Why one may ask; Well the reasons are varied, but mainly revolve around the reliability of NFS on

Re:

2001-07-11 Thread Christian Trassens
SORRY, I forgot to tell you that if you export and import the registry, you cannot change the name of the instance because of the services. If don't you do it this way, you'll need to install the software and create the database and the services as well. Regards. --- Rangachari Sundar <[EMAIL

Re:A danger in cloning databases

2001-07-11 Thread dgoulet
Jay, Did that several months ago with our HP-MPE box. The problem was that we changed the IP address of the box and brought a new one online, with the old ones original IP. Now MPE has NO idea of what a DNS server is so one has to bury the actual IP address into things like listener.ora and

RE: Unix tee command

2001-07-11 Thread Guy Hammond
The "tee" command simply does what you say: it writes a copy to a file as well as writing it to the console. You could get a similar result by tail -f log_file script_file >log_file & Are you writing a script that needs to have two stream outputs? Or is it important that you watch the script as

RE: UNIX

2001-07-11 Thread John . Dailey
Anybody know the associated command for a Hitachi disk farm? (we've got 7700 and 9900's here).You would think the thing handles our files, makes coffee, and washes my car every Saturday morning by reading the marketing literature. :-) We are on AIX 4.3.3 w/ Oracle 8.0.5 headed to 8.1.7.

RE: Why default domain?

2001-07-11 Thread Jesse, Rich
Wow! Your ONS is frequently down? What version and what server? I've been running ONS on an 8.0.5.0.1 DB on OpenVMS for 419 days with the only interruption being a planned IP Class-B-to-Class-C upgrade on the network (Note: The SERVER didn't need rebooting -- just the networking!). Our backup

RE: Unix tee command

2001-07-11 Thread Kevin Lange
The TEE command basically duplicates the output. It sends a copy to the file specified and a copy to the standard output. This is the difference in just redirecting it. When you redirect it, none goes to standard out, just to the file specified. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, Jul

RE: Oracle Auditing

2001-07-11 Thread Rachel Carmichael
For the list, because we have already discussed it... nope, it's an 8i feature >From: Robertson Lee - lerobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Oracle Auditing >Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 07:11:43 -0800 > >Ra

RE: I have a clarification

2001-07-11 Thread Orr, Steve
Hi Gaja (AKA "oraperfman"), Why search google when I can just ask you? :-) We had some NetApp sales drones here last week and they made tremendous claims about their performance with Oracle. The sales engineer claims to have been an Oracle DBA for a few years and he made a compelling case but I

Re: Rename alert log

2001-07-11 Thread Richard Ji
Thanks Rachel. I agree. But I am still troubled by one thing. If I do adopt this method. What if after I copy the alert.log and before null it, Oracle writes something (a line or two) to the alert.log? It seems that I will lose those messages. What do you think? >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/11/

RE: Unix tee command

2001-07-11 Thread
tee copies its standard input to its standard output AND the log_file. HTH David Lord -Original Message- Sent: 11 July 2001 15:12 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I do not understand the difference between these two commands: script_file > log_file script_file

RE: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread Shaw, John B
It might be the bug. The Oracle bug number is 1397603. According to Oracle, the bug involves a memory leak in their internal caching mechanism. The workaround is to put the following line in the init.ora file, and then restart Oracle: _db_handles_cached = 0 This is supposed to disable the bug

Oracle on NT unattended installation

2001-07-11 Thread Andrey Bronfin
Title: Oracle on NT unattended installation Dear list ! Is there a possibility to do an unattended installation of Oracle server (8.1.7) on NT (Win2000) ? I mean an installation with a script or so without answering questions and clicking 'Next' during the installation. If there is such a poss

RE: explain plan question

2001-07-11 Thread Christopher Spence
Depends, if your using bind variables in production, then you can expect to have a very static choice of explain plans. Although bind variables are great for promoting more efficient use of the shared pool, you do hinder the optimizer's ability to use selectivity and histograms to detirmine if an

Re: explain plan question

2001-07-11 Thread paquette stephane
The access plan obtained with bind variables is a guess plan because the optimiser lacks information. The plan obtained with real data is a definitive plan because the optimiser knows everything he needs in order to make a decision. It's nice to used bind variables to save on parsing but real

Anybody running 9iAS using Microsoft's IIS

2001-07-11 Thread Luis DeUrioste
Fellow LISTERS, Is anybody running 9iAS on MicroSoft's IIS ? Damagement has reservations on using Apache since it is Open Source. I guess they fear hack attacks. Any information will be highly appreciated. TIA Tavo begin:vcard n:de Urioste;Luis Octavio tel;fax:850.455.0673 tel;work:850.457.3

RE: Sizing a new server - the Alpha Chip

2001-07-11 Thread Jon Baker
Title: RE: Sizing a new server - the Alpha Chip Only the support issue would bother me.  From two standpoints: 1) Compaq and 2) Oracle.    Compaq has made many promises with it's Digital acquisition, but has not really lived up to them.  The OpenVMS development and alpha development has gr

RE: I have a clarification

2001-07-11 Thread Kevin Lange
Steve; We use netapp filers at our current location. I really like them myself. >From a backup point of view, we only take our databases down for about 5 minutes each night and still get a full cold backup. On the netapp you just stop the DB, make a new snapshot, and then restart the DB. A

ORACLE APPS PROBLEM

2001-07-11 Thread MShahid
We had configured long time ago Oracle Aps-Fixed Asset management on NT4.0 under local "ADMINISTRATOR" account. The server is connected to the network domain, but we did all installation by logging in as "ADMINISTRATOR". Now we have created another local user, grant him administrator role and res

RE: Sizing a new server - the Alpha Chip

2001-07-11 Thread Giles, Teri
Lisa, I went from a large AIX shop to a small shop with ALPHA. Find out what version of the operating system you have. The newer versions of the operating are supposed to be better than the older for administration. I am currently at 4.0d which is off support and can not compare to AIX. As I

Re: A danger in cloning databases

2001-07-11 Thread Jared Still
Yeah, you discovered one of the gaping holes in SQL Net. Putting a password on the listener is of little help either. As I recall, you can prevent someone from starting the listener, but not from remotely stopping it. Someone please correct me if I have this wrong, but we tested it a few mont

RE: Unix tee command

2001-07-11 Thread Norrell, Brian
The tee command duplicates its input, sending one copy to the file, and the other to the screen (or the next command in the pipe). You get to see your data and save it too. Brian Norrell Manager, MPI Development QuadraMed 511 E John Carpenter Frwy, Su 500 Irving, TX 75062 (972) 831-6600 -O

RE: Unix tee command

2001-07-11 Thread Vergara, Michael (TEM)
Erik: This is from the HP-UX man page for tee: DESCRIPTION The tee command transcribes the standard input to the standard output and makes copies in the files. What this means in relative English is that the output is recorded to a file (as in script_file > log_file) but you see it

export/import object types

2001-07-11 Thread Richard Ji
Hi all, I wonder if anyone has seen this before. I export an user A, then import it into user B in a different database and everything is ok. Then I use the same export file to import into user C in the same database as user B and all the "CREATE TYPE" failed because Oracle retains the obj

RE: Oracle Auditing

2001-07-11 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
erm... looks like 8i only for logon triggers. Thanks anyway Lee -Original Message- Sent: 11 July 2001 16:12 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Rachel, Version is 8.0.5.0.0 - any good ?? TIA Lee -Original Message- Sent: 11 July 2001 14:36 To: Multiple recipients of

RE: need to recreate database

2001-07-11 Thread lhoska
Thank you very much to all who replied to this post and the post about oradim. Mission was accomplished successfully and everybody is happy. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 10:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lyuda, If I understand your post correctly,

Re:whic one to choose

2001-07-11 Thread dgoulet
I would say that "it depends". You've got the field defined as a char(n) [which I really wish you had specified what 'n' was]. Now is this field initially left null and then later updated? Or will it be initially filled with a very small value like '01' and then later updated to a larger (I gua

Importing indexes with INDEXFILE in imp

2001-07-11 Thread Jesse, Rich
Hi, I'm doing a migration from 8.0.6.2 to 8.1.7.1 on HP/UX 11.0. Because of all sorts of storage manipulation and other fun stuff, I'm going to be using the export/import method. So, everything I've ever read or ever been taught about doing a full export/import on any database of even smallish

Scsi I/O speed

2001-07-11 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
Hi all, I was measuring the i/o performance of my scsi drives and I have a quick question that maybe someone could shed some light upon. Currently I am using Ultra 2/Wide scsi conrollers, this is supposed to have an I/O of 80mb/s. Well, when I perform the test all of the machines seem to

Unusable indexes : why ?

2001-07-11 Thread paquette stephane
Hi, Oracle 816, I just had 13 unusable indexes (btree and bitmap). I have no partition and no sql*loader load so how come those 13 indexes are unusable ? = Stéphane Paquette DBA Oracle, consultant entrepôt de données Oracle DBA, datawarehouse consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Unusable indexes : why ?

2001-07-11 Thread paquette stephane
Hi, Oracle 816, I just had 13 unusable indexes (btree and bitmap). I have no partition and no sql*loader load so how come those 13 indexes are unusable ? = Stéphane Paquette DBA Oracle, consultant entrepôt de données Oracle DBA, datawarehouse consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

RE: A danger in cloning databases

2001-07-11 Thread MacGregor, Ian A.
Another thing to watch are the dbms_job entries, especially ones which interact with other databases. For example a job which pulls data from another database and writes back to that database the success of its efforts. If this job were to run in the clone, it might perform this task before

Second RBS in system tablespace

2001-07-11 Thread hp
Hi Everybody I'm running 8.1.7 and i just read that i should have a second rollback segment in the system tablespace. Can someone tell me why this is and how big should i create it? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: hp INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City

RE: A danger in cloning databases

2001-07-11 Thread Kimberly Smith
Been there, done that;-) -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 7:57 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Many of you probably know this already, but it took me by surprise (and caused no end of grief) so I thought I'd warn people. I cloned our 8.0.4 production databa

Re: Scsi I/O speed

2001-07-11 Thread JDonson
Your questions are good ones... Driver issues may exist. Contact adaptec, or scsi card maker. - jeremy -- 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, Californ

Re: Anybody running 9iAS using Microsoft's IIS

2001-07-11 Thread Thater, William
Luis DeUrioste wrote: > > Fellow LISTERS, > > Is anybody running 9iAS on MicroSoft's IIS ? > Damagement has reservations on using Apache since it is Open Source. I guess > they fear hack attacks. > Any information will be highly appreciated. > > TIA > > Tavo we tried but never got it working.

RE: unable to allocate 4096 bytes of shared memory - HELP!!!!

2001-07-11 Thread Kimberly Smith
There is a bug in 8.1.7 in which the connect/disconnect causes a memory leak in the shared pool. You need to patch to 8.1.7 and then apply a bug fix. Not sure what the bug number is but its up there on the ftp site. It took me approximately 10 hours to get the first page regarding this issue aft

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